Lok Sabha Question No. 4426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Utilisation of CSR Funds
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4426 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 rd  March, 2021 UTILISATION OF CSR FUNDS

4426:  SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will  the  Minister  of  HEAVY  INDUSTRIES  AND  PUBLIC  ENTERPRISES  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the details and the names of the projects for which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds has been utilized during the last three years and such funds available with the Public Sector;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of misuse of the said CSR funds of PSUs/ Public Works Department and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the initiatives taken by  the Government for proper utilisation of CSR funds; and
- (d) the details of CSR funds utilized in NCT of Delhi during the last three years?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a): As per information available in Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), the CSR expenditure incurred by CPSEs during last three years is as under:

| Year    |   No. of CPSEs |   Expenditure (₹ crore) |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------|
| 2017-18 |            152 |                 3442.38 |
| 2018-19 |            150 |                 3873.32 |
| 2019-20 |            148 |                 5066.93 |

The  CSR  expenditure  of  the  CPSEs  are  broadly  on  the    activities  relating  to  Health  Care  and Sanitation, Education and Skill Development,  Empowerment of Women and other Economically Backward Sections, Environmental Sustainability, Art & Culture, Sports, Rural Development and Slum Area Development, etc.

(b), & (c): CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor CSR activities of the company based on the recommendations of its CSR Committee. CSR of CPSEs are governed as per the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder. All CPSEs qualifying  for CSR expenditure are mandated to implement CSR activities/ projects in pursuance of their CSR policy by following the procedure as notified by Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  in  Companies  (CSR  Policy)  Rules  and  Companies  (CSR  Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021, including redressal of complaints or misuse, if any, in this regard.

Further, based on the recommendations of CPSE Conclave 2018, with the approval of competent DPE has issued guidelines to all administrative Ministries and CPSEs for adopting a theme based focused approach every year on CSR expenditure by CPSEs. These guidelines inter-alia provide that  CSR  expenditure  for  such  thematic  programmes  should  be  around  60%  of  annual  CSR expenditure  of  CPSEs  and  the  aspirational  districts  identified  by  NITI  Aayog  may  be  given preference.

(d):  As per information furnished by M/o Corporate Affairs, the CSR amount spent in Delhi is as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Amount Spent (INR in crore) |
|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2017-18          |                        558.32 |
| 2018-19          |                        663.43 |
| 2019-20          |                         47.63 |

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