April 22, 2021 × Clarification to be handy for India Inc as the government had recently allowed corporate India to vaccinate their employees at the companies’ premises. In a significant boost to corporate India looking to undertake CSR around the Covid-19 pandemic, the corporate affairs ministry (MCA) has clarified spending of CSR funds for setting up “makeshift hospitals and temporary Covid care facilities” would be treated as an eligible CSR activity. This would be permitted as an eligible Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity under schedule VII of the companies Act regarding promotion of healthcare, including preventive healthcare and, disaster management respectively, the MCA said in a circular.