AMENDED TRUST DEED

OF

“THE ECO-VIGILANT GROUP TRUST”

 AMENDED TRUST DEED OF A PUBLIC & CHARITABLE TRUST

THIS AMENDED DEED OF TRUST executed on this ___ day of

_________ of the year _____
BETWEEN
Krishna Anjayya Carpenter residing at Shree Shivneri CHS. 1/201,
202, Marine Rahavat, Subash Nagar, Chandani, Koliwada, Thane(E)
(Party of the first part) hereinafter called “SETTLOR OF THE TRUST”
AND
1. SHRI Deenanath S. Kamath, Age 39, Occupation: Service, Residing
at: B-41, Suyog C.H.S., S.D. Road, Mulund(E), Mumbai-400081,

2. SHRI John J. Manjali, Age 42, Occupation: Self-Employed, Residing

at: 21, Saidham, Dr. R. P. Rd., Mulund(W), Mumbai-400080,
3. SHRI Pradeep R. Kharivale, Age 41, Occupation: Self-Employed,
Residing at: B-201, Krishna Kaniyya, Sec. 8, Airoli, Navi Mumbai,

4. SHRI Amit R. Mohare, Age 31, Occupation: Service,

Residing at: B-11, Namdeo Niwas, Mhatre Nagar, Mithanagar Rd.,
Mulund(E), Mumbai-400081,

5. SHRI Sachin S. Angre, Age 31 Occupation: Service,

Residing at: B-2/, Sai-Om, A&B CHS, Louisewadi, Thane(W)- 400604.
(Hereinafter called “The Trustees” which expression shall unless
repugnant to the context or meaning thereof be deemed to include the
survivors or survivor of them and the trustees and trustee for the time
being of these presents and their heirs, executors and administrators
of the last surviving trustee, their or his assignees) of the other part;
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WHEREAS the party hereto of the first part is possessed of the sum of
Rs. 5,000/- (Rs. Five thousand only) AND WHEREAS each of the parties hereto
of the “Other Part” has individually and jointly has agreed to act as Trustees of
the Trust, proposed by the party of the first part.

AND WHEREAS nothing contained in this deed shall be deemed to authorize the
trustees to do any act which may in any way be construed statutory modifications
thereof and all activities of the trust shall be carried out with a view to work on the
principle as enshrined in the ‘Fundamental Duties’ Article 51A(g) of the Indian
Constitution – to protect and improve the natural environment including forests,
lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures and benefit
the public at large, without any profit motive and in accordance with the
provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 or any statutory modification thereof.

AND WHEREAS, the trust is hereby expressly declared to be a ‘Public and

Charitable Trust’ and all the provisions of this deed are to be constituted
accordingly.

NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSTH AS FOLLOWS:

1. SETTLEMENT

The party of the first part, the settlor, does hereby settle the sum of Rs. 5,000/-
(Rs. Five thousand only) in the Trust, with the name and for the objects
hereinafter stated, by delivering the said amount in cash which the party of the
other part, the Trustees, have accepted the receipt of which they do hereby
acknowledge, to hold the same in and to the Trustees with the powers and
obligations as provided hereinafter.

2. NAME

The name of the trust shall be:

“THE ECO-VIGILANT GROUP TRUST”
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3. PLACE

The principal office of the Trust shall be situated at: C/o. Pradeep R. Kharivale,
403 Hari Om Plaza, R.H.B. Rd., Nr. Bank of Baroda, Mulund(W),
Mumbai-400080 or such other place as the Trustees may decide from time to
time. The Trust may also carry on its work at any other place or places, as
decided by the Trustees.

4. AIMS & OBJECTS of the Trust shall be as follows:

A. Preservation, Protection and Rejuvenation of Natural Environment &

Natural Resources –

1) The Trust shall strive to preserve, conserve, protect and rejuvenate all
natural areas and biodiversity hot spots from all or any kind of degradation
and damage, as far as possible within the resources available, and in case
of any shortfall, to endeavour to collect funds and manpower from other
sources to attain the goal.

2) To give priority to ecologically sensitive areas on land or sea, to protection

of ecological systems including the wildlife – flora and fauna, microbes, and
any organisms in the web-of-life concept.

3) To assist the government and its various departments, including forest and
wildlife officials, and various law enforcement agencies involved in
protecting the forests, lakes, rivers and ecology in general from natural as
well as unnatural threats, as enshrined in the ‘Fundamental Duties’ Article
51A(g) of the Constitution of India.

4) To volunteer during environmental disasters, natural and unnatural, such

as in case of forest fire, tsunami, drought, nuclear accidents, landslides, oil
leaks, etc and also volunteering for clean-up of forests, gardens, lakes,
beaches, sea-coasts and any other kind of water bodies, and landscapes -
urban and rural.
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5) To provide guidance, promote products and ideas for achieving the goals
of sustainable development, for example; promoting and providing solar
panels, solar lighting instruments to individuals and organizations; creating
awareness about ‘dry and wet’ garbage segregation methods, use of water
treatment plants, bio fertilizer, and any other such green technology based
products, methods and applications.

