This policy comprises a set of rules adopted by the Board of Directors of BR Agrotech LIMITED (‘The Company’) which applies throughout the Company to all the directors, officers and employees. These rules set the standards for the way we interact with society at large and the environment around us. They may be supplemented from time to time by additional policy statements and guidelines.

This policy clearly sets forth the Company’s Social Responsibility objectives and provides guidance on implementation of the policies set forth.




Background of the policy

The Corporate Social Responsibility is formulated in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act 2013 and the rules made thereunder.

Sec 135 of the Companies Act 2013 and rules made thereunder enumerate the constitution of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility policy.




Composition of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee shall comprise of the following Directors:

1. Shri Mahabir Prasad Gupta, Director
2. Shri Krishn Kumar Gupta, Whole-time Director
3. Smt. Sujata Agarwal, Independent Director




Mandate of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee would be responsible:

1. To formulate and recommend to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility policy which shall indicate the activities to be undertaken by the Company as per the Companies Act, 2013.
2. To review and recommend the amount of expenditure to be incurred on the activities to be undertaken by the company.
3. To monitor the Corporate Social Responsibility policy of the Company from time to time.
4. Shall have full access to the information contained in the Company’s records and to seek information from any employee, as also to obtain such legal and professional advice as it may consider necessary.
5. Any other matter as the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee may deem appropriate after approval of the Board of Directors or as may be directed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Activities enumerated under Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013 and rules made there under, in reference to Section 135 of Companies Act 2013:

1. Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting health care including preventive health care and sanitation including contribution to the Swach Bharat Kosh setup by the Central Government for the Promotion of Sanitation and making available safe drinking water.
2. Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects.
3. Promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, care centers and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups.
4. Ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agroforestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining quality of soil, air and water including contribution to the Clean Ganga Fund set-up by the Central Government for rejuvenation of river Ganga.
5. Measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents.
6. Protection of national heritage, art and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and works of art, setting up public libraries, promotion and development of traditional arts and handicrafts.
7. Training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic sports.
8. Contribution to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund or any other fund set up by the Central Government for socio-economic development and relief and welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women
9. Contributions or funds provided to technology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government.
10. Rural development projects.

Corporate Social Responsibility Activities undertaken by the Company:

The Company has identified the following causes from a Corporate Social Responsibility perspective:

1. Supporting Rural Children’s Education including Promoting Education
2. Promoting Healthcare
3. Any other activities i.e., covered under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.

Monitoring process of the activities undertaken

All the activities undertaken by the company are approved by the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee constituted by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 135 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The decisions of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee are ratified by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Contribution to Corporate Social Responsibility

The Company will ensure that in every financial year, the company spends at least 2% of the average net profits of the company made during the three immediately preceding financial years, towards Corporate Social Responsibility activities as enumerated in this policy.

Our company will make contribution to the Corporate Social Responsibility activities through Registered Trust/Society or a company established under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 having a track record of 3 years in undertaking similar projects or programs proposed to be undertaken by the company in accordance with the provisions of Section 135 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.

Contact Persons for Corporate Social Responsibility Activities

Members of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Policy Changes

Changes to Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility policy and any associated documents will occur from time to time. Any changes to the policy documents and/or their associated documents will be communicated via publication on the Company’s website

The versions published on the Company’s website at the time of reference will be the authoritative version of these documents and will supersede any previously published versions of the same documents.