HABIT OF GIVING/DONATION NEEDS TO BE POPULARISED AND FACILITATED 70. The Central and State Governments can certainly tap the resources of the civil society to provide healthcare access to the poor and unprivileged. The Governments can and should attract donations to the healthcare sector, both in cash and kind. Both corporate social responsibility and donations need to be made particularly attractive for pharmaceutical and other companies involved in this sector, as the drugs, implants and devices required are often very expensive and inaccessible to the common man. 71. This Court is also of the view that the habit of 'giving'/donation needs to be encouraged by the Government. Adequate steps have to put in place to emphasise, popularise and facilitate the process of giving. For instance, in the present case itself this Court is pleased to note that just at its oral request not only High Court lawyers but also Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana and the drug manufacturer namely, Genzyme - A Sanofi Company have voluntarily raised funds and/or donated drugs to facilitate free treatment for the petitioner for nearly six months. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 72. This Court may mention that before the final hearing commenced, the counsel for the petitioner had drawn this Court's attention to the Companies Act, 2013 which for the first time incorporated Corporate Social Responsibility (for short "CSR"). Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 stipulates that a company having a net worth of more than Rs. 500 crores or turnover in excess Rs. 1,000 crores or a net profit of Rs. 5 crores during a W.P.(C) 7279/2013 Page 35 of 41

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