Lok Sabha Question No. 1347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Assessment of Performance of NGOs
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1347 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022/

SRAVANA 3, 1944 (SAKA)

## ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF NGOs QUESTION

1347.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme to assess the performance of Non-Governmental  Organisation  (NGOs)  entrusted  with  the  task  of  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR);

- (b) the names of the companies along with the amount of CSR provided to NGOs in the State of Chhattisgarh during each of the last three years; and
- (c) whether transparency was ensured in the selection of the said NGOs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the criteria adopted therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CORPORATE AFFAIRS

[RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a) to (d) : No Such proposal is under consideration with the Government. In the Corporate Social  Responsibility  (CSR) Legal  framework,  the  word  'Non -governmental  Organisations (NGO)' has nowhere been defined . Section 135 of the Companies Act , 2013 ('Act' ) read with Rule 4 of the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 prescribes that the Board of the company is empowered to undertake its CSR activities either by itself or through engaging Implementing Agencies as mentioned in the said rule. The Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 was amended on 22 nd  January, 2021 and registration of Implementing Agencies with the Central Government is made mandatory with effect from 1 st  April, 2021.

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 based on the recommendations of its CSR Committee. The CSR framework is disclosure based and companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually in MCA21 registry. The Government monitors the compliance of CSR provisions through the disclosures made by the companies in the MCA 21 registry.

All data related to CSR filed by companies in MCA21 registry is available in public domain and can be accessed at www.csr.gov.in. On the basis of annual filings made by the companies in the MCA21 registry, the CSR spent by companies in Chhattisgarh during last three Financial Years (FY) 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 are given below.

| Details                                                                     |   FY 2018-19 |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Total CSR amount spent in Chhattisgarh (in Rs. Cr.)                         |       149.35 |       268.18 |       305.73 |
| CSR amount spent through Implementing Agencies in Chhattisgarh (in Rs. Cr.) |       106.73 |        73.91 |       160.43 |

(Data upto 31.03.2022)      [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

Further, the companies are required to file the CSR data for the Financial Year 2021-22 on or before 31.03.2023.

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