Lok Sabha Question No. 4361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Works under CSR in Rajasthan
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4361 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE 11TH AUGUST, 2017 SHRAVANA 20, 1939 (SAKA)

## WORKS UNDER CSR IN RAJASTHAN QUESTION

4361. SHRI ARUN LAL MEENA: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

- (a)  whether  the  private  companies,  multinational  companies  and  Semi Government Organisation are undertaking the work of toilet construction under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) so as to make our country free from open defecation and clean;
- (b) if so, the details of the number of toilets constructed since the year 2014
- till now under CSR, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  public  sector  and  private  companies  functioning in Rajasthan  as  on  date  and  whether  these  companies  or  there  ancillary companies have done any work under (CSR);
- (d) if so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  works  including  toilet construction, number of beneficiaries and the locations where works under CSR have been taken up including by private companies in various districts of Rajasthan including Udaipur since the year 2014 till now; and
- (e) the country-wise details of funds spend during the last three years and the current financial year?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS                  (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

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कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्रालर् में राज्र् मंत्री

श्री अर्जयन राम मेघवाल )

- (a)  and  (b)  :  Section  135  of  the  Companies  Act  2013,  mandates  every company above the specified thresholds of turnover, or net worth, or net profit to spend at least two per cent of the average net profits earned during three immediately preceding financial years on Corporate Social Responsibility  (CSR)  activities  specified  in  Schedule  VII  of  the  Act.

Separate data on the expenditure on number of toilets constructed is not filed by  companies as  per the  CSR  Policy  Rules.

Contd…2/-

Toilets can  be  taken  up  under  the  heads  like  Sanitation  or  Rural development  or  Slum  area  Development  under  Schedule  VII.  As  per information of 7334 and 5097 companies for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively analysed by the Ministry, the sector-wise expenditure is given at Annexure.

(c):  There  are  35218  number  of  Companies  registered  in  the  state  of Rajasthan as on 31.07.2017. From the analysis of 7334 and 5097 companies for the FY 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively, the details of CSR expenditure by companies registered in the state of Rajasthan is as under:

| Financial Years                             |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Companies for which data compiled |       137 |        88 |
| CSR Expenditure (in Rs. crores)             |       119 |       120 |

(d) :  Rule 8(1) in Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014,  prescribes  the  format  of  annual  disclosure  on  CSR  in  the  Board's Report, which includes disclosure w.r.t. works, development sector, state in which CSR work has been undertaken etc. The Annual Reports including the Boards Report of the companies are available on the Ministry's website (www.mca.gov.in).

(e) :  No such information is maintain by Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 4361

## 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 )   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sectors                                                                                          | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                             |
| Health/ Eradicating Hunger/ Poverty and malnutrition/ Safe drinking water / Sanitation           | 2246                                | 3117                                |
| Education/ Differently Abled/ Livelihood                                                         | 2728                                | 3073                                |
| Rural development                                                                                | 1017                                | 1051                                |
| Environment/ Animal Welfare/ Conservation of resources                                           | 1213                                | 923                                 |
| Swachh Bharat Kosh                                                                               | 121                                 | 355                                 |
| Any other Fund                                                                                   | 36                                  | 262                                 |
| Gender equality / Women empowerment / Old age homes / Reducing inequalities                      | 326                                 | 213                                 |
| Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                                                            | 192                                 | 136                                 |
| Encouraging Sports                                                                               | 160                                 | 95                                  |
| Heritage Art and Culture                                                                         | 157                                 | 90                                  |
| Slum area development                                                                            | 123                                 | 9                                   |
| Clean Ganga Fund                                                                                 | 19                                  | 3                                   |
| Other Sectors ( Technology Incubator and benefits to armed forces, admin overheads and others* ) | 465                                 | 497                                 |
| Total (In Rs. Crore)                                                                             | 8803                                | 9822                                |
| Number of Companies for which data compiled                                                      | 7334                                | 5097                                |