6) To publish, print or cause to be published or printed, and distribute

literature containing any scientific information innovations, related to
prevention of water, air and soil pollution, and regarding sustainable
development, with the use of various media, which may be in the form of
story books for children, leaflets, fliers, booklets, books, and also through
audio and video visual means etc.

7) To help maintain and support other such organizations, individuals, or other

deserving persons who subscribe to the statement of faith and practice;
policies and objects of the Trust.

8) To undertake or partake in any such activities as it will help in promoting

and achieving its aims and objectives.

B. Educational –

9) To run and maintain any educational or other institution for coaching,

guidance, counseling or vocational training for subjects related to
environment and to achieve the objects of the trust.

10) To assist, help and support any such educational or other institutions
including government/non-government organizations, trusts and voluntary
organizations which orients, helps and fulfils the cause and objects of this
trust.

11) To carry out nature treks, nature trail, and hold or conduct seminars,
lectures, discussions-forums, debates and to organize conference’s or
media/press meets on matters of policies and public importance for
creating general awareness about the ecology, environment and
sustainable development.
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12) To conduct studies, analysis, assessments etc for scientific research or

papers and to promote awareness through media or social networking, of
the problems of environment, ecology, pollution on urban and rural
surroundings and its impact to human and animal populations.

13) To create awareness, support, promote, advocate, mobilise and also

gather moral and financial help from and among public - groups,
organizations or institutions, and also among private individuals anywhere
in the world on environmental issues, global or otherwise, and to initiate
efforts to direct or orient state policies towards such goals by campaigning
and championing the cause.

C. Medical –

14) To run or maintain veterinary medical centers, animal clinics, kennel

libraries or pet shops or to grant medical and emergency assistance to any
wild or injured animal or assist institutions like SPCA or other animal
hospitals.

5. FUNDS

a) The Trust may accept funds - in the form of donations, grants,

subscriptions, aids or contributions or collections from any person,
Government, Local authorities or any other charitable institutions, Trusts,
Societies, Associations, Clubs, corporate bodies, and Authorities or
statutory bodies, in cash or in kind, including immovable property without
any encumbrances – to finance it work and activities, provided that the
Trustees shall not accept any receipt with any condition or terms
inconsistent with the objects of the Trusts. While applying any receipts to
the objects, the Trustees may follow the wish expressed by a generous
granter for special programmes. Any such receipt shall be treated as part
of the corpus of the Trust or in separate account to fund the special
programme and so shall be funded accordingly.
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b) The Trustees may also borrow or raise money with or without securities or
the security of a mortgage, charge or hypothecation or pledge, charge over
all or any immovable or movable properties of the TRUST, if any or in any
other manner lawful manner.

6. INVESTMENTS

i. All monies, which shall not immediately be required for current needs shall
be invested by the Trust in eligible securities and investments, or in banks.
Such investments shall be in the name of Trust or Trustees.

ii. That the trust shall invest the trust fund, carry on any business with the
trust fund and/or enter into partnership on behalf of the trust, as they may
deem fit.

iii. That the trustees shall manage the trust fund and investments thereof as a
prudent man would do the same. They shall recover all outstanding and
meet all recurring and other expenses incurred in the upkeep or
management of funds thereof.

iv. That the trustees shall receive and hold the income of the trust on behalf
and for the benefit of the beneficiaries under the trust.

v. The Trustees may prudently invest money in or accept transfer of shares,

securities, properties or otherwise, only in special circumstances for
enhancing the Trusts financial status and balance sheet.

vi. The funds/property of the trust shall be used only for the objectives of the
Trust.
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7. POWER OF THE TRUSTEES

The board of trustees shall have the following powers:

i. To manage all the assets and/or properties of the trust including the
conduct of business;

ii. To appoint employees and to settle the terms of their service,

remuneration and termination;

iii. To look into the management of the trust;

iv. To invest the funds of the trust, in bank or in the purchase of company
shares or securities or other movable and immovable properties;

v. To sell, alter, vary, transpose or otherwise dispose or alienate the trust

properties or any investment representing the same for consideration and
to reinvest the same;

vi. To pledge or mortgage the trust properties for raising loans;

vii. To open the bank accounts in the name and on behalf of the trust and to
operate the same;

viii. To enter into a partnership on behalf of the trust with any other party or
parties; who subscribe to the statement of faith and practice and objects of
the Trust.

ix. To pay all charges, impositions and other outgoings payable in respect of
the trust properties and also to pay all cost of the incidental to the
administration and management of the trust properties;
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x. To file suit on behalf of the trust and to refer to arbitration all actions
proceedings and disputes touching the trust properties and to compromise
and compound the suits filed;

xi. To accept any gift, donation or contribution in cash, or by way of cheque,

demand draft, postal orders or bank transfers or credit/debit card transfers
or any such electronic fund transfer facilities that may come up time to
time or in any kind, from any citizens or group of people living in India or
abroad for achieving the objects of the trust;

xii. To seek legal opinion of lawyers and/or Chartered Accountants as and

when required;

xiii. To nominate their representatives for any of the aforesaid purposes.

