Lok Sabha Question No. 442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Corporate Social Responsibility Fund
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 442 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## Corporate Social Responsibility Fund

## †442. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether private oil companies along with ONGC, GAIL, HPCL, BPCL and IOCL, etc., have been directed to spend funds on welfare works under Corporate Social Responsibility;
- (b) if so, the details of companies and projects, State-wise; and
- (c)  the  details  of  proposals  related  to  CSR  projects  sanctioned/rejected  and  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a)  to  (c)          Every  company  registered  under  Companies  Act,  2013,  with  specified thresholds of turnover, or net worth, or net profit during immediately preceding financial year, is mandated to spend at least two percent of the average net profits made during the  three  immediately  preceding  financial  years  on  welfare  works  under  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Such companies include ONGC, GAIL, HPCL, BPCL and IOCL.

ONGC, GAIL, HPCL, BPCL and IOCL, etc., as a part of their CSR, undertake CSR activities  under  the  heads  identified  under  Schedule  VII  of  the  Companies  Act  2013 with special focus on Health (Nutrition, Sanitation, and Drinking Water), Education, Skill Development,  Rural  Development,  Women  Empowerment,  Environment  Oriented Initiatives  and  Care  for  the  Elderly  &  Differently-abled  Persons,  around  their  work centers.

Activity-wise details of CSR fund spent in the country during the last 3 years by ONGC, GAIL, HPCL, BPCL and IOCL are given in Annexure .

State/project/agency-wise details of CSR activities undertaken and funds spent thereon during the last three years are available on the website of www.ongcindia.com, www.gailonline.com, www.hindustanpetroleum.com, www.bharatpetroleum.com, & www.iocl.com.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c ) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.442 for 8.12.2022 asked by Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Hon`ble MP regarding Corporate Social Responsibility Fund.

## Activity-wise CSR Expenditure (Rs. in Lakh) of ONGC, GAIL, HPCL, BPCL & IOCL

| Item No.   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (i)        | Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting health care including preventive health care and sanitation including contribution to the Swach Bharat Kosh set-up by the Central Government for the promotion of sanitation and making available safe drinking water                                           |  58383.4  |  30275    |  46013.8  |
| (ii)       | Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects                                                                                                                      |  73271.4  |  27524.6  |  30210.5  |
| (iii)      | Promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, day care centers and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups                                     |   3104.05 |   2254.45 |   2964.99 |
| (iv)       | Ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agroforestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining quality of soil, air and water including contribution to the Clean Ganga Fund setup by the Central Government for rejuvenation of river Ganga |  18846.4  |   4997.9  |   5292.24 |
| (v)        | Protection of national heritage, art and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and works of art; setting up public libraries; promotion and development of traditional art and handicrafts                                                                                      |   1592.11 |   1597.34 |    588.43 |
| (vi)       | Measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |    166.04 |     31    |    101.39 |

| (vii)   | Training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic sports                                                                                                                                                            |   1931.76 |   1201.57 |   1498.88 |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (viii)  | Contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund or any other fund set up by the Central Government for socio- economic development and relief and welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women |  10000    |  72000    |  25858    |
| (ix)    | Contributions or funds provided to technology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government                                                                                                                      |      0    |      5    |    756.66 |
| (x)     | Rural development projects                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   6725.62 |   2795.9  |   3301.85 |
| (xi)    | Slum area development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   1187.26 |     27    |      0    |
| (xii)   | Disaster management, including relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities                                                                                                                                                                             |   2110.57 |   1373    |   3956.15 |
|         | Administrative/Miscelleneous Overheads                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   3025.94 |   2154.11 |   2917.58 |
|         | TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 180345    | 146237    | 123460    |

(Source - ONGC, GAIL, IOCL, BPCL & HPCL)