ASAP Wayanad NEWS LETTER VOL 5 | Page 8

** The article has been excerpted from the UNDP report on India by Mr. Jithin Thomas, PM - Wayanad

and waters and damaging of coastal and marine ecosystems.

•Government should ensure a strict monitoring on CSR (Corporate Social responsibility) spending of all companies. Section 135 of companies act of 2013 mandates every companies to spend at least 2 % of average net profit on CSR activities. According to CII’s annual CSR Tracker survey, companies speeded only 92 % of their budgeted CSR expenditure in financial year 2015-16.

Above all there is need of participation of each and every stake holders in our country to accomplish SDGs by 2030.As UN indicated “For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: government, the private sector, civil society and people like you”.

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