Lok Sabha Question No. 2802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: CSR amount Invested in Social Sectors
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Subrata Pathak, Ravindra Kushawaha, (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria, Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023/ SRAVANA 16, 1945 (SAKA)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 CSR AMOUNT INVESTED IN SOCIAL SECTORS

## QUESTION

2802. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total amount of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds invested in the field of tourism, education, healthcare, rural development etc. by the top 600 companies of the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi;
- (b) whether the Government has advised the said companies to invest their CSR funds in ground water recharge, solar panels and to make water bodies pollution free in the year 2023-24; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) : All data related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) filed by companies in the MCA21 registry, including company-wise, state-wise, district-wise and sector-wise are available  in  public  domain  at  www.csr.gov.in.  On the basis of  annual  filings  made by companies  in  the  MCA  21  registry,  development  Sector-wise  CSR  spent  by  top  600 companies during last three Financial Years (FY) i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 in different activities including tourism, education, healthcare, rural development etc. is at Annexure-I.

The State/UT-wise (including Uttar Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi) CSR spent  by  top  600  companies  during  the  same  period  is  at  Annexure-II.  Further,  the companies are required to file the CSR data for the FY 2022-23 on or before 31.03.2024.

- (b) & (c): Under  the Companies Act, 2013 CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor the CSR activities based on the recommendations of its CSR Committee. The CSR mandated companies can undertake  any  of  the  activities  mentioned  in  Schedule  VII  subject  to  fulfillment  of provisions  as  contained  in  the  Act  and  Companies  (CSR  Policy)  Rules,  2014.  Further, Government does not advise to companies regarding specific CSR activities.

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| Development Sector Wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector Wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector Wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector Wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector Wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   |
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| S. No.                                                                                      | Development Sector                                                                          | FY 2019-20                                                                                  | FY 2020-21                                                                                  | FY 2021-22                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                           | Agro forestry                                                                               | 60.60                                                                                       | 13.86                                                                                       | 22.69                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                           | Animal welfare                                                                              | 43.65                                                                                       | 92.21                                                                                       | 43.39                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                           | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependants                                              | 43.19                                                                                       | 67.71                                                                                       | 25.38                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                           | Art and culture                                                                             | 861.53                                                                                      | 397.87                                                                                      | 167.54                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                           | Clean Ganga Fund                                                                            | 1.00                                                                                        | 5.77                                                                                        | 43.68                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                           | Conservation of natural resources                                                           | 132.35                                                                                      | 64.18                                                                                       | 219.19                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                           | Education                                                                                   | 4,957.10                                                                                    | 4,224.96                                                                                    | 4,009.42                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                           | Environmental sustainability                                                                | 1,209.16                                                                                    | 756.79                                                                                      | 1,806.28                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                           | Gender equality                                                                             | 56.08                                                                                       | 21.10                                                                                       | 50.13                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                          | Health care                                                                                 | 3,646.81                                                                                    | 5,328.82                                                                                    | 5,310.33                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                          | Livelihood enhancement projects                                                             | 896.40                                                                                      | 724.04                                                                                      | 634.46                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                          | Other Central Government Funds                                                              | 779.31                                                                                      | 1,330.24                                                                                    | 202.64                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                          | Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition                                                   | 844.55                                                                                      | 882.93                                                                                      | 1,418.21                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                          | Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                                                       | 498.48                                                                                      | 1,250.52                                                                                    | 842.47                                                                                      |
| 15                                                                                          | Rural development projects                                                                  | 1,975.01                                                                                    | 1,548.21                                                                                    | 1,480.50                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                          | Safe drinking water                                                                         | 189.29                                                                                      | 142.41                                                                                      | 107.58                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                          | Sanitation                                                                                  | 442.82                                                                                      | 262.51                                                                                      | 252.26                                                                                      |
| 18                                                                                          | Senior Citizens Welfare                                                                     | 25.76                                                                                       | 22.72                                                                                       | 17.20                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                          | Setting up homes and hostels for women                                                      | 34.70                                                                                       | 20.12                                                                                       | 82.91                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                          | Setting up orphanage                                                                        | 22.45                                                                                       | 9.05                                                                                        | 3.33                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                          | Slum area development                                                                       | 35.88                                                                                       | 73.26                                                                                       | 50.22                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                          | Socio-economic inequalities                                                                 | 148.20                                                                                      | 81.29                                                                                       | 92.43                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                          | Special education                                                                           | 133.82                                                                                      | 135.96                                                                                      | 79.77                                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                          | Swachh Bharat Kosh                                                                          | 26.08                                                                                       | 136.69                                                                                      | 18.05                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                          | Technology incubators                                                                       | 37.19                                                                                       | 37.36                                                                                       | 4.81                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                          | Training to promote sports                                                                  | 236.96                                                                                      | 175.30                                                                                      | 214.91                                                                                      |
| 27                                                                                          | Vocational skills                                                                           | 1,028.79                                                                                    | 539.18                                                                                      | 823.91                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                          | Women empowerment                                                                           | 164.99                                                                                      | 102.03                                                                                      | 144.63                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                          | NEC/ Not Mentioned*                                                                         | 500.99                                                                                      | 199.08                                                                                      | -                                                                                           |
| Grand Total (in cr.)                                                                        | Grand Total (in cr.)                                                                        | 19,033.15                                                                                   | 18,646.18                                                                                   | 18,168.30                                                                                   |

