Mumbai : National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) announced its decision to earmark 10% of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) corpus for deployment through projects listed on the NSE Social Stock Exchange (NSE-SSE), reaffirming its commitment towards strengthening India’s social impact ecosystem through transparent, accountable and outcome-oriented philanthropy.

In March 2026, the CSR Committee of NSE had agreed, in principle, to deploy 10% of NSE’s annual CSR corpus through the NSE-SSE platform, subject to enabling regulatory provisions. Following the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ Gazette Notifications dated 27 May 2026 permitting companies to undertake CSR expenditure through subscription to Zero Coupon Zero Principal (ZCZP) Instruments listed on the Social Stock Exchange, NSE has now operationalize this commitment.

The commitment reflects NSE’s belief in the transformative potential of the Social Stock Exchange as a market-based platform for channelizing capital towards credible social sector organisations through a transparent and regulated framework. Leading through deployment of its own CSR corpus, NSE aims to catalyse wider institutional participation and contribute towards SSE and similar innovative social financing alternatives to support India’s developmental aspirations at scale.

On this occasion, the Chairperson of the NSE, Shri Injeti Srinivas, complimented the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for allowing CSR to be routed through the Social Stock Exchange and said that it will enhance transparency, visibility, and impact of CSR contributions. In support of this move, the NSE has decided to earmark 10% of its CSR spending for selected projects listed on the NSE Social Stock Exchange. He hoped that many major CSR contributors would follow this path, making India a global role model in CSR.