Lok Sabha Question No. 2370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: CSR Spending in Maharashtra
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2370

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022/ SRAVANA 10, 1944 (SAKA)

## CSR SPENDING IN MAHARASHTRA

## QUESTION

## 2370. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the amount spent by various corporate companies including Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and various industrial units under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during the last three years in the country, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) the amount spent by various industrial units in Maharashtra under CSR during the said period;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to review the works done under CSR fund and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Ministry has data on CSR funds allocated for the period 2016-2022 (up to June 2022) across the country, especially in Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the reasons for not allocating many CSR funds to Maharashtra for the period 20162022?

## 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.  Section 135 of the Act mandates every company having net worth of Rs. 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs. 1000 crore or more, or net profit of Rs. 5 crore or more during the immediately preceding financial year, to spend at least two per cent of the average net profits of the company made over immediately preceding three financial years towards CSR as per the CSR Policy of the Company. The CSR framework is disclosure based and companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually in the MCA21 registry.  On the basis of annual Contd….2/ -

filings made by Companies in the MCA21 registry, the CSR spent by various public and private  sector  companies,  in  different  States  /Union  Territories  (UTs)  (including Maharashtra) for the last three financial years (FY) 2018-19, 2019-2020 and 2020-21 is at Annexure.

(c):  No, Sir. 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 mandated companies are required to provide additional information in their Profit & Loss Account regarding the amount of expenditure incurred on CSR activities and the same is required to be audited by the statutory auditors of the company. Further, the Board of the company is also required to disclose the CSR Policy implemented by the company in its Board report. Thus, 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 adequate scope to review the works done by them.

(d) & (e): All data related to CSR filed by companies in MCA21 registry is available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in . On the basis of annual filings made by Companies in the MCA21 registry, the details of CSR spent by companies in the State of Maharashtra during financial years 2015-16 to 2020-21 are given below:

| State                 | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   |
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Maharashtra (INR Cr.) | 2,026.91     | 2,414.80     | 2,797.53     | 3,144.23     | 3,336.14     | 3,306.72     |

(Data up to 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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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2370 FOR 01.08.2022

| State/UT CSR expenditure (In Cr.)   | State/UT CSR expenditure (In Cr.)                         | State/UT CSR expenditure (In Cr.)   | State/UT CSR expenditure (In Cr.)   | State/UT CSR expenditure (In Cr.)   |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. No                               | States/UT                                                 | FY 2018-19                          | FY 2019-20                          | FY 2020-21                          |
| 1                                   | Andaman and Nicobar                                       | 0.82                                | 1.29                                | 2.19                                |
| 2                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                            | 664.87                              | 710.00                              | 662.39                              |
| 3                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                         | 24.56                               | 18.02                               | 10.58                               |
| 4                                   | Assam                                                     | 210.00                              | 282.14                              | 163.21                              |
| 5                                   | Bihar                                                     | 137.57                              | 110.15                              | 78.02                               |
| 6                                   | Chandigarh                                                | 11.46                               | 15.58                               | 13.12                               |
| 7                                   | Chhattisgarh                                              | 149.35                              | 268.18                              | 305.73                              |
| 8                                   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                    | 13.48                               | 18.34                               | 18.08                               |
| 9                                   | Daman and Diu                                             | 6.25                                | 9.53                                | 5.25                                |
| 10                                  | Delhi                                                     | 749.24                              | 827.74                              | 657.73                              |
| 11                                  | Goa                                                       | 46.77                               | 43.86                               | 40.95                               |
| 12                                  | Gujarat                                                   | 1,082.09                            | 982.53                              | 1,397.26                            |
| 13                                  | Haryana                                                   | 377.53                              | 521.11                              | 536.86                              |
| 14                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 78.79                               | 78.61                               | 104.60                              |
| 15                                  | Jammu And Kashmir                                         | 36.44                               | 25.27                               | 35.10                               |
| 16                                  | Jharkhand                                                 | 109.80                              | 155.21                              | 208.34                              |
| 17                                  | Karnataka                                                 | 1,250.39                            | 1,445.80                            | 1,205.23                            |
| 18                                  | Kerala                                                    | 354.67                              | 295.78                              | 283.78                              |
| 19                                  | Lakshadweep                                               | 0.39                                | --                                  | 0.01                                |
| 20                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 243.17                              | 215.06                              | 344.13                              |
| 21                                  | Maharashtra                                               | 3,144.23                            | 3,336.14                            | 3,306.72                            |
| 22                                  | Manipur                                                   | 7.81                                | 14.21                               | 9.66                                |
| 23                                  | Meghalaya                                                 | 16.54                               | 17.65                               | 12.46                               |
| 24                                  | Mizoram                                                   | 0.11                                | 0.25                                | 0.81                                |
| 25                                  | Nagaland                                                  | 2.12                                | 5.10                                | 3.57                                |
| 26                                  | Odisha                                                    | 688.25                              | 714.82                              | 547.57                              |
| 27                                  | Puducherry                                                | 9.15                                | 11.32                               | 11.79                               |
| 28                                  | Punjab                                                    | 166.00                              | 188.52                              | 126.01                              |
| 29                                  | Rajasthan                                                 | 595.44                              | 733.95                              | 643.07                              |
| 30                                  | Sikkim                                                    | 5.87                                | 10.99                               | 15.15                               |
| 31                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                | 876.83                              | 1,069.45                            | 1,082.33                            |
| 32                                  | Telangana                                                 | 428.06                              | 445.56                              | 579.75                              |
| 33                                  | Tripura                                                   | 23.06                               | 9.40                                | 9.29                                |
| 34                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                             | 519.14                              | 577.08                              | 826.67                              |
| 35                                  | Uttarakhand                                               | 172.26                              | 124.65                              | 151.30                              |
| 36                                  | West Bengal                                               | 381.77                              | 416.97                              | 427.44                              |
| 37                                  | NEC/ Not mentioned*                                       | 4.44                                | 30.43                               | 177.51                              |
| 38                                  | PAN India **                                              | 6,428.09                            | 9,373.03                            | 7,490.84                            |
| 39                                  | Contribution to Funds included in Schedule VII of the Act | 1,155.25                            | 1,787.89                            | 3,371.00                            |
| Grand Total (in Cr.)                |                                                           | 20,172.07                           | 24,891.63                           | 24,865.46                           |

(Data up to 31.03.2022)       [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.