Lok Sabha Question No. 920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: CSR Spend by Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 920 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022/ AGRAHAYANA 21, 1944 (SAKA)

## CSR SPEND BY COMPANIES

## QUESTION

920. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has sent notices to thousands of companies who have failed to  spend  funds  under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  policy,  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action being taken by the Government against the defaulters; and
- (b)  whether the Government has any record of CSR funds spent by the Companies during the last four Financial Years (FY) and the current FY till now and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## 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)  &  (b):  The  broad  framework  for  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  has  been provided under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), Schedule VII of the Act and Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014. The CSR framework is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually in the MCA21  registry.  The  corporate  governance  framework  along  with  the  existing  legal provisions such as mandatory disclosures, accountability of the CSR Committee and the Board, provisions for statutory audit of accounts of the company etc. provide safeguards in this regard. Whenever any violation of CSR provisions is reported, action against such non-compliant Companies is initiated as per provisions of the Act after due examination of  records  and  following  due  process  of  law.  Earlier,  CSR  related  defaults  were compoundable offences. So far, sanction for prosecution has been accorded in 366 cases. Of these, 174 applications for compounding have been made and 121 cases have been compounded. Now, the non-compliance of CSR provisions has been converted as a civil wrong w. e. f. 22 nd  January, 2021.

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  the  filings  made  by  the companies  in  the  MCA21  registry,  State/UT-wise  details  of  CSR  spent  by  all  the companies during last four Financial Years (FY) 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 are at Annexure. Further, the companies are required to file the CSR data for the FY 202122 on or before 31.03.2023. Moreover, filings for current financial year i.e. FY 2022-23 are required to be made only after the end of financial year.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 920 FOR 12.12.2022

|                      | State/UT-wise CSR Expenditure (in Rs. Cr.)                | State/UT-wise CSR Expenditure (in Rs. Cr.)   | State/UT-wise CSR Expenditure (in Rs. Cr.)   | State/UT-wise CSR Expenditure (in Rs. Cr.)   |             |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------|
| S.N.                 | State/UT                                                  | FY 2017-18                                   | FY 2018-19                                   | FY 2019-20                                   | FY 2020-21  |
| 1                    | Andaman And Nicobar                                       | 0.73                                         | 0.82                                         | 1.29                                         | 2.86 715.81 |
| 2                    | Andhra Pradesh                                            | 575.07                                       | 665.97                                       | 710.12                                       |             |
| 3                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                         | 11.91                                        | 24.56                                        | 18.02                                        | 10.58       |
| 4                    | Assam                                                     | 211.33                                       | 210.00                                       | 285.00                                       | 167.78      |
| 5                    | Bihar                                                     | 106.17                                       | 137.57                                       | 110.48                                       | 79.30       |
| 6                    | Chandigarh                                                | 20.51                                        | 11.46                                        | 15.58                                        | 13.19       |
| 7                    | Chhattisgarh                                              | 176.70                                       | 149.35                                       | 269.68                                       | 307.83      |
| 8                    | Dadra And Nagar Haveli                                    | 6.98                                         | 13.48                                        | 18.34                                        | 21.98       |
| 9                    | Daman And Diu                                             | 20.23                                        | 6.25                                         | 9.53                                         | 5.25        |
| 10                   | Delhi                                                     | 579.37                                       | 750.76                                       | 829.50                                       | 713.58      |
| 11                   | Goa                                                       | 53.77                                        | 46.77                                        | 43.91                                        | 41.78       |
| 12                   | Gujarat                                                   | 967.97                                       | 1,082.18                                     | 984.15                                       | 1,443.62    |
| 13                   | Haryana                                                   | 363.43                                       | 378.11                                       | 536.57                                       | 542.45      |
| 14                   | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 69.23                                        | 78.79                                        | 78.61                                        | 105.01      |
| 15                   | Jammu And Kashmir                                         | 50.77                                        | 36.44                                        | 25.27                                        | 35.47       |
| 16                   | Jharkhand                                                 | 109.23                                       | 109.80                                       | 155.21                                       | 210.27      |
| 17                   | Karnataka                                                 | 1,145.42                                     | 1,252.23                                     | 1,448.08                                     | 1,265.05    |
| 18                   | Kerala                                                    | 219.73                                       | 354.78                                       | 298.56                                       | 286.52      |
| 19                   | Lakshadweep                                               | 2.27                                         | 0.39                                         | -                                            | 0.01        |
| 20                   | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 163.92                                       | 243.55                                       | 215.33                                       | 354.50      |
| 21                   | Maharashtra                                               | 2,797.53                                     | 3,147.66                                     | 3,348.82                                     | 3,426.31    |
| 22                   | Manipur                                                   | 4.81                                         | 7.81                                         | 14.21                                        | 10.30       |
| 23                   | Meghalaya                                                 | 11.18                                        | 16.54                                        | 17.65                                        | 12.46       |
| 24                   | Mizoram                                                   | 1.28                                         | 0.11                                         | 0.25                                         | 0.97        |
| 25                   | Nagaland                                                  | 1.81                                         | 2.12                                         | 5.10                                         | 3.57        |
| 26                   | Odisha                                                    | 504.22                                       | 697.91                                       | 716.81                                       | 567.63      |
| 27                   | Puducherry                                                | 6.09                                         | 9.15                                         | 11.32                                        | 11.97       |
| 28                   | Punjab                                                    | 112.36                                       | 166.85                                       | 188.52                                       | 137.29      |
| 29                   | Rajasthan                                                 | 443.35                                       | 595.49                                       | 734.12                                       | 657.86      |
| 30                   | Sikkim                                                    | 7.00                                         | 5.87                                         | 10.99                                        | 15.16       |
| 31                   | Tamil Nadu                                                | 669.65                                       | 877.08                                       | 1,072.02                                     | 1,145.67    |
| 32                   | Telangana                                                 | 380.57                                       | 428.06                                       | 445.80                                       | 624.22      |
| 33                   | Tripura                                                   | 1.88                                         | 23.06                                        | 9.40                                         | 9.29        |
| 34                   | Uttar Pradesh                                             | 435.21                                       | 521.32                                       | 577.91                                       | 870.13      |
| 35                   | Uttarakhand                                               | 85.79                                        | 172.31                                       | 124.70                                       | 155.43      |
| 36                   | West Bengal                                               | 338.32                                       | 382.23                                       | 422.95                                       | 464.65      |
| 37                   | NEC/ Not mentioned*                                       | 137.93                                       | 4.44                                         | 26.41                                        | 176.20      |
| 38                   | PAN India**                                               | 5,505.31                                     | 6,429.81                                     | 9,385.41                                     | 7,684.81    |
| 39                   | Contribution to Funds included in Schedule VII of the Act | 799.18                                       | 1,155.86                                     | 1,789.15                                     | 3,417.89    |
| Grand Total (in Cr.) | Grand Total (in Cr.)                                      | 17,098.20                                    | 20,196.95                                    | 24,954.78                                    | 25,714.65   |

(Data up to 30.09.2022)   [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

*Companies did not specify the names of States where projects were undertaken

** Companies indicated more than one State where projects were undertaken.

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