What is CSR mean to Indian Corporate?

The full form of CSR is Corporate Social Responsibility.

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CSR is a law in India. Under this law, corporates in the country have to do social work.

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CSR is included in social work, which is necessary for the upliftment of society, to uplift the needy sections of society.

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The CSR law was enshrined in the Companies Act on 1 April 2014.

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Since then, CSR became mandatory in India but even before that, a few Indian companies used to do social welfare of their own volition.

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