Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (STARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: CSR Activities undertaken by NTPC
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar, Ashok Kumar Rawat

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.90 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

CSR ACTIVITIES BY NTPC

†*90. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the works undertaken by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) for social welfare related works under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during the last three years and the current year;

(b) the details of the amount of funds spent on various works during the said period and the place-wise number of people benefitted from the same;

(c) whether    the  Government  has  fixed  any  criteria  regarding  utilization  of funds under CSR;

(d) if  so,  whether the Government proposes to take some effective steps to ensure  that  the  funds  under  CSR  are  spent  particularly  in  the  backward  and Scheduled Caste dominated areas;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) whether the Government has received any Social Audit Report to monitor the CSR activities undertaken by the NTPC; and

(g) if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (g) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.90 FOR REPLY ON 08.02.2024 REGARDING CSR ACTIVITIES  BY  NTPC  ASKED  BY  SHRI  ARUN  KUMAR SAGAR AND SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT.

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- (a) : The details of works undertaken & the amount of funds spent by NTPC  for  social welfare related  works  under  Corporate  Social Responsibility (CSR) during the last three years and the current year are enclosed as Annexure-I.
- (b) : Location-wise details  of  the  amount  of  funds  spent  by  NTPC under CSR, during the last three years and the current year are enclosed as Annexure-II.
- (c) to (e) :  Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has issued guidelines on  CSR  activities  which  stipulates  that  it  would  be  mandatory  for  all CPSEs  which  meet  the  criteria  as  laid  down  in  Section  135  of  the Companies Act, 2013, to spend at least 2% of the average net profits of the  three  immediately  preceding  financial  years  in  pursuance  of  their CSR  activities  as  stipulated  in  the  Companies  Act,  2013  and  the  CSR Rule.  This  stipulated  percentage  of  average  net  profits  is  to  be  spent every  year  in  a  manner  specified  in  the  Companies  Act,  2013  and  CSR Rules.  In  case  a  company  fails  to  spend  such  amount,  it  shall  have  to specify the reasons for not spending it. However, in case of CPSEs mere reporting  and  explaining  the  reasons  for  not  spending  this  amount  in  a particular  year  would  not  suffice  and  the  unspent  CSR  amount  in  a particular  year  would  not  lapse.  It  would  instead  be  carried  forward  to the next year for utilization for the purpose for which it was allocated. As mentioned in the Act, CPSEs should give preference to the 'local area' in selecting the location of their CSR activities.

DPE has also been issuing guidelines from the financial year 201819  onwards  to  all  administrative  Ministries  and  CPSEs  for  adopting annual  theme-based    focussed  approach  on  CSR  expenditure  by  the CPSEs. These

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instructions,  inter-alia,  provide  that  CSR  expenditure  for  such  thematic programmes should be around 60% of annual CSR expenditure of CPSEs and the Aspirational districts, as identified by NITI Aayog, may be given preference in CSR  expenditure.  The  details  of  annual  CSR  theme prescribed by DPE since 2018-19 are as under:

| Year    | Theme                                                                                                                                         |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 | School Education and Health care                                                                                                              |
| 2019-20 | School Education, Healthcare & Nutrition                                                                                                      |
| 2020-21 | Health & Nutrition                                                                                                                            |
| 2021-22 | Health & Nutrition, with special focus on Covid related measures including setting up makeshift hospitals and temporary COVID Care facilities |
| 2022-23 | Health & Nutrition                                                                                                                            |
| 2023-24 | Health & Nutrition                                                                                                                            |

Most  of  the  NTPC's  stations  are  located  in  areas  having significant  populations  of  communities  belonging  to  Backward  classes and  Scheduled  castes.    The  benefits  of  the  CSR  activities,  which  are inclusive  in  nature,  extend  to  all  the  communities  including  that  of Backward classes and Scheduled castes.

(f) & (g) :   C&AG  undertakes  thematic  audit  of  CSR  expenditure  of  the CPSEs to assess the correctness of planning and implementation of CSR policy/project in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Company Act/Rules/Guidelines.  In  addition  to  that  NTPC's  stations  undertake  the regular Need Assessment Surveys (NAS) and Societal Impact Evaluation (SIE) at regular intervals as per NTPC's policy for CSR.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  90  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.02.2024 REGARDING CSR ACTIVITIES BY NTPC

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The details of works undertaken by NTPC for social welfare related works under CSR

(Figure in Rs. Cr.)

| Focus area                                       |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 (Provisional as on 31.12.2023) | People Benefitted                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Health                                           |    268.71 |    153.54 |    123.71 |                                    26.35 |                                                    |
| Education                                        |     62.01 |     59.78 |     21.87 |                                    15.49 |                                                    |
| Environment & Sustainable Development Activities |     32.77 |     30.98 |     37.65 |                                    21.47 | Approx. 16,00,000 persons per year benefitted from |
| Infrastructure Development                       |     26.7  |     16.95 |     14.04 |                                     8.62 | various CSR activities of                          |
| Drinking Water                                   |      3.08 |      9.59 |      6.9  |                                     4.09 | NTPC                                               |
| Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan                         |      0    |     38.42 |     62.79 |                                     9.73 | undertaken majorly in the vicinity of NTPC         |
| Sanitation                                       |     14.27 |      4.84 |      2.22 |                                     1.83 | Stations &                                         |
| Construction of Roads                            |      3.4  |      3.86 |      4.39 |                                     1.77 | Projects located across the                        |
| Vocational Training                              |      0.95 |      7.24 |      4.86 |                                     1.56 | country.                                           |
| Cul/ Sports/ Animal                              |      2.41 |      5.33 |     14.79 |                                     9.49 |                                                    |
| Support to Divyangjans                           |      1.44 |      0.4  |      0.01 |                                     0.32 |                                                    |
| Women Empowerment                                |      0.78 |      7.24 |      5.49 |                                     0.68 |                                                    |
| Others                                           |      2.34 |     18.56 |     16.6  |                                     0.6  |                                                    |
| Total                                            |    418.87 |    356.72 |    315.32 |                                   101.98 |                                                    |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  90  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.02.2024 REGARDING CSR ACTIVITIES BY NTPC

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## NTPC Plant/station/Region HQ wise CSR expenditure

(Figure in Rs. Lakhs.)

|   Sl. No | NTPC Station/Project/Region/CC    | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24 (as on 31.12.2023)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Anta Gas Power Project            | 293.16       | 409.21       | 134.42       | 7.65                            |
|        2 | Auraiya Gas Power Project         | 293.26       | 342.99       | 119.58       | 73.62                           |
|        3 | Badarpur Thermal Power Station    | 549.78       | 642.93       | 572.88       | 321.41                          |
|        4 | Barauni Thermal Power Plant       |              |              | 12.95        |                                 |
|        5 | Barh Thermal Power Plant          | 26.38        | 74.25        | 536.20       | 329.12                          |
|        6 | Bongaigaon Thermal Power          |              | 118.61       | 95.67        | 117.75                          |
|        7 | Coal Mining Head Quarte rs**      |              | 5.46         | 92.95        | 29.60                           |
|        8 | Corporate Center*                 | 28093.16     | 15957.76     | 13073.47     | 1616.33                         |
|        9 | Dadri Gas Power Project           |              | 61.38        |              | 21.90                           |
|       10 | Dadri Thermal Power Project       | 1269.43      | 1077.19      | 669.22       | 56.23                           |
|       11 | Darlipali STPP                    | 5.80         | 23.36        | 351.57       | 11.48                           |
|       12 | Dadri Badarpur & Faridabad-HQ**   | 26.75        | 2.28         | ***-1.41     | 0.65                            |
|       13 | Dulanga Coal Mining Project       |              | 162.45       | 64.36        |                                 |
|       14 | Eastern Region HQ Patna**         | 43.05        | 336.22       | 548.64       | 390.92                          |
|       15 | ERHQ II**                         | 395.84       | 108.59       | 131.24       | 78.79                           |
|       16 | Farakka Super Thermal Power       | 787.91       | 1086.26      | 897.34       | 119.44                          |
|       17 | Faridabad Gas Power Station       | 130.61       | 146.28       | 126.30       | 93.41                           |
|       18 | Feroz Gandhi Unchahar Thermal     | 463.35       | 423.04       | 286.38       | 314.51                          |
|       19 | Gadarwara STPP                    | 27.70        | 197.51       | 25.62        | 37.33                           |
|       20 | Hydro HQ**                        | 19.47        |              | 17.50        | 22.95                           |
|       21 | Jhanor- Gandhar Gas Power Project | 109.49       | 106.97       | 191.03       | 76.88                           |
|       22 | Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power     | 717.32       | 1106.01      | 1912.31      | 349.69                          |
|       23 | Kanti TPS                         |              |              | 89.76        | 35.71                           |
|       24 | Kawas Gas Power Project           | 63.54        | 84.71        | 197.22       | 57.19                           |
|       25 | Kerendari 'A' Coal Mining Proj    |              | 0.00         |              |                                 |
|       26 | KHARGONE STPP                     | 157.01       | 370.57       | 57.18        | 25.58                           |
|       27 | Koldam Hydro Project              | 24.53        | 16.84        | 155.66       | 88.62                           |
|       28 | Korba Super Thermal Power Project | 513.34       | 2582.43      | 757.00       | 144.42                          |
|       29 | Kudgi STPP                        | 13.36        | 33.39        | 298.94       | 360.93                          |

| 30   | Lara STPP                               |           | 63.70    | 121.36   | 11.77    |
|------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 31   | Mouda Super Thermal Power               | 62.09     | 1.94     | 10.32    | 119.53   |
| 32   | Nabinagar STPS                          |           |          | 650.51   | 145.50   |
| 33   | Nokhra Solar PV Project -300MW          |           | 15.25    |          |          |
| 34   | North Karanpura Thermal Power           | 1.32      | 323.55   | 40.76    | 7.51     |
| 35   | Northern Region Head Quarters**         | 964.90    | 1461.01  | 1518.22  | 783.43   |
| 36   | Pakri Barwdih Coal Mining Pro.          |           | 518.52   | 156.60   | 15.01    |
| 37   | Rajiv Gandhi CCPP                       | 435.70    | 370.30   | 30.42    | 130.88   |
| 38   | Ramagundam Super Thermal Power          | 435.73    | 702.95   | 472.74   | 426.59   |
| 39   | Rihand Super thermal Power              | 1174.69   | 986.81   | 354.87   | 236.46   |
| 40   | Simhadri Thermal Power Project          | 49.53     | 697.84   | 998.72   | 314.46   |
| 41   | Singrauli Super Thermal Power           | 390.09    | 670.75   | 212.21   | 109.08   |
| 42   | Sipat Super Thermal Power Proj          | 773.05    | 561.00   | 1616.80  | 433.28   |
| 43   | Solapur STPP                            | 435.17    | 210.84   | 266.27   | 595.93   |
| 44   | Southern Region Head Quarters**         | ***-40.33 | 27.79    | 39.74    | 281.25   |
| 45   | T&CC Office Kolkata                     | 11.40     |          |          |          |
| 46   | Talaipalli Coal Mining Project          | 0.00      | 195.88   | 438.92   | 82.35    |
| 47   | Talcher Super Thermal Power             | 534.41    | 1184.52  | 942.51   | 293.44   |
| 48   | Talcher Thermal Power Station           | 885.79    | 944.49   | 464.23   | 56.62    |
| 49   | Tanda Thermal Power Project             | 147.46    | 131.15   | 270.50   | 109.26   |
| 50   | Tapovan Vishnugad hydro Project         |           | 0.00     |          | 78.94    |
| 51   | Telengana Super Thermal Power           | 328.46    | 182.99   | 333.84   | 11.83    |
| 52   | Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Project | 498.80    | 895.82   | 662.92   | 365.60   |
| 53   | Western Region Head QuartersII**        | 773.81    | 23.54    | 297.46   | 138.62   |
| 54   | Western Region Head Quarters**          | 0.25      | 24.41    | 218.51   | 668.78   |
|      | Grand Total                             | 41886.57  | 35671.77 | 31532.41 | 10198.24 |

* The CSR Spent by Corporate Office is made pan India across various states in multiple CSR Activities like Support to PMCARES Fund to fight COVID-19 pan India, Support to Archery Sport, Support to DOTs-Cum-DMC Programme, Support to NFNDRC etc. ** The CSR Spent by Regional Head quarters is made in multiple states in their region on various CSR Activities *** Accounting adjustment from previous years

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