Lok Sabha Question No. 2580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Funds under CSR
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rama Devi, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Locket Chatterjee, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2580

## ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## FUNDS UNDER CSR

† 2580. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the percentage area affected across the country after the setting up of thermal power project of NTPC, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the total amount spent under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by NTPC during the last four years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the amount spent during the last four years in the project affected areas of West Bengal, Sonipat district of Haryana, tribal majority Amrawati district of Maharashtra, Sheohar and Kahalgaon districts of Bihar, work and year-wise;
- (d) the details of the percentage of the funds committed in-principle under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to/for the Project Affected Areas of West Bengal, Haryana, Maharashtra and Bihar;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to instruct NTPC  to spend/utilise the prescribed  percentage  of  its  CSR  funds  and  the  arrear  in  consultation  with  the elected representatives and district administration in the project affected areas of West Bengal, Haryana, Maharashtra and Bihar; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) : The state-wise details of the area acquired by the thermal projects of NTPC is mentioned in the below table:

|   Sl. No. | Location/unit   | States         |   Total Acquired Land of NTPC (in Acre) |   Area of the States (in Acre) |   Percentage Area affected due to NTPC thermal plant acquisition |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Simhadri        | Andhra Pradesh |                                 3379.45 |                    4.02707e+07 |                                                             0.01 |
|         2 | Bongaigaon      | Assam          |                                  988.24 |                    1.93824e+07 |                                                             0.01 |

| 3   | Barauni       | Bihar          |   911.84 |             |        |
|-----|---------------|----------------|----------|-------------|--------|
| 3   | NPGC          | Bihar          |  2954.05 |             |        |
| 3   | Barh          | Bihar          |  3176.24 |             |        |
| 3   | Kahalgaon     | Bihar          |  3422.84 |             |        |
| 3   | Kanti         | Bihar          |  1237.7  |             |        |
| 3   | Sub Total     | Bihar          | 11702.7  | 23268148.12 | 0.050  |
| 4   | Sipat         | Chhattisgarh   |  4369.58 |             |        |
| 4   | Korba         | Chhattisgarh   |  5450.19 |             |        |
| 4   | Lara          | Chhattisgarh   |  2568.12 |             |        |
| 4   | Sub Total     | Chhattisgarh   | 12387.9  | 33406619.16 | 0.040  |
| 5   | Kawas         | Gujarat        |   567.45 |             |        |
| 5   | Jhanor        | Gujarat        |   476.34 |             |        |
| 5   | Sub Total     | Gujarat        |  1043.79 | 48492873.62 | 0.002  |
| 6   | Faridabad     | Haryana        |   299.61 | 10925006.26 | 0.003  |
| 7   | NKSTPP        | Jharkhand      |  2263.37 | 19698222.18 | 0.011  |
| 8   | Kudgi         | Karnataka      |  3351.29 | 47392515.06 | 0.010  |
| 9   | Kayamkulam    | Kerala         |  1163.56 | 9600523.46  | 0.010  |
| 10  | Gadarwara     | Madhya Pradesh |  2111.61 |             |        |
| 10  | Khargone      | Madhya Pradesh |  1766.65 |             |        |
| 10  | Vindhyachal   | Madhya Pradesh |  6059.94 |             |        |
| 10  | Sub Total     | Madhya Pradesh |  9938.2  | 76170610.46 | 0.010  |
| 11  | Mouda         | Maharashtra    |  2052.81 |             |        |
| 11  | Solapur       | Maharashtra    |  1892    |             |        |
| 11  | Sub Total     | Maharashtra    |  3944.81 | 76037420.87 | 0.010  |
| 12  | TTPS          | Odisha         |   997.78 |             |        |
| 12  | TSTPS         | Odisha         |  3874.55 |             |        |
| 12  | Darlipalli    | Odisha         |   200.47 |             |        |
| 12  | Sub Total     | Odisha         |  5072.8  | 38475978.24 | 0.010  |
| 13  | Anta          | Rajasthan      |   931.5  | 84568968.1  | 0.000  |
| 14  | Ramagundam    | Telangana      |  9542.55 | 27694787.09 | 0.030  |
| 15  | Rihand        | UP             |  5465.47 |             |        |
| 15  | Tanda         | UP             |  1920.36 |             |        |
| 15  | Unchahar      | UP             |  2197.98 |             |        |
| 15  | Singrauli     | UP             |  4490.49 |             |        |
| 15  | Dadri Thermal | UP             |  2703.33 |             |        |
| 15  | Auraiya       | UP             |   559.09 |             |        |
| 15  | Sub Total     | UP             | 17336.7  | 59534513.44 | 0.029  |
| 16  | Farakka       | West Bengal    |  4506.39 | 21931062.96 | 0.020  |
|     |               | Total          | 87852.8  | 636850372.8 | 0.0134 |

.......3.

## (b) :   The State / UT wise CSR expenditure by NTPC during the four years is as under:

Amount in Rs. Cr.

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs         |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |     13.5  |     10.88 |      1.09 |      6.98 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |      0    |
| 3         | Assam              |      1.11 |      0.04 |      0    |      1.19 |
| 4         | Bihar              |     14.83 |      8.69 |      7.48 |     19.77 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       |     29.59 |     27.93 |     20.61 |     34.27 |
| 6         | Delhi              |      6.54 |      3.98 |      5.62 |     13.74 |
| 7         | Gujarat            |      4.11 |      2.67 |      1.73 |      2.13 |
| 8         | Haryana            |      1.42 |      2.12 |      1.31 |      1.49 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   |      0.19 |      0.42 |      0.49 |      0.17 |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir  |      0.08 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 11        | Jharkhand          |      4.41 |      3.91 |      1.5  |      8.48 |
| 12        | Karnataka          |      0    |      0.41 |      0.13 |      0.33 |
| 13        | Kerala             |      4.78 |      3.92 |      4.36 |      3.7  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh     |     12.52 |     13.49 |      7.16 |     15.04 |
| 15        | Maharashtra        |     21.18 |      7.54 |      4.98 |     13.05 |
| 16        | Mizoram            |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.36 |
| 17        | Multiple Locations |     65.53 |    104.83 |    274.09 |     95.48 |
| 18        | Odisha             |     23.84 |     43.48 |     21.75 |     29.82 |
| 19        | Punjab             |      0    |      0    |      0.11 |      0    |
| 20        | Rajasthan          |      5.46 |      4.55 |      2.93 |      4.44 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu         |      0.17 |      0.04 |      0    |      0    |
| 22        | Telangana          |     17.75 |     10.67 |      7.64 |      9.14 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh      |     54.56 |     50.22 |     48.52 |     68.72 |
| 24        | Uttarakhand        |      0.15 |      0.04 |      0.19 |     17.19 |
| 25        | West Bengal        |      3.74 |      4.93 |      6.93 |     11.23 |
|           | Total              |    285.46 |    304.92 |    418.87 |    356.72 |

(c)  :            NTPC  CSR  activities  are  primarily  carried  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  NTPC stations/projects  in  line  with  the  activities  defined  in  the  CSR  policy  of  NTPC  and schedule VII (section 135) of Companies Act 2013 and rules made thereunder, and CSR guidelines  issued  by  Department  of  Public  Enterprises  (DPE)  from  time  to  time. However, considering inclusive  growth, environment sustainability and to supplement government's efforts, CSR activities are taken up anywhere in the country.

The details of the amount spent during the last four years in the project affected areas of West Bengal, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Bihar is as mentioned below:

| Sl.   | State       | Plant/Station   | District             | CSR Expenditure (Rs. in Cr.)   | CSR Expenditure (Rs. in Cr.)   | CSR Expenditure (Rs. in Cr.)   | CSR Expenditure (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|-------|-------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| No.   |             |                 |                      | 2018-19                        | 2019- 20                       | 2020- 21                       | 2021- 22                       |
| 1     | West Bengal | NTPC Farakka    | Murshidabad & Maldah | 3.68                           | 4.93                           | 6.82                           | 10.86                          |
| 2     | Haryana     | Faridabad       | Faridabad            | 1.40                           | 2.11                           | 1.31                           | 1.46                           |

..........4.

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|   3 | Bihar       | Kahalgaon       | Bhagalpur        | 11.87 6.80 7.17 11.06                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----|-------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Maharashtra | Mouda & Solapur | Nagpur & Solapur | Community development works by Mouda and Solapur projects of NTPC, in the State of Maharashtra, have also been undertaken from Community Development (CD) expenses under Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) budget and an amount of Rs.140.00 crores have been spent. Activities under CSR budget by these projects will start from 2023-2024. |

There are no project affected areas of NTPC in Sonipat, Amrawati and Sheohar districts. (d) :          As  regards  NTPC, the total prescribed/mandated CSR funds are calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 as 2% of average net profits of  last  3  years.  The  prescribed  CSR  funds  are  utilised  for  carrying  out  CSR  activities primarily in the District/immediate vicinity/ Project Affected areas of NTPC Stations/Projects  located  PAN-INDIA  States  (including  the  Project  Affected  areas  of West Bengal, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Bihar), in line with the activities defined in the CSR policy of NTPC and schedule VII (section 135) of Companies Act 2013 and rules made there under, and CSR guidelines issued by DPE from time to time. takes up various feedbacks/ inputs from panchayats, district

(e)  &  (f)  :        NTPC's  CSR  activities  are  taken  up  based  on  comprehensive  need assessment surveys and are prioritized in consultation with key stakeholders including village  representatives,  local  administration,  and  public  representatives,  etc.  NTPC administration, neighbourhood  community,  people's  representatives,  village  development  advisory committee (VDAC), and other participatory forums.

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