Eligibility-1 – BSE Social Stock Exchange

Eradicating hunger, poverty malnutrition and inequality
Promoting health care (including mental health) and 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 (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 housing3, 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
None of the above

Revenue – At least 67% of the immediately preceding 3-year average of NPO's revenue comes from providing the eligible activities to members of the target population
Expenditure – At least 67% of the immediately preceding 3-year average of the NPO's expenditure has been incurred for providing the eligible activities to members of the target population
Customer base/ beneficiaries – 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 NPO’s customer base/ beneficiaries
None of the above

Corporate foundations, that are primarily funded by a parent corporate entity or a group of corporate entities
Political or religious organisations or activities
Professional or trade associations
Infrastructure companies and housing companies (other than affordable housing companies)
Not linked/associated/identify with the above entities

Any of your promoters, promoter group or directors or selling shareholders (in case of for-profit social enterprise) or trustees are debarred from accessing the securities market by SEBI
Any of your promoters or directors or trustees of the Social Enterprise is a promoter or director of any other company or Social Enterprise that has been debarred from accessing the securities market by SEBI
The Social Enterprise or any of your promoters or directors or trustees is a willful defaulter or a fraudulent borrower
Any of your promoters or directors or trustees is a fugitive economic offender
If the Social Enterprise or any of your promoters or directors or trustees has been debarred from carrying out its activities or raising funds by the Ministry of Home Affairs or any other ministry of the Central Government or State Government or Charitable Commissioner or any other statutory body
Not associated in any form or manner whatsoever

A charitable trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882)
A charitable trust registered under the public trust statute of the relevant state
A charitable society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860)
A company incorporated under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)
Any other entity as may be specified by the Board
None of the above

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