Lok Sabha Question No. 112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Corporate Social Responsibility
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 112 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE 15th DECEMBER, 2017 AGRAHAYANA 24, 1939 (SAKA)

## CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY QUESTION

112.   DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

- (a) the number of companies registered in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has made any assessment regarding fulfillment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the public and private sector companies and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it has been made mandatory for all public and private sector companies  to  spend  a  minimum  two  percent  of  their  average  net  profit under  CSR  and  if  so,  the  details  of  provisions  under  CSR  and  the  funds generated during the last three years;
- (d) the details of number of companies found defaulters in this regard and the steps taken by the Government thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to introduce new criteria for CSR and if so, the details thereof along with the details of the works including the developmental works done/proposed/to be done by companies under CSR during each of the last three years and the current year, State/year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS                                          (SHRI P. P. Chaudhary)

विधि और न्याय एिं कारपोरेट कायय मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री

(

श्री पी॰ पी॰ चौिरी )

(a) : The  number  of  companies  which  have  been  registered  under  the Companies  Act  till  30.11.2017  is  17,11,806  (Seventeen  lakhs  eleven thousand eight hundred and six only).

Contd....

(b)&(c) : Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('The Act'), which was commenced  with  effect  from  financial  year  2014-15,  requires  every company, including public sector companies, above the specified threshold to spend at least two per cent of the average net profits earned during three immediately preceding financial years on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Act, provides that in case a company fails to spend the specified amount, the Board would specify the specific reasons for not spending the amount in its Board's Report.  Data for CSR has been compiled for filings made by companies upto 31.03.2017 in MCA21 system, which will be for the years 2014 -2015 and 2015 - 2016 only. The expenditure made by companies on CSR is as summarized in the Table below:-

CSR Expenditure during 2014-15 and 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | Company Type             | Financial Year 2014-15                                   | Financial Year 2014-15                | Financial Year 2015-16                                   | Financial Year 2015-16                 |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|           |                          | No. of companies which have reported any CSR expenditure | Actual CSR expenditure (in Rs. Crore) | No. of companies which have reported any CSR expenditure | Actual CSR expenditure ( in Rs. Crore) |
| 1.        | PSUs                     | 203                                                      | 2671.92                               | 237                                                      | 4159.57                                |
| 2.        | Private Sector Companies | 5667                                                     | 6881.80                               | 7746                                                     | 9465.67                                |

| Total   | 5870   | 9553.72   | 7983   | 13625.25   |
|---------|--------|-----------|--------|------------|

(d) : Ministry of Corporate Affairs has accorded permission for penal action under section 134(8) of the Act for 187 companies for the financial year 2014 - 15 for violation of the CSR provisions. (e) : Government  does  not  propose  to  introduce  new  criteria  for  CSR. States/UTs-wise CSR expenditure and development sector -wise CSR spend by companies which have reported any CSR expenditure are at Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.

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## Annexure -I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 112 STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE DURING FY 2014-15 AND FY 2015-16

| CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                             | State/ UT                           | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                             |
| 1                                   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands         | 0.29                                | 0.54                                |
| 2                                   | Andhra Pradesh                      | 403.91                              | 1195.80                             |
| 3                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 11.03                               | 1.22                                |
| 4                                   | Assam                               | 133.07                              | 160.39                              |
| 5                                   | Bihar                               | 36.20                               | 107.51                              |
| 6                                   | Chandigarh                          | 1.73                                | 5.08                                |
| 7                                   | Chhattisgarh                        | 158.31                              | 233.57                              |
| 8                                   | Dadra Nagar Haveli                  | 2.54                                | 11.84                               |
| 9                                   | Daman Diu                           | 20.05                               | 2.09                                |
| 10                                  | Delhi                               | 210.77                              | 443.74                              |
| 11                                  | Goa                                 | 26.60                               | 27.07                               |
| 12                                  | Gujarat                             | 295.35                              | 535.03                              |
| 13                                  | Haryana                             | 175.99                              | 357.40                              |
| 14                                  | Himachal Pradesh                    | 9.30                                | 51.47                               |
| 15                                  | Jammu And Kashmir                   | 35.61                               | 102.84                              |
| 16                                  | Jharkhand                           | 75.64                               | 115.22                              |
| 17                                  | Karnataka                           | 382.61                              | 701.14                              |
| 18                                  | Kerala                              | 62.45                               | 125.43                              |
| 19                                  | Lakshadweep                         | 0.00                                | 0.30                                |
| 20                                  | Madhya Pradesh                      | 136.73                              | 169.38                              |
| 21                                  | Maharashtra                         | 1369.22                             | 1787.35                             |
| 22                                  | Manipur                             | 1.57                                | 5.80                                |
| 23                                  | Meghalaya                           | 3.52                                | 3.81                                |
| 24                                  | Mizoram                             | 1.03                                | 1.08                                |
| 25                                  | Nagaland                            | 1.11                                | 0.95                                |
| 26                                  | Odisha                              | 249.50                              | 597.97                              |
| 27                                  | Pondicherry                         | 1.81                                | 6.11                                |
| 28                                  | Punjab                              | 53.71                               | 67.43                               |
| 29                                  | Rajasthan                           | 271.36                              | 459.81                              |
| 30                                  | Sikkim                              | 1.03                                | 1.87                                |
| 31                                  | Tamil Nadu                          | 498.73                              | 589.23                              |
| 32                                  | Telangana                           | 94.87                               | 238.35                              |
| 33                                  | Tripura                             | 1.16                                | 1.47                                |
| 34                                  | Uttar Pradesh                       | 138.45                              | 406.04                              |
| 35                                  | Uttarakhand                         | 69.99                               | 64.29                               |
| 36                                  | West Bengal                         | 178.54                              | 396.88                              |

| 37   | Not Elsewhere Classified/Not   | 164.61   | 276.43   |
|------|--------------------------------|----------|----------|
|      | Mentioned*                     |          |          |
| 38   | Pan India*                     | 4275.33  | 4373.31  |
|      | Grand Total                    | 9553.72  | 13625.25 |

* Companies either did not specify the names of States or indicated more than one State where projects were undertaken.

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## ANNEXURE - II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 112 DEVELOPMENT SECTOR WISE CSR EXPENDITURE FOR FY 2014-15 AND FY 2015-16

| CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )                                                              | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   | CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )   |
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. No.                              | Sectors                                                                                        | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                             |
| 1                                   | Health/ Eradicating Hunger/ Poverty and malnutrition/ Safe drinking water / Sanitation         | 2379.72                             | 4294.68                             |
| 2                                   | Education/ Differently Abled/ Livelihood                                                       | 3015.26                             | 4647.67                             |
| 3                                   | Rural Development Projects                                                                     | 1031.00                             | 1327.27                             |
| 4                                   | Environment/ Animal Welfare/ Conservation of resources                                         | 811.85                              | 894.88                              |
| 5                                   | Swachh Bharat Kosh                                                                             | 94.57                               | 321.03                              |
| 6                                   | Any other fund                                                                                 | 272.31                              | 319.50                              |
| 7                                   | Gender equality / Women empowerment / Old age homes / Reducing inequalities                    | 171.93                              | 322.88                              |
| 8                                   | Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                                                          | 210.69                              | 203.29                              |
| 9                                   | Encouraging Sports                                                                             | 53.34                               | 133.39                              |
| 10                                  | Heritage, Art and Culture                                                                      | 113.12                              | 114.11                              |
| 11                                  | Slum Area Development                                                                          | 101.05                              | 10.54                               |
| 12                                  | Clean Ganga Fund                                                                               | 4.64                                | 18.03                               |
| 13                                  | Other Sectors (Technology Incubator and benefits to armed forces, admin overheads and others*) | 1294.24                             | 1017.98                             |
|                                     | Total (In Rs. Crore)                                                                           | 9553.72                             | 13625.25                            |
| Number of Companies**               | Number of Companies**                                                                          | 5870                                | 7983                                |

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