Every year around April, someone in a company's CSR team or HR department gets handed the same job. Plan an employee volunteering program. Get people out of the office and into something real. Make it count. File the report. And every year, the first question is the same: who do we partner with? The answer looks simple until you start looking. India has thousands of registered nonprofits. Dozens claim to run corporate volunteering. A few actually can. The difference betwe

That is the short answer. The longer answer matters, because choosing an NGO for employee volunteering in India is a decision your CSR committee, your auditor, and your employees will all judge you on. This page covers what an employee volunteering NGO actually does, how Marpu Foundation structures its corporate programs, what to verify before you sign, and how India's CSR rules treat volunteering.

Corporate CSR heads reach a specific moment several times each financial year. The partner selection is complete. The Due Diligence has been done. The CSR Committee has approved the partnership. Now the Memorandum of Understanding needs to be drafted. What does a strong CSR MoU actually contain? Which clauses matter most? Where do the compliance provisions sit? How do the specific provisions align with Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules 20

Every financial year, CSR heads and Company Secretaries face the same specific question. What happens when the company has not spent its full 2% CSR obligation for the year? What happens when the company has spent more than its 2% obligation? What are the specific rules for treating unspent amounts, transferring to Schedule VII funds, and setting off excess spending in future years? These are not academic questions. They shape year-end compliance, Board's Report drafting, sta