Lok Sabha Question No. 397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Monitoring of CSR Funds
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 397

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## 'Monitoring of CSR Funds'

## 397: SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

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

- (a) the details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funds spending of heavy industries between 2015-19; and
- (b) the efforts made by the Ministry to monitor the spending of such funds by the heavy industries?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) : As per information furnished by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) including heavy industries  the  details  of  CSR  Expenditure  during  the  Financial  Years  2015-19  are  given  in  the table:

| Year    |   No. of CPSEs |   Expenditure (₹ crore) |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------|
| 2015-16 |            106 |                 4028.04 |
| 2016-17 |            126 |                 3336.5  |
| 2017-18 |            152 |                 3442.38 |
| 2018-19 |            150 |                 3873.32 |

(b):  As  per  the  provisions  on  CSR  in  Section-135  of  Companies  Act,  2013,  all  corporates, including CPSEs exceeding the threshold limits as specified in the Act, are mandated to allocate at least 2% of their average net profits (PBT) of three immediately preceding years to undertake CSR activities. Further in pursuance to the powers conferred in Section 135 of the Companies Act,2013 CSR Rules were notified with effect from 1 st April, 2014.

DPE  has  issued  guidelines  on  1 st August,  2016  (Annexure-I)  regarding  implementation  of activities  under CSR by CPSEs. Further guidelines have been issued on 10 th December, 2018 (Annexure-II)  for  theme-based  utilization  of  CSR  funds  with  preference  to  aspiration  districts identified  by  NITI  Aayog.  For  the  FY  2019-20,  the  common  theme  is  School  education, Healthcare and Nutrition.

Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) reports data from CSR eligible CPSEs on the allocation and spending on CSR in the Annual Public Enterprises Survey brought by the Department and placed in both the Houses of Parliament.

The performance of CPSEs on implementation of CSR is also evaluated in DPE through the MoU System.

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| Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog   | Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog   | Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                             | State                                             | Aspirational Districts                            |
| 1                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                    | Vizainagram                                       |
| 2                                                 |                                                   | Y. S. R. Kadapa                                   |
| 3                                                 |                                                   | Vishakhapatnam                                    |
| 4                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                 | Namsai                                            |
| 5                                                 | Assam                                             | Darrang                                           |
| 6                                                 |                                                   | Dhubri                                            |
| 7                                                 |                                                   | Barpeta                                           |
| 8                                                 |                                                   | Goalpara                                          |
| 9                                                 |                                                   | Udalgiri                                          |
| 10                                                |                                                   | Hailakandi                                        |
| 11                                                | Bihar                                             | Baksa                                             |
| 12                                                |                                                   | Katihar                                           |
| 13                                                |                                                   | Khagaria                                          |
| 14                                                |                                                   | Aurangabad                                        |
| 15                                                |                                                   | Banka                                             |
| 16                                                |                                                   | Begusarai                                         |
| 17                                                |                                                   | Purnia                                            |
| 18                                                |                                                   | Gaya                                              |
| 19                                                |                                                   | Sheikhpura                                        |
| 20                                                |                                                   | Araria                                            |
| 21                                                |                                                   | Jamui                                             |
| 22                                                |                                                   | Sitamarhi                                         |
| 23                                                |                                                   | Muzaffarpur                                       |
| 24                                                |                                                   | Nawada                                            |
| 25                                                | Chattisgarh                                       | Korba                                             |
| 26                                                |                                                   | Bastar                                            |
| 27                                                |                                                   | Bijapur                                           |

|   28 |                  | Mahasamund      |
|------|------------------|-----------------|
|   29 |                  | Dantewada       |
|   30 |                  | Kanker          |
|   31 |                  | Kondagaon       |
|   32 |                  | Narayanpur      |
|   33 |                  | Rajnandgaon     |
|   34 |                  | Sukma           |
|   35 | Gujarat          | Narmada         |
|   36 |                  | Dahod           |
|   37 | Haryana          | Mewat           |
|   38 | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba          |
|   39 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Kupwara         |
|   40 |                  | Baramula        |
|   41 | Jharkhand        | Sahebganj       |
|   42 |                  | Godda           |
|   43 |                  | Latehar         |
|   44 |                  | Pakaur          |
|   45 |                  | Lohardaga       |
|   46 |                  | Palamu          |
|   47 |                  | Purbi Singhbhum |
|   48 |                  | Ramgarh         |
|   49 |                  | Ranchi          |
|   50 |                  | Khunti          |
|   51 |                  | West Singhbhum  |
|   52 |                  | Bokaro          |
|   53 |                  | Chatra          |
|   54 |                  | Dumka           |
|   55 |                  | Garhwa          |
|   56 |                  | Girdih          |
|   57 |                  | Gumla           |

|   58 |                | Hazaribagh   |
|------|----------------|--------------|
|   59 |                | Simdega      |
|   60 | Karnataka      | Yadgir       |
|   61 |                | Raichur      |
|   62 | Kerala         | Wayanad      |
|   63 | Madhya Pradesh | Damoh        |
|   64 |                | Singrauli    |
|   65 |                | Chhatarpur   |
|   66 |                | Rajgarh      |
|   67 |                | Barwani      |
|   68 |                | Guna         |
|   69 |                | Vidisha      |
|   70 |                | Khandwa      |
|   71 | Maharashtra    | Nandurbar    |
|   72 |                | Washim       |
|   73 |                | Osmanabad    |
|   74 |                | Gadchiroli   |
|   75 | Manipur        | Chandel      |
|   76 | Meghalaya      | Ribhoi       |
|   77 | Mizoram        | Mamit        |
|   78 | Nagaland       | Kiphire      |
|   79 | Odisha         | Rayagada     |
|   80 |                | Kalahandi    |
|   81 |                | Kandhamal    |
|   82 |                | Koraput      |
|   83 |                | Gajapati     |
|   84 |                | Malkangiri   |
|   85 |                | Nawarangpur  |
|   86 |                | Nuapada      |
|   87 |                | Dhenkanal    |

|   88 |               | Balangir             |
|------|---------------|----------------------|
|   89 | Punjab        | Firozpur             |
|   90 |               | Moga                 |
|   91 | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer            |
|   92 |               | Karauli              |
|   93 |               | Baran                |
|   94 |               | Dholpur              |
|   95 |               | Sirohi               |
|   96 | Sikkim        | West Sikkim          |
|   97 | Tamil Nadu    | Ramanathapuram       |
|   98 |               | Virudhunagar         |
|   99 | Telangana     | Bhoopalpalli         |
|  100 |               | Asifabad             |
|  101 |               | Bhadadri- Kothagudem |
|  102 | Tripura       | Dhalai               |
|  103 | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot           |
|  104 |               | Balrampur            |
|  105 |               | Chandauli            |
|  106 |               | Bahraich             |
|  107 |               | Fatehpur             |
|  108 |               | Siddharthnagar       |
|  109 |               | Sonbhadra            |
|  110 |               | Shrawasti            |
|  111 | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar             |
|  112 |               | Udham Singh Nagar    |