Lok Sabha Question No. 2879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: CSR Spends in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022/

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2879 PHALGUNA 30, 1943 (SAKA)

## CSR SPENDS IN CHHATTISGARH QUESTION

2879.   SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  amount  spent  under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR) projects in Chhattisgarh during the last three years and the current year; Year-wise;
- (b) the details of such projects in Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham;
- (c) the budget allocated and utilized for each of these projects during the said period; and
- (d) the details of companies and industries/units which are providing assistance in Chhattisgarh under CSR?

## 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)  to  (d):  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. 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  framework  is  disclosure  based  and  CSR  mandated  companies  are required to file details of CSR activities annually in the MCA21 registry. However, the project-wise details of CSR spent including budget allocated and utilized for such projects are not required to be filed by the companies.

All data related to CSR filed by companies in MCA21 registry, including the details of  the  companies  incurring  CSR  expenditure  in  the  state  of  Chhattisgarh  are available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in. On the basis of the filings made by companies in the MCA 21 registry, the CSR spent by all the companies in the State of Chhattisgarh during the last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is as follows:

|              | FY 2018-19        | FY 2018-19             | FY 2019-20        | FY 2019-20             | FY 2020-21        | FY 2020-21             |
|--------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
| State        | No. of Compani es | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) | No. of Compani es | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) | No. of Compani es | Amount Spent (INR Cr.) |
| Chhattisgarh | 131               | 150.30                 | 172               | 261.61                 | 79                | 283.14                 |

(Data upto 31.12.2021) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

Further, the CSR spent by all the companies in the Districts of Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham during the last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is as follows:

| Districts   | FY 2018-19 (INR Cr.)   | FY 2019-20 (INR Cr.)   | FY 2020-21 (INR Cr.)   |
|-------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Rajnandgaon | 2.12                   | 4.82                   | 2.77                   |
| Kabirdham   | -                      | -                      | -                      |

(Data upto 31.12.2021) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

The Data for FY 2020-21 is subject to change as the levy of additional fees for the late  filing  had  been  relaxed  till  15.03.2022.  Further,  filings  for  FY  2021-22  are required to be made only after the end of current financial year.

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