Lok Sabha Question No. 4479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Funds allocated under CSR
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK   SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4479

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## Funds allocated under CSR

## 4479. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR

Will the Minister of Coal  be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether  various  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  under  the  Ministry  have  allocated funds under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during the last three years till date;
- (b)         if  so,  the  names  of  areas,  quantum of funds and names of items for which funds have been spent, particularly in backward and Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country   during  the  said  period,   PSU-wise  and  the  number  of  person  benefited  therefrom, location-wise; and
- (c )        the  concrete steps taken by the Government to spend funds under CSR, particularly in backward  and  scheduled  tribe  dominated  areas  of  the  country,  particularly  Shahjahanpur Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a): Coal India Ltd.(CIL) and NLC  India Ltd. (NLCIL), Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry of Coal have allocated funds under Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)  during each of the last three years as per the norms prescribed in section 135  of  Companies  Act  2013.  The  details  of  CSR  funds  allocated  and  spent  during  the  last three  years and current year till February 2022 are  given below:

| CIL and its subsidiaries             | CIL and its subsidiaries                         | CIL and its subsidiaries            |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                       | CSR Fund as per Companies Act, 2013 (Rs. crores) | Actual CSR Expenditure (Rs. crores) |
| 2018-19                              | 353.98                                           | 416.47                              |
| 2019-20                              | 396.20                                           | 587.84                              |
| 2020-21                              | 434.51                                           | 553.85                              |
| 2021-22 (April,2021- February, 2022) | 452.24                                           | 364.01                              |

| NLCIL and its subsidiaries           | NLCIL and its subsidiaries                      | NLCIL and its subsidiaries          |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Financial year                       | CSR Fund as per Companies Act, 2013 (Rs crores) | Actual CSR Expenditure (Rs. crores) |
| 2018-19                              | 45.73                                           | 51.24                               |
| 2019-20                              | 51.98                                           | 79.82                               |
| 2020-21                              | 52.55                                           | 49.87                               |
| 2021-22 (April,2021- February, 2022) | 49.77                                           | 30.55                               |

(b)&(c): As per the CSR policy of CIL, 80% of the CSR fund of the subsidiaries for any year is spent in the areas falling within a radius of 25 km around the mines/projects and the rest 20% in the state(s) of operation. CIL through its CSR policy has ensured that the underprivileged people in project affected areas and in the states of operation are primary beneficiaries of CSR activities. All the 8 operational states of CIL i.e. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Assam and Odisha have sizeable backward population. Moreover, 13 of  the  36  operational  districts  of  CIL  contain  5 th schedule  areas  with  preponderance  of  tribal population.  Hence,  the  ST  population  of  the  operational  districts  of  CIL  gets  benefitted  from CSR projects.

NLCIL allocates 2% of the average Net profit of preceding 3 years as CSR Fund every year and undertakes CSR activities under various items of Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013. NLCIL spends 75% of CSR funds in the local area (in the operating region). An estimated 50% to 55% of  the  total  budget  is  spent  for  the  welfare  of  backward  and  Scheduled  Tribes  population  in surrounding villages/regions of NLCIL.

The CSR projects are undertaken for socio.economic development of the whole society where the project is executed. Hence it is difficult to ascertain the exact number of people benefiting from the project.

The details of quantum of funds spent in various activities during last three years till February 2022 is given in Annex attached.

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| Item-wise spent by CIL and its subsidiaries      | Item-wise spent by CIL and its subsidiaries   | Item-wise spent by CIL and its subsidiaries   | Item-wise spent by CIL and its subsidiaries   | Item-wise spent by CIL and its subsidiaries   |
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Item (As per Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013) | CSR Expenditure (Rs. Crores)                  | CSR Expenditure (Rs. Crores)                  | CSR Expenditure (Rs. Crores)                  | CSR Expenditure (Rs. Crores)                  |
| Item (As per Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013) | FY 2018- 19                                   | FY 2019- 20                                   | FY 2020- 21                                   | FY 2021-22* (upto Feb)                        |
| Healthcare, Nutrition &Sanitation                | 179.14                                        | 290.60                                        | 314.85                                        | 277.79                                        |
| Education &Livelihood                            | 121.44                                        | 155.25                                        | 83.32                                         | 50.96                                         |
| Rural Development                                | 73.18                                         | 42.26                                         | 77.19                                         | 26.53                                         |
| Disaster Management                              | 0.00                                          | 51.05                                         | 23.23                                         | 0.19                                          |
| Environmental Sustainability                     | 20.70                                         | 17.69                                         | 16.95                                         | 6.07                                          |
| Promotion of Sports                              | 14.12                                         | 23.61                                         | 11.24                                         | 0.86                                          |
| Other items                                      | 7.89                                          | 7.38                                          | 27.07                                         | 1.61                                          |
| Total Spent                                      | 416.47                                        | 587.84                                        | 553.85                                        | 364.01                                        |

| NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   | NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   | NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   | NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   | NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   | NLCIL (Consolidated) CSR Expenditure for last three years till Feb 2022 Rs. in Crore   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                                                  | CSR Focus area                                                                         | FY 2018-19                                                                             | FY 2019-20                                                                             | FY 2020-21                                                                             | FY 2021-22 upto 28.02.2022                                                             |
| 1                                                                                      | Health Care, Family Welfare and Sanitation                                             | 10.07                                                                                  | 25.87                                                                                  | 9.53                                                                                   | 6.24                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                      | Covid 19 Preventive/Relief measures                                                    | --                                                                                     | --                                                                                     | --                                                                                     | 15.52                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                      | Providing Drinking Water Supply Facilities                                             | 1.72                                                                                   | 2.05                                                                                   | 17.36                                                                                  | -                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                      | Providing Education including Special Education, Vocational skills, Scholarships       | 17.07                                                                                  | 11.12                                                                                  | 15.31                                                                                  | 7.01                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                      | Women Empowerment / Gender Equality                                                    | 0.37                                                                                   | 1.73                                                                                   | 0.12                                                                                   | --                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                      | Environmental Sustainability                                                           | 3.12                                                                                   | 1.12                                                                                   | 0.4                                                                                    | 0.32                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                      | Promoting Sports in Rural Areas                                                        | 1.20                                                                                   | 0.9                                                                                    | 0.18                                                                                   | 0.22                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                      | Water Resource Augmentation, Irrigation and Flood Control Works for Rural Development  | 15.09                                                                                  | 11.96                                                                                  | 4.24                                                                                   | --                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                      | Providing Link Roads/ Access for Rural Development                                     | 2.16                                                                                   | 2.59                                                                                   | 1.09                                                                                   | --                                                                                     |

| 10    | Other Community Assets for Rural Development including Construction of infrastructure like Schools/ Libraries / Laboratories   | --    | --    | 0.00   | 0.54   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
| 11    | Heritage, Arts and Culture                                                                                                     | 0.14  | 1.92  | 1.28   | 0.04   |
| 12    | Relief / Rehabilitation of areas Affected by Disasters and Welfare of SC, ST& OBC                                              | 0.3   | --    | --     | --     |
| 13    | Welfare of Armed forces                                                                                                        | --    | 0.05  | 0.05   | 0.05   |
| 14    | Administrative over heads                                                                                                      | --    | 0.51  | 0.32   | 0.26   |
| 15    | Disaster Management including relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities                                             | --    | 20.00 | 0.00   | 0.35   |
| Total | Total                                                                                                                          | 51.24 | 79.82 | 49.87  | 30.55  |