(Data upto 31.03.2023) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

*Companies either did not specify the names of Sectors or indicated more than one Sector where projects were undertaken.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 FOR 07.08.2023

| State-wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | State-wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | State-wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | State-wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   | State-wise summary of CSR Expenditure by top 600 Companies (Amount in Crore)   |
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| S. No                                                                          | State/UT                                                                       | FY 2019-20                                                                     | FY 2020-21                                                                     | FY 2021-22                                                                     |
| 1                                                                              | Andaman and Nicobar                                                            | -                                                                              | 0.09                                                                           | 7.07                                                                           |
| 2                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                 | 561.83                                                                         | 527.87                                                                         | 433.92                                                                         |
| 3                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                              | 16.40                                                                          | 8.19                                                                           | 117.11                                                                         |
| 4                                                                              | Assam                                                                          | 259.82                                                                         | 147.49                                                                         | 375.80                                                                         |
| 5                                                                              | Bihar                                                                          | 82.86                                                                          | 54.54                                                                          | 131.94                                                                         |
| 6                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                     | 8.60                                                                           | 1.30                                                                           | 40.08                                                                          |
| 7                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                   | 212.75                                                                         | 266.11                                                                         | 246.41                                                                         |
| 8                                                                              | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                         | 10.06                                                                          | 9.80                                                                           | 5.00                                                                           |
| 9                                                                              | Daman and Diu                                                                  | 3.23                                                                           | 0.55                                                                           | 1.08                                                                           |
| 10                                                                             | Delhi                                                                          | 457.43                                                                         | 238.99                                                                         | 673.07                                                                         |
| 11                                                                             | Goa                                                                            | 9.20                                                                           | 14.06                                                                          | 4.86                                                                           |
| 12                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                        | 502.98                                                                         | 831.01                                                                         | 820.16                                                                         |
| 13                                                                             | Haryana                                                                        | 319.13                                                                         | 319.14                                                                         | 342.07                                                                         |
| 14                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                               | 51.29                                                                          | 75.57                                                                          | 114.17                                                                         |
| 15                                                                             | Jammu And Kashmir                                                              | 12.33                                                                          | 28.31                                                                          | 36.02                                                                          |
| 16                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                      | 125.70                                                                         | 172.03                                                                         | 124.76                                                                         |
| 17                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                      | 915.36                                                                         | 667.59                                                                         | 1,061.13                                                                       |
| 18                                                                             | Kerala                                                                         | 209.21                                                                         | 180.31                                                                         | 139.14                                                                         |
| 19                                                                             | Leh & Ladakh                                                                   | -                                                                              | -                                                                              | 12.27                                                                          |
| 20                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                 | 122.12                                                                         | 258.00                                                                         | 278.31                                                                         |
| 21                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                    | 2,221.24                                                                       | 2,027.30                                                                       | 3,657.34                                                                       |
| 22                                                                             | Manipur                                                                        | 8.38                                                                           | 5.61                                                                           | 9.53                                                                           |
| 23                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                      | 13.36                                                                          | 11.89                                                                          | 10.01                                                                          |
| 24                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                        | -                                                                              | 0.15                                                                           | 5.40                                                                           |
| 25                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                       | 0.55                                                                           | 2.99                                                                           | 4.69                                                                           |
| 26                                                                             | Odisha                                                                         | 634.66                                                                         | 486.28                                                                         | 565.81                                                                         |
| 27                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                     | 4.30                                                                           | 4.84                                                                           | 3.18                                                                           |
| 28                                                                             | Punjab                                                                         | 107.48                                                                         | 60.08                                                                          | 74.56                                                                          |
| 29                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                      | 508.64                                                                         | 448.13                                                                         | 453.52                                                                         |
| 30                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                         | 8.42                                                                           | 14.62                                                                          | 26.78                                                                          |
| 31                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                     | 664.09                                                                         | 609.51                                                                         | 809.77                                                                         |
| 32                                                                             | Telangana                                                                      | 223.80                                                                         | 336.80                                                                         | 337.27                                                                         |
| 33                                                                             | Tripura                                                                        | 7.16                                                                           | 5.00                                                                           | 11.27                                                                          |
| 34                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                  | 362.65                                                                         | 580.85                                                                         | 968.10                                                                         |
| 35                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                    | 85.21                                                                          | 110.45                                                                         | 163.28                                                                         |
| 36                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                    | 189.31                                                                         | 198.12                                                                         | 262.96                                                                         |
| 37                                                                             | PAN India*                                                                     | 8,790.21                                                                       | 7,049.97                                                                       | 4,733.66                                                                       |
| 38                                                                             | Contribution to Funds included in Schedule VII of the Act)                     | 1,304.87                                                                       | 2,723.23                                                                       | 1,106.83                                                                       |
| 39                                                                             | NEC/ Not mentioned**                                                           | 18.48                                                                          | 169.38                                                                         | -                                                                              |
| Grand Total (in cr.)                                                           |                                                                                | 19,033.15                                                                      | 18,646.18                                                                      | 18,168.30                                                                      |

(Data upto 31.03.2023) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]

*Companies either  did  not  specify  the  names  of  States  or  indicated  more  than  one  State  where projects were undertaken.

**Companies did not specify the name of State where projects were undertaken.

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