Lok Sabha Question No. 1521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: CSR Funds
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## CSR FUNDS

1521.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the undertakings under control of the Government have allocated any amount of funds under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during the last three years till date;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  amount  of  funds  spent  in  different  parts  of  the  country during the said period and the number of persons benefited therefrom, location-wise and undertaking-wise and items of work-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take some effective steps to ensure that funds under CSR are spent particularly in backward and scheduled castes dominated areas;
- (d) if so, whether the  scheduled castes dominated  areas in the country, particularly Misrikh Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, have been included or are proposed to be included thereunder; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Yes, Sir. As per the Companies Act, 2013, Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under Ministry of Steel earmark at least 2% of the average net profits made during the three immediately preceding financial years for Corporate Social Responsibility  (CSR)  activities.  Unspent  balance  for  the  previous  year,  if  any,  is carried  forward  to  the  next  year  for  utilisation  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was allocated.
- (b) The details of amount spent on CSR activities by the CPSE under Ministry of Steel during the last three year is as under :-

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Name of CPSE                           |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) |      2905 |      2570 |      3118 |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL)    |       853 |       960 |      1030 |
| NMDC Ltd.                              |     17418 |     16937 |     16724 |
| MOIL Ltd.                              |      1143 |       962 |       929 |
| MSTC Ltd.                              |        80 |       215 |       200 |
| MECON Ltd.                             |        67 |        49 |        17 |
| KIOCL Ltd.                             |        38 |        16 |        33 |

Thrust areas of the CSR activities inter-alia include promotion of education & health,  women  empowerment,  sustainable  income  generation  through  Self  Help Groups,  assistance  to  divyangs,  access  to  water  and  sanitation  facilities,  village development,  environment  sustenance,  Sports  Coaching,  Promotion  of  Traditional Art  &  culture  etc.  CSR  Projects  are  located  in  the  States  of  Chhattisgarh,  West Bengal,  Jharkhand,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Odisha  etc.  The  CSR  works  benefit society  at  large,  therefore,  exact  number  of  beneficiaries  due  to  individual  work  by CPSEs, location-wise and undertaking-wise, is not measurable and is not maintained.

(c) CSR  funds  are  not  allocated  State-wise,  CSR  projects  by  CPSEs  under Ministry of Steel are mainly carried out in periphery of steel plants, steel townships and mines which are predominantly inhabited by Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Castes and Backward population.

(d)&(e): Does not arise in view of (c) above.

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