MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th February, 2014
G.S.R, 130(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (l) of section 467 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Govemment hereby makes the following amendments to Schedule VII of the said Act, namely :-
(l) In Schedule VII, for items (i) to (x) and the ent es relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be substituted, namely:-
- ‘Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting preventive health care and sanitation and making available safe drinking water:
- promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently-abled and livelihood enhancement projects;
- promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, day care centres and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups;
- 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;
- 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 and handicrafts:
- measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents;
- training to promote rural sports, nationally recognised sports, paralympic sports and Olympic sports;
- contribution to the P me Minister’s National Relief Fund or any other fund s€t up by the Central Government for socio-economic development and relief and welfare of the Schedulcd Caste, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women;
- contributions or funds provided to tcchnology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government
- rural development projects.”
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from lst ADril. 2014.
F. No. l/l8A/2013-CL-V]
RENUKA KUMAR. Jt. Secv.
