Lok Sabha Question No. 2303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: CSR Funds
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Krupal Balaji Tumane, Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2303

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2023/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1945(SAKA)

## CSR FUNDS

## QUESTION

2303. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various undertakings under the Ministry have allocated funds under Corporate Social Responsibility during the last four years and in the current financial year;
- (b) if so, the details of the funds allocated and utilized specifically in Scheduled Caste (SC)  dominated  areas  along  with  the  number  of  beneficiaries  areawise/undertakingwise/district-wise and item-wise;
- (c) whether funds are spent under CSR especially in backward and SC dominated areas in the country;
- (d) whether there is a need to take effective steps to spend the fund under CSR especially in backward and SC dominated areas in the country;
- (e) if so, whether it is proposed to include SC dominated areas in Maharashtra and Misrikh constituency of Uttar Pradesh under it; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

[RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a)  to  (c):  There  is  no  undertakings  under  this  Ministry  and  there  is  no  provision  of allocation of funds under CSR framework. The broad framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been provided under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), Schedule VII of the Act and Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014. All data related to CSR filed by companies in MCA21 registry is available in public domain and can be accessed  at  www.csr.gov.in.  However,  the  present  CSR  filing  does  not  capture  the beneficiary-wise details of the CSR projects of the companies.

On the basis of the filings made by the companies in the MCA21 registry, State-wise and development sector wise details of CSR spent by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) during last four Financial Years (FY) i.e 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 are at Annexure -I & II respectively. Further, the companies are required to file CSR details for FY 2022-23 on or before 31.03.2024.

(d) to (f): Schedule VII of the Act enlist the list of eligible CSR activities which can be undertaken.  The  activities  mentioned  under  Schedule  VII  are  broadly  aligned  with national priorities and related to inclusive and sustainable development such as health, education, poverty eradication, hunger, women empowerment, welfare of armed forces veterans, environment, sports, rural development, slum area development, welfare of weaker sections, disaster management etc. Further, entries in Schedule VII are broadbased and must be interpreted liberally so as to capture the essence of the subjects enumerated therein. As such socially, economically and educationally backward areas of the country are also intended to be important beneficiaries of CSR spending.

Under  the  Act,  CSR