Lok Sabha Question No. 507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Completion of Projects under CSR
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 507

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023/ SRAVANA 2, 1945 (SAKA)

## COMPLETION OF PROJECTS UNDER CSR

## QUESTION

## 507.  MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of the projects which have not been completed under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along with the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of the works completed under the said projects, sector-wise;
- (c) the details of nodal agencies of the projects which have not completed the projects;
- (d) whether any action has been taken against the nodal agencies for not completing the projects on time; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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  (c)  :  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. The CSR framework is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually in the MCA21  registry.  However,  completion  or  non-completion  status  of  CSR  projects  or activities are not maintained separately by the Government. All data related to 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 the filings made by the companies in the MCA21 registry, development sector-wise details of CSR spent by all the companies during last five Financial Years (FY) i.e., 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 are at Annexure.

- (d) & (e): 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 Board of the company decides the mode of activity/project to be undertaken either by itself or through Implementing Agencies and monitors. The companies are required to disclose the composition of CSR Committee in its Board's report . Further, companies are required to disclose the contents of its CSR Policy  in  its  report  and  place it  on  the  company's  website,  if  any. The  Government monitors  the  compliance  of  CSR  provisions  through  the  disclosures  made  by  the companies in the MCA 21 registry. Whenever any violation of CSR provisions is reported, action against such non-compliant Companies is initiated as per provisions of the Act after due examination of records and following due process of law.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 507 FOR 24.07.2023

| Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   | Development Sector-Wise Summary of CSR Expenditure (Amount in Crore)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                 | Development Sector                                                     | FY 2017-18                                                             | FY 2018-19                                                             | FY 2019-20                                                             | FY 2020-21                                                             | FY 2021-22                                                             |
| 1                                                                      | Agro forestry                                                          | 66.79                                                                  | 64.75                                                                  | 67.38                                                                  | 20.90                                                                  | 33.13                                                                  |
| 2                                                                      | Animal welfare                                                         | 63.52                                                                  | 98.33                                                                  | 106.12                                                                 | 193.55                                                                 | 165.56                                                                 |
| 3                                                                      | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependants                         | 29.09                                                                  | 90.18                                                                  | 62.06                                                                  | 84.05                                                                  | 42.55                                                                  |
| 4                                                                      | Art And Culture                                                        | 395.22                                                                 | 225.94                                                                 | 933.57                                                                 | 493.13                                                                 | 241.24                                                                 |
| 5                                                                      | Clean Ganga Fund                                                       | 33.96                                                                  | 8.11                                                                   | 6.63                                                                   | 13.39                                                                  | 54.31                                                                  |
| 6                                                                      | Conservation of natural resources                                      | 228.14                                                                 | 173.55                                                                 | 160.60                                                                 | 92.00                                                                  | 271.95                                                                 |
| 7                                                                      | Education                                                              | 5,763.45                                                               | 6,111.66                                                               | 7,179.51                                                               | 6,693.25                                                               | 6,367.33                                                               |
| 8                                                                      | Environmental Sustainability                                           | 1,301.96                                                               | 1,368.27                                                               | 1,470.53                                                               | 1,030.16                                                               | 2,366.15                                                               |
| 9                                                                      | Gender Equality                                                        | 24.01                                                                  | 51.86                                                                  | 82.93                                                                  | 43.83                                                                  | 97.64                                                                  |
| 10                                                                     | Health Care                                                            | 2,776.95                                                               | 3,617.15                                                               | 4,905.72                                                               | 7,325.83                                                               | 7,636.18                                                               |
| 11                                                                     | Livelihood Enhancement Projects                                        | 832.40                                                                 | 907.98                                                                 | 1,077.72                                                               | 938.91                                                                 | 822.01                                                                 |
| 12                                                                     | Other Central Government Funds                                         | 292.73                                                                 | 731.06                                                                 | 932.16                                                                 | 1,618.17                                                               | 303.34                                                                 |
| 13                                                                     | Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition                              | 811.20                                                                 | 1,195.78                                                               | 1,159.71                                                               | 1,407.58                                                               | 1,873.68                                                               |
| 14                                                                     | Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                                  | 200.42                                                                 | 322.19                                                                 | 798.43                                                                 | 1,698.38                                                               | 1,190.86                                                               |
| 15                                                                     | Rural development projects                                             | 1,724.07                                                               | 2,434.17                                                               | 2,301.02                                                               | 1,850.71                                                               | 1,801.43                                                               |
| 16                                                                     | Safe drinking water                                                    | 220.87                                                                 | 228.23                                                                 | 253.40                                                                 | 203.13                                                                 | 176.10                                                                 |
| 17                                                                     | Sanitation                                                             | 460.68                                                                 | 506.66                                                                 | 521.72                                                                 | 338.97                                                                 | 301.48                                                                 |
| 18                                                                     | Senior citizens welfare                                                | 40.10                                                                  | 46.52                                                                  | 52.33                                                                  | 56.47                                                                  | 76.23                                                                  |
| 19                                                                     | Setting up homes and hostels for women                                 | 70.58                                                                  | 57.01                                                                  | 48.50                                                                  | 44.52                                                                  | 100.15                                                                 |
| 20                                                                     | Setting up orphanage                                                   | 39.87                                                                  | 12.89                                                                  | 36.50                                                                  | 21.88                                                                  | 25.79                                                                  |
| 21                                                                     | Slum area development                                                  | 39.16                                                                  | 51.06                                                                  | 42.94                                                                  | 88.95                                                                  | 58.14                                                                  |
| 22                                                                     | Socio-economic inequalities                                            | 155.95                                                                 | 167.92                                                                 | 214.88                                                                 | 149.81                                                                 | 156.06                                                                 |
| 23                                                                     | Special education                                                      | 140.01                                                                 | 186.13                                                                 | 196.88                                                                 | 209.24                                                                 | 181.82                                                                 |
| 24                                                                     | Swachh Bharat Kosh                                                     | 272.07                                                                 | 95.50                                                                  | 53.47                                                                  | 161.35                                                                 | 32.92                                                                  |
| 25                                                                     | Technology incubators                                                  | 16.94                                                                  | 32.10                                                                  | 53.50                                                                  | 62.62                                                                  | 7.33                                                                   |
| 26                                                                     | Training to Promote Sports                                             | 285.41                                                                 | 310.16                                                                 | 304.00                                                                 | 243.39                                                                 | 286.69                                                                 |
| 27                                                                     | Vocational skills                                                      | 546.46                                                                 | 798.36                                                                 | 1,181.23                                                               | 717.65                                                                 | 1,010.83                                                               |
| 28                                                                     | Women Empowerment                                                      | 251.37                                                                 | 236.54                                                                 | 259.57                                                                 | 206.00                                                                 | 251.31                                                                 |
| 29                                                                     | NEC/ Not Mentioned*                                                    | 15.20                                                                  | 87.61                                                                  | 502.79                                                                 | 203.14                                                                 | 0.59                                                                   |
| Grand Total (in Cr.)                                                   |                                                                        | 17,098.57                                                              | 20,217.65                                                              | 24,965.82                                                              | 26,210.95                                                              | 25,932.79                                                              |

(Data upto 31.03.2023) [Source: Corporate Data Management Cell]

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

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