Lok Sabha Question No. 184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Monitoring of CSR Funds
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Rama Devi, Kotagiri Sridhar, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Nishikant  Dubey, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2020 MAGHA 14, 1941(SAKA)

## MONITORING OF CSR FUNDS QUESTION

184. SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI B.B.PATIL:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

- (a)  whether  the Government maintains any data regarding the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)  compliance  by  companies,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during each of the last three years, sector and State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has set up any mechanism to monitor the use of CSR funds  used  by  the  companies  through  various  programmes/projects  across  the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has provided any schemes to the companies for CSR, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  any  violation  of  CSR  provisions  has  taken  place,  if  so,  the  details thereof  including  punitive  action  taken/  penality  imposed  against  the  violators during the said period, company-wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government for proper use of the CSR funds of various companies in the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS                                          (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

वित्त एिं कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्रालर् में राज्र् मंत्री

( श्री अनुराग स ंह ठाकु र )

(a):  All data related to CSR as filed by companies in MCA21 registry is available in public domain which can be accessed at www.csr.gov.in. On the basis of filings made by the Companies in the MCA 21 registry, the Sector-wise and State/UT-wise details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by Companies during financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are at Annexure - I and Annexure - II respectively.

(b)  to  (d):  CSR  is  a  Board  driven  process  and  the  Board  of  the  company  is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor the CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR committee. Schedule VII of the Act enlists the  activities  which  may  be  included  by  companies  in  their  CSR  policy.  Even Schedule VII is broad based and can be interpreted liberally in terms of MCA's circular  no.  21/2014  dated  18 th   June,  2014.  The  entire  CSR  architecture  is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR initiatives annually in MCA21 registry. Whenever any violation of CSR provisions is reported,  action  against  such  non-compliant  Companies  are  initiated  as  per provisions of Companies Act, 2013 after due examination of records and following due process of law. So far, sanction for prosecution has been accorded in 366 cases.  All  CSR  related  offences  are  compoundable.  So  far  121  applications  for compounding have been made and 37 cases have been compounded.

(e): The Ministry has set up High Level Committee (HLC-2018) to review the CSR framework and make recommendations to develop a more robust and coherent CSR regulatory and policy framework, and underlying ecosystem. The HLC-2018 has submitted  its  report  on  07 th   August,  2019  which  is  available  on  the  Ministry's website at www.mca.gov.in.

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## Annexure - I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184

| DEVELOPMENT SECTOR-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES)   | DEVELOPMENT SECTOR-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES)   | DEVELOPMENT SECTOR-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES)   | DEVELOPMENT SECTOR-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Development Sector                                        | FY 2015-16                                                | FY 2016-17                                                | FY 2017-18                                                |
| Agro Forestry                                             | 57.85                                                     | 43.45                                                     | 12.18                                                     |
| Animal Welfare                                            | 66.67                                                     | 78.65                                                     | 59.48                                                     |
| Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependents            | 11.14                                                     | 37.86                                                     | 27.72                                                     |
| Art And Culture                                           | 119.17                                                    | 305.57                                                    | 283.81                                                    |
| Clean Ganga Fund                                          | 32.82                                                     | 24.37                                                     | 4.44                                                      |
| Conservation Of Natural Resources                         | 49.85                                                     | 119.09                                                    | 212.74                                                    |
| Education                                                 | 4,057.45                                                  | 4,500.82                                                  | 4,594.64                                                  |
| Environmental Sustainability                              | 796.69                                                    | 1,076.46                                                  | 1,076.42                                                  |
| Gender Equality                                           | 73.85                                                     | 72.60                                                     | 20.48                                                     |
| Health Care                                               | 2,569.43                                                  | 2,484.05                                                  | 2,192.16                                                  |
| Livelihood Enhancement Projects                           | 393.38                                                    | 515.47                                                    | 658.18                                                    |
| NEC/ Not Mentioned                                        | 1,051.16                                                  | 388.96                                                    | 0.76                                                      |
| Other Central Government Funds                            | 334.35                                                    | 419.99                                                    | 255.40                                                    |
| Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition                 | 1,252.08                                                  | 606.55                                                    | 635.93                                                    |
| Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                     | 218.04                                                    | 158.80                                                    | 158.20                                                    |
| Rural Development Projects                                | 1,376.16                                                  | 1,554.78                                                  | 1,477.29                                                  |
| Safe Drinking Water                                       | 180.16                                                    | 147.76                                                    | 180.16                                                    |
| Sanitation                                                | 631.80                                                    | 421.71                                                    | 291.69                                                    |
| Senior Citizens Welfare                                   | 21.87                                                     | 26.91                                                     | 32.94                                                     |
| Setting Up Homes And Hostels For Women                    | 29.28                                                     | 61.97                                                     | 67.73                                                     |
| Setting Up Orphanage                                      | 16.90                                                     | 16.80                                                     | 36.86                                                     |
| Slum Area Development                                     | 14.10                                                     | 51.49                                                     | 35.11                                                     |
| Socio-Economic Inequalities                               | 77.97                                                     | 148.01                                                    | 134.70                                                    |
| Special Education                                         | 125.84                                                    | 164.83                                                    | 122.56                                                    |
| Swachh Bharat Kosh                                        | 325.52                                                    | 184.06                                                    | 213.79                                                    |
| Technology Incubators                                     | 26.34                                                     | 23.09                                                     | 15.54                                                     |
| Training To Promote Sports                                | 140.12                                                    | 180.33                                                    | 227.50                                                    |
| Vocational Skills                                         | 344.39                                                    | 373.46                                                    | 391.73                                                    |
| Women Empowerment                                         | 122.79                                                    | 141.62                                                    | 200.37                                                    |
| Grand Total                                               | 14,517.19                                                 | 14,329.53                                                 | 13,620.51                                                 |

(Data upto 30.06.2019) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

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Annexure - II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184

| STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES )   | STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES )   | STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES )   | STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES )   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs                                        | FY 2015-16                                       | FY 2016-17                                       | FY 2017-18                                       |
| Andaman And Nicobar                              | 0.55                                             | 0.83                                             | 0.76                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh                                   | 1,294.28                                         | 753.53                                           | 269.11                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                | 1.48                                             | 24.05                                            | 11.94                                            |
| Assam                                            | 164.60                                           | 269.92                                           | 86.23                                            |
| Bihar                                            | 124.62                                           | 100.77                                           | 42.17                                            |
| Chandigarh                                       | 5.34                                             | 21.99                                            | 20.51                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                     | 241.16                                           | 84.94                                            | 71.61                                            |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli                           | 12.03                                            | 7.58                                             | 6.93                                             |
| Daman And Diu                                    | 2.43                                             | 2.63                                             | 20.09                                            |
| Delhi                                            | 493.34                                           | 520.66                                           | 540.79                                           |
| Goa                                              | 30.15                                            | 37.89                                            | 53.34                                            |
| Gujarat                                          | 551.43                                           | 870.84                                           | 768.96                                           |
| Haryana                                          | 375.62                                           | 389.60                                           | 262.02                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                                 | 52.29                                            | 24.03                                            | 60.53                                            |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                | 107.81                                           | 42.74                                            | 14.75                                            |
| Jharkhand                                        | 117.04                                           | 95.69                                            | 45.88                                            |
| Karnataka                                        | 784.66                                           | 886.36                                           | 950.92                                           |
| Kerala                                           | 148.12                                           | 135.47                                           | 158.06                                           |
| Lakshadweep                                      | 0.30                                             | -                                                | 2.07                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                                   | 185.51                                           | 286.60                                           | 147.43                                           |
| Maharashtra                                      | 2,052.23                                         | 2,487.94                                         | 2,527.04                                         |
| Manipur                                          | 6.28                                             | 12.35                                            | 4.03                                             |
| Meghalaya                                        | 5.59                                             | 10.97                                            | 5.49                                             |
| Mizoram                                          | 1.07                                             | 0.08                                             | 0.23                                             |
| Nagaland                                         | 0.96                                             | 0.92                                             | 0.36                                             |
| Odisha                                           | 624.05                                           | 316.71                                           | 469.34                                           |
| Puducherry                                       | 6.46                                             | 7.43                                             | 6.51                                             |
| Punjab                                           | 69.93                                            | 75.83                                            | 88.51                                            |
| Rajasthan                                        | 501.45                                           | 327.15                                           | 263.33                                           |
| Sikkim                                           | 1.98                                             | 6.83                                             | 6.84                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                                       | 633.24                                           | 550.94                                           | 619.42                                           |
| Telangana                                        | 265.40                                           | 259.88                                           | 291.14                                           |
| Tripura                                          | 1.47                                             | 1.25                                             | 1.83                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                    | 423.79                                           | 327.48                                           | 298.40                                           |
| Uttarakhand                                      | 73.17                                            | 101.52                                           | 82.51                                            |
| West Bengal                                      | 415.42                                           | 290.34                                           | 280.25                                           |
| NEC/ Not mentioned                               | -                                                | 7.63                                             | 132.04                                           |
| PAN India*                                       | 4,741.95                                         | 4,988.17                                         | 5,009.16                                         |
| Grand Total                                      | 14,517.19                                        | 14,329.53                                        | 13,620.51                                        |

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