Gurugram is one of the few districts in India with a formally notified POSH annual report deadline. The Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Officer, Gurugram, directed (Notification No. 2457 dated 4 November 2024) that every government and non-government organisation operating in the district submit its annual report for the preceding calendar year by 28 February — not the 31 January date followed in most Indian districts.
Across most of India there is no notified POSH annual report deadline at all. Section 21 of the POSH Act leaves the timing to be prescribed, and Rule 14 prescribes only the contents of the report. What exists elsewhere is district practice — commonly 31 January.
Gurugram has gone further. The District Officer issued a formal directive covering all organisations operating in the district, expressly including industries, schools, banks and hospitals, requiring:
Reporting on the directive indicates that the district has also flagged the Section 26 exposure of ₹50,000 for organisations that fail to submit, with stricter action on repeated non-compliance.
Confirm the current submission email or portal route and the checklist published by the Gurugram district administration each year before filing — the district has changed both the deadline and the route in recent cycles, and reports have been accepted only when sent from the organisation's official email address.
Your compliance calendar is different from the rest of your group. A company with offices in Gurugram, Delhi and Bengaluru cannot run a single 31 January internal deadline and assume it is covered. Build Gurugram in as a separate line with a February cut-off, and prepare the Gurugram report on the same January cycle so it is ready well ahead.
Your documentation is checked, not just your form. Because the district publishes a checklist covering policy, committee constitution and display, Gurugram filings tend to attract more scrutiny of the underlying compliance than a bare numbers return elsewhere.
GCC and MNC structures need care. A global anti-harassment policy is not a POSH policy, and a group ethics hotline is not an Internal Committee. The Indian entity needs its own committee, constituted by written order at each qualifying office, with a qualified independent external member.
28 February of the following year for the preceding calendar year, per the District Officer's notification. Verify the current instruction and submission route before each filing.
Yes. The POSH Act and Rules fix no national deadline. Most districts follow 31 January as practice; Gurugram has formally notified 28 February.
The district has indicated the Section 26 penalty exposure of up to ₹50,000, with stricter action on repeated non-compliance. File as soon as the omission is identified.
Yes. A nil report is still required, and should record that the committee is duly constituted and what awareness activity was carried out.
No. The Indian entity needs a POSH policy meeting Indian requirements and a properly constituted Internal Committee at each qualifying office.
No. Gurugram is a separate district with its own deadline and route. See POSH compliance in Delhi.
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Reviewed by the Corporate Compliance team (CA, CS and Legal), CorporateWalla · Position stated as on 28 August 2026 · · Sources: Ministry of Women & Child Development, India Code — POSH Act, 2013, SHe-Box portal
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