xiv. To initiate, decide and implement to establish, found, construct, open,

promote, or for that matter takeover other small institutions like nature
centers, or animal medical assistance and rescue centre and other such
organizations, clubs etc who may need the expertise of the Trustees to
run its operations.

xv. The Trustees will have all powers to do all such lawful activities or steps
as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment of its objects in India
and abroad.

xvi. All and each Trustee shall have equal powers while deciding and voting
during a Board meeting. In case there is no consensus, the Chairman or
Managing Trustee shall have a separate deciding vote in case of a tie.
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8. TERMS & CONDITIONS

i. The number of the trustees shall not be less than two but not more than
five.

ii. In case of any difference between the trustees, the opinion of the majority
shall prevail.

iii. No trustee shall be responsible or liable for any loss or any act of omission
or commission by his constituted attorney or agent or employees or other
trustees unless occasioned by his willful neglect or default.

iv. Any of the trustees may retire on giving three months notice in writing to
the other trustee(s), and after being accepted by majority.

v. If any trustee dies or retires or becomes incapable or unfit to act, the

continuing or surviving trustee or trustees shall appoint a successor in the
place of such trustee.

vi. If at any time the number of the trustees is less than two, the existing
trustee shall appoint one or more trustees.

vii. Upon the appointment of a new trustee the trust properties shall vest in
the new trustee jointly with the continuing or surviving trustees, with the
duties and power of the trustees set out hereinabove in this deed.

viii. If the trust is determined by efflux of time, the corpus of the trust shall be
divided amongst the beneficiaries in the shares as fixed by the trustees,
subject to the approval of the Charity Commissioner.

ix. A Board meeting shall have a minimum of three trustees for quorum but
with the exception that if the third is unavailable due to sickness only than
the Board can meet with two members only, provided the third member
accepts the notice and agrees for such meeting to take place.
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x. All Board meeting shall be minuted in a register and signed by all present
in the next meeting.

xi. The Board shall meet at least once a month or any number of times to
deal and manage the objects of the trust and its daily activities.

xii. Annual Board Meeting shall be convened and held on or before 31st May
in each calendar year at such place and at such date and time as shall be
decided by the Managing Trustee or Chairman, with adequate period of
notice not less than 14 days in advance.

xiii. The AGM shall place on records all financial statements, reports and
activities of the Trusts conducted and undertaken in the last year and shall
be kept in the records of the Trust.

xiv. The beneficiaries are a section of public and not specific individuals.

9. BANKING ACCOUNT

All income, subscription and pecuniary donations for the general purposes
of the Trust and the income, investments and all other moneys from time
to time forming part of the general revenue of the Trust shall on the same
being received be paid into a banking account with any scheduled bank
for the purpose of the Trust. The bank accounts shall be operated by the
Managing Trustee along with any one of the remaining Trustees.

10. ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

The Trustee shall keep proper books of account of all the assets, liabilities
and income and expenditure of the Trust and shall prepare an Income and
Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet for every year as on the last day
of March.

The accounts of every year shall be audited by a Chartered Accountant or

a firm of Chartered Accountants who shall be appointed for that purpose
by the Trustees and the audited accounts shall be placed at a meeting of
the Trustees, which shall be held before the end of the succeeding year.
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11. IRREVOCABLE

This Trust is irrevocable.

12. AMALGAMATION

The trustees may amalgamate the trust with another Charitable Trust or
Institution having similar objects with prior permission of the Charity
Commissioner/Court/any other law as may be applicable for the time
being.

13. WINDING UP

In the event of dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the funds/assets

remaining as on the date of dissolution shall be transferred only to some
other Trust/ Society/ Non Profit Company whose objects are similar to
those of this Trust with the permission of the Charity
Commissioner/Court/any other law as may be applicable for the time
being.

The Trustees shall be indemnified against all losses and liabilities incurred
by them in the execution of the Trust and shall have a lien over the funds
and properties of the Trust for such indemnity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Parties hereunto have signed and delivered the
presents on the day and year first hereinabove written.

Signed and delivered by the Within named “SETTLOR”

Shri. Krishna Anjayya Carpenter

In the presence of Witness:

Sign: _________________
Shri. Deenanath S. Kamath

Signed and delivered by the Within named “TRUSTEES”

1. Shri. John J. Manjali

2. Shri. Deenanath S. Kamath
3. Shri. Pradeep R. Kharivale
4. Shri. Amit R. Mohare
5. Shri. Sachin S. Angre

In the presence of Witness:

Sign: _________________
Smt. Thelma Mohare

CASH RECEIPT

Received with thanks from the above-mentioned Settlor

Shri Krishna A. Carpenter
of Rs.5000/- (Rupees: Five thousand only), by CASH,
being the money settled towards the abovementioned Trust.
Dated: 22 February 2012
Place: MULUND

1. Trustee ____________ 2. Trustee ____________ 3. Trustee ____________

4.Trustee ____________ 5. Trustee ____________