Third National CSR Conference NCCSR 2026 Concludes in Delhi

The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. NCCSR 2026 was organised by IICA, specifically by its School of Business Environment, under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and was held at The Ashok in New Delhi on 6 and 7 October 2026. Its Director General and CEO, Shri Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, and Prof. Garima Dadhich, who heads the School of Business Environment, both addressed the conference, and the institute also prepared the sector-specific CSR frameworks for the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited that the panels discussed. Options A, C and D name the Indian Institute of Public Administration, the National Institute of Financial Management and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, all real bodies working in public administration, finance and corporate practice, but none of them hosted this conference. Candidates should pair IICA with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs when a CSR question appears.

The correct answer is Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State for Coal and Mines. He inaugurated the conference, delivered the keynote address and released the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies, a document meant to give the coal sector a structured and need-based direction for its CSR spending. He said that economic progress acquires its fullest meaning when its benefits appear as stronger communities, wider opportunity and more resilient regions. Option A is wrong because Ajit Seth delivered the valedictory address on the second day and released the Compendium of CSR Best Practices 2025. Option B is wrong because Pallavi Jain Govil gave the inaugural address and released the India CSR Factbook 2024-25. Option D is wrong because the Director General of IICA delivered the welcome address. All four figures appear in the same event, so the task is to match each name to the right act.

The correct answer is ‘Re-envisioning the Spirit of CSR for Viksit Bharat: From Compliance to Commitment’. The theme set the direction of both days: speakers were asked to treat CSR as a sustained commitment rather than an annual compliance exercise, and the valedictory session carried the shorter title ‘From Compliance to Commitment’. Option A is wrong, though one panel did examine sector-based approaches aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and recommended better alignment of CSR reporting with them. Options C and D are invented slogans that read plausibly but were not used. Candidates should also retain the related numbers and names for this event: more than 600 senior representatives attended, the venue was The Ashok in New Delhi, the dates were 6 and 7 October 2026, and three documents were released across the two days.

The correct answer is the Social Stock Exchange. The inaugural session was followed by a fireside chat titled ‘Social Stock Exchange: Purpose, Capital and Impact’, featuring Shri Shailesh K. Pathak, Senior Advisor for Policy at the National Stock Exchange, along with Prof. Garima Dadhich of IICA. The discussion looked at how the Social Stock Exchange can link social purpose with capital, and why credible impact measurement, transparency and institutional trust matter for financing the social sector. Options B, C and D name sovereign green bonds, the municipal bond market and alternative investment funds, which are genuine instruments in Indian finance but were not the subject of this session. Other sessions at the conference covered Board governance in CSR, the CSR Exchange portal, Artificial Intelligence in CSR, care work and women’s economic empowerment, and the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme.