Lok Sabha Question No. 2487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: CSR funding by the Public Sector Petroleum Companies
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Anand Bhadauria

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 th  MARCH 2025

CSR funding by the Public Sector Petroleum Companies

## 2487. Shri Anand Bhadauria:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a) the details of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding by the public sector petroleum companies during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and company wise;
- (b) the details of the recipients of CSR funding by the public sector petroleum companies during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and company-wise;
- (c) the criteria adopted by the Government to select the recipients of CSR funds from the public sector petroleum companies, company-wise; and
- (d) the details of the irregularities reported in selecting the recipients of CSR funds from the petroleum  companies  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  year  and  companywise?

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

(₹ in Crore)

| Public Sector Petroleum Companies   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25* |   Total |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------|
| ONGC                                |       607 |       553 |       458 |       476 |       635 |        602 |    3331 |
| IOCL                                |       543 |       460 |       298 |       264 |       458 |        298 |    2321 |
| BPCL                                |       346 |       145 |       138 |       129 |       158 |        122 |    1038 |
| HPCL                                |       182 |       156 |       136 |       155 |        76 |         37 |     742 |
| GAIL                                |       125 |       148 |       205 |        99 |       176 |        111 |     864 |
| OIL                                 |       125 |       105 |       164 |        98 |       123 |        100 |     715 |
| MRPL                                |        76 |        25 |        10 |         9 |        20 |         19 |     159 |
| NRL                                 |        63 |        53 |        59 |        74 |        94 |         57 |     400 |
| CPCL                                |        17 |         2 |        10 |         6 |        20 |         17 |      72 |
| EIL                                 |        11 |        13 |        34 |         6 |        12 |          1 |      77 |
| BL                                  |         5 |         5 |        10 |         4 |         4 |          3 |      31 |
| Total                               |      2101 |      1665 |      1521 |      1320 |      1776 |       1367 |    9750 |

(b) to (d): 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.  CSR  is  a  Board-driven  process  and  the  Board  of  the company  is  empowered  to  plan,  approve,  execute,  and  monitor  the  CSR  activities  of  the company  based  on  the  recommendations  of  its  CSR  Committee.  The  CSR  activities  are undertaken by public sector petroleum companies by themselves or through agencies/Department of Central/State Governments.

Activity/State/Implementing  agency  wise  the  details  of  the  recipients  along  with  CSR activities undertaken and funds spent thereon during the last five years 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 agency/recipient of CSR funds is selected based on the criteria defined in CSR  Rules  of  Section  135  of  the  Companies  Act.  Complaints  of    irregularities,  if  any, received in respect of CSR  implementation are processed in accordance with  PSU policy/guidelines through standard procedures along with reference to terms and conditions of Memorandum of Understanding/work order etc. for that project.

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