Eligibility

  • Following activities shall be considered as Social Intent:
    • eradicating hunger, poverty, malnutrition and inequality;
    • promoting health care including mental healthcare, sanitation and making available safe drinking water;
    • promoting education, employability and livelihoods;
    • promoting gender equality, empowerment of women and LGBTQIA+ communities;
    • ensuring environmental sustainability, addressing climate change including mitigation and adaptation, forest and wildlife conservation;
    • protection of national heritage, art and culture;
    • training to promote rural sports, nationally recognised sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic sports;
    • supporting incubators of Social Enterprises;
    • supporting other platforms that strengthen the non-profit ecosystem in fundraising and capacity building;
    • promoting livelihoods for rural and urban poor including enhancing income of small and marginal farmers and workers in the non-farm sector;
    • slum area development, affordable housing and other interventions to build sustainable and resilient cities;
    • disaster management, including relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities;
    • promotion of financial inclusion;
    • facilitating access to land and property assets for disadvantaged communities;
    • bridging the digital divide in internet and mobile phone access, addressing issues of misinformation and data protection;
    • promoting welfare of migrants and displaced persons;
    • any other area as identified by the Board or Government of India from time to time
  • the Social Enterprise shall target underserved or less privileged population segments or regions recording lower performance in the development priorities of central or state governments;
  • the Social Enterprise shall have at least 67% of its activities, qualifying as eligible activities to the target population, to be established through one or more of the following:
    • at least 67% of the immediately preceding 3-year average of revenues comes from providing eligible activities to members of the target population;
    • at least 67% of the immediately preceding 3-year average of expenditure has been incurred for providing eligible activities to members of the target population;
    • members of the target population to whom the eligible activities have been provided constitute at least 67% of the immediately preceding 3-year average of the total customer base and/or total number of beneficiaries.
  • Corporate foundations, political or religious organizations or activities, professional or trade associations, infrastructure and housing companies, except affordable housing, shall not be eligible to be identified