Lok Sabha Question No. 4580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Expenditure under Corporate Social Responsibility
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. Bhola Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 4580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  MARCH 2025

Expenditure under Corporate Social Responsibility

4580. Dr. Bhola Singh:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  list  of  the  companies  that  have  undertaken  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR) activities under the Government's jurisdiction during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (b) the total amount spent by each of these companies under CSR during the said period;
- (c) the details of the projects and initiatives undertaken by these companies under CSR along with the States and sectors in which these funds were utilized; and
- (d)  the  procedure and criteria  adopted by the  Government for selecting the companies and projects for CSR activities?

## ANSWER

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a) to  (d)  The  details  of  the  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  funding  by  the  public sector petroleum companies during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and company wise is given below: -

(₹ in Crore)

| Public Sector Petroleum Companies   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25* |   Total |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------|
| ONGC                                |       458 |       476 |       635 |        602 |    2171 |
| IOCL                                |       298 |       264 |       458 |        298 |    1318 |
| BPCL                                |       138 |       129 |       158 |        122 |     547 |
| HPCL                                |       136 |       155 |        76 |         37 |     404 |
| GAIL                                |       205 |        99 |       176 |        111 |     591 |
| OIL                                 |       164 |        98 |       123 |        100 |     485 |
| MRPL                                |        10 |         9 |        20 |         19 |      58 |
| NRL                                 |        59 |        74 |        94 |         57 |     284 |
| CPCL                                |        10 |         6 |        20 |         17 |      53 |
| EIL                                 |        34 |         6 |        12 |          1 |      53 |
| BL                                  |        10 |         4 |         4 |          3 |      21 |
| Total                               |      1522 |      1320 |      1776 |       1367 |    5985 |

Oil  &  Gas  Public  Sector  Petroleum  Companies  undertake  CSR  activities  under  the  heads identified  under  Schedule  VII  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  with  special  focus  on  Health (Nutrition, Sanitation, and Drinking Water), Education, Skill Development, Rural Development,  Women  Empowerment,  Environment  Oriented  Initiatives  and  Care  for  the Elderly & Differently-abled Persons.

Activity/State/Implementing agency/sector-wise details of the CSR activities undertaken and funds  spent  thereon  are  available  on  the  respective  websites  of  public  sector  petroleum companies i.e. www.ongcindia.com, www.iocl.com, www.bharatpetroleum.com, www.hindustanpetroleum.com, www.gailonline.com, www.engineersindia.com, www.nrl.co.in, www.mrpl.co.in, www.cpcl.co.in, www.balmerlawrie.com, www. oil-india.com.

The implementing agencies/ projects are selected based on the criteria defined in CSR Rules of  Section 135 of the Companies Act. Public sector petroleum companies receive the CSR proposals through various mode of submission such as physical (hard copy), and electronic mode including by emails, CSR portal/ company websites. The CSR activities are undertaken by  public  sector  petroleum  companies  by  themselves  or  through  agencies/Department  of Central/State Governments.

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