Lok Sabha Question No. 3093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: CSR Spent in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Devendra (Alias) Bhole Singh Singh, (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3093 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021/ PHALGUNA 24, 1942 (SAKA)

## CSR SPENT IN UTTAR PRADESH QUESTION

3093. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

- (a) whether the companies have spent any Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) fund in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details of the funds spent and activities undertaken by the public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), joint sector enterprises and private sector enterprises under the CSR for regional development in Uttar Pradesh during each of the last three years, company-wise;
- (c) whether certain establishments have spent the CSR funds for the works other than regional development;
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to ensure utilisation of CSR funds as per the rules; and
- (e)  the list of all those corporate houses/firms/companies which are bound to follow CSR rules

## 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 ठाक ु र )

(a)  to  (e):    The  Government  provides  the  broad  framework  for  Corporate  Social Responsibility (CSR) through Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), Schedule VII  of  the  Act  and  Companies  (CSR  Policy)  Rules,  2014.    Section  135  of  the  Act mandates every company having net worth of Rs. 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs.

1000 crore or more, or net profit of Rs. 5 crore or more during the immediately

preceding financial year to undertake CSR activities.  Similarly, Schedule VII indicates the  activities  that  can  be  undertaken  by  the  companies  as  eligible  CSR  activities. These activities are broadly aligned with national priorities and related to inclusive and sustainable development such as health, education, poverty eradication, hunger, women empowerment, welfare of armed forces veterans, environment, sports, rural development, slum area development, welfare of weaker sections; disaster management  etc.  Further,  the  Ministry  vide  general  circular  no.  05/01/2014  dated 18.06.2014 clarified  that  the  entries  in  Schedule  VII  are  broad  based  and  must  be interpreted liberally. Under the Act, 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 recommendation of its CSR Committee. The CSR architecture is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR activities  annually  in  MCA21  registry.  Whenever  any  violation  of  CSR  provisions  is reported, action against such non-compliant Companies are initiated as per provisions of Act after due examination of records and following due process of law.  On the basis of  filings  made  by  the  companies in the MCA21 registry, the CSR spent by various public and private sector companies in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the last three financial years are given below:

(Data upto 30.09.2020) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

|                   | FY 2017-18       | FY 2017-18             | FY 2018-19       | FY 2018-19             | FY 2019-20       | FY 2019-20             |
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------|------------------------|
| Nature of Company | No. of Companies | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) | No. of Companies | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) | No. of Companies | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) |
| Public Sector     | 31               | 57.11                  | 42               | 126.96                 | 2                | 0.34                   |
| (PSUs) Non-PSUs   | 689              | 245.81                 | 805              | 349.99                 | 55               | 38.72                  |
| Grand Total       | 720              | 302.92                 | 847              | 476.95                 | 57               | 39.06                  |

All  data  related  to  CSR  filed  by  companies  in  MCA21  registry  including  state-wise, sector-wise and company-wise is available in public domain and can be accessed at www.csr.gov.in.

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