Lok Sabha Question No. 965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Funds Utilised from CSR for Advancement and Development of Sports
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 965

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 02, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1946 (SAKA)

FUNDS UTILISED FROM CSR FOR ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS

## QUESTION

965.   SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  Sought  or  utilized  funds  from  Corporate  Social Responsibility (CSR) contributions for the advancement and development of sports in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including State-specific and sport-specific utilization of these funds; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS [SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA]

(a): The broad framework for CSR is provided through Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 and Schedule VII of the Act.  The Schedule VII indicates the activities that can be undertaken by the companies as eligible CSR  activities.  Item  no.  (vii)  of  Schedule  VII  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  reads  as ' training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic  sports ' .  CSR  is  a  broad  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 framework is disclosure based and companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually in the MCA21 registry, which is available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in.

The Government does not issue any specific direction to the companies to spend in any particular area or activity.

- (b) to (c): On the basis of annual filings, the details of State-wise CSR expenditure on Sports for financial year (FY) 2021-22 and 2022-23 is attached at Annexure I.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 965 FOR 02.12.2024

| State/UT               | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar    | 1.50         | -            |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 3.09         | 4.75         |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 0.06         | 0.14         |
| Assam                  | 4.02         | 11.31        |
| Bihar                  | 0.96         | 3.52         |
| Chandigarh             | 0.33         | 0.34         |
| Chhattisgarh           | 1.78         | 5.72         |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli | 0.06         | 0.02         |
| Daman And Diu          | -            | 0.05         |
| Delhi                  | 22.99        | 41.57        |
| Goa                    | 2.82         | 4.62         |
| Gujarat                | 8.12         | 7.41         |
| Haryana                | 6.73         | 6.00         |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 2.57         | 10.77        |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 0.35         | 0.30         |
| Jharkhand              | 4.31         | 10.20        |
| Karnataka              | 27.38        | 44.27        |
| Kerala                 | 4.95         | 5.78         |
| Leh & Ladakh           | -            | 0.09         |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 5.52         | 7.66         |
| Maharashtra            | 55.16        | 68.29        |
| Manipur                | 0.25         | 1.62         |
| Meghalaya              | -            | 1.05         |
| Mizoram                | 0.36         | 5.57         |
| Nagaland               | -            | 0.12         |
| Odisha                 | 11.87        | 51.28        |
| Puducherry             | 0.01         | 0.28         |
| Punjab                 | 4.13         | 3.85         |
| Rajasthan              | 15.53        | 21.97        |
| Sikkim                 | 0.08         | 2.67         |
| Tamil Nadu             | 16.38        | 28.45        |
| Telangana              | 6.70         | 12.42        |
| Tripura                | 0.10         | 0.31         |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 4.23         | 14.72        |
| Uttarakhand            | 0.39         | 0.71         |
| West Bengal            | 4.04         | 11.54        |
| PAN India*             | 75.09        | 136.78       |
| Total                  | 291.85       | 526.14       |

(Data upto 31.03.2024) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell)

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