Lok Sabha Question No. 285 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Allocation of CSR Funds by the PSUs
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 285 FOR ANSWER ON 22.07.2025

## ALLOCATION OF CSR FUNDS BY THE PSUS

## 285. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry of Steel have allocated  funds  under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  during  the  last  three years and the current year;

(b)  if  so,  the  names  of  the  PSUs  spending  funds  along  with  the  names  of  sectors wherein  said  funds  have  been  utilised,  the  number  of  people  benefited  therefrom location-wise and the respective head of expenditure, during the said period;

(c) whether the Government has laid down any norms for the amount to be spent under CSR, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government proposes to take effective steps to spend money under CSR in  the  country,  especially  in  the  backward  and  Scheduled  Castes  dominated areas;

(e)  if  so,  whether  Scheduled  Castes  dominated  areas  of  the  country,  especially Shahjahanpur  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been  included  or proposed to be included therein; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE          (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA) MINISTRY OF STEEL

(a)&(c):      As  per  the  Section  135  of  Companies  Act,  2013,  Central  Public  Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under Ministry of Steel earmark at least 2% of the average net profits  made  during  the  three  immediately  preceding  financial  years  for  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Unspent balance for the previous year, if any, is  carried  forward  to  the  next  year  for  utilization  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was allocated.

- (b) The details of amount spent on CSR activities by the CPSEs under Ministry of Steel during the last three years are as under:-

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Name of CPSE                  |   2022-23 | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Steel Authority of India Ltd. |     16246 | 16193     | 13809     |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.    |        33 | *         | *         |
| NMDC Ltd.                     |      8758 | 19707     | 19114     |
| MOIL Ltd.                     |      1374 | 1666      | 1526      |
| MECON Ltd.                    |        61 | 125       | 140       |
| KIOCL Ltd.                    |       555 | 87.5      | *         |
| MSTC Ltd.                     |       302 | 378       | 481       |

*Owing to financial losses during FY 2023-24 and 2024-25, RINL has not allocated any CSR fund and KIOCL has aligned its CSR obligations for the financial year 2024-25 by utilizing the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, which permit the set-off of excess CSR expenditure from previous years. Accordingly, the company has adjusted its current CSR requirement by availing a set-off from the surplus CSR expenditure carried forward from FY 2021-22.

Thrust areas of the CSR activities inter-alia include promotion of education & health, women empowerment, sustainable income generation through Self Help Groups, assistance to Divyangs, access to water and sanitation facilities etc. The CSR works benefit society at large, therefore, exact number of beneficiaries due to individual work by CPSEs,  location-wise and the respective head  of expenditure, is not maintained.

(d)to(f):   CSR projects by CPSEs under Ministry of Steel are mainly carried out in periphery of Steel Plants, Steel Townships and Mines which are also inhabited by Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Castes and Backward population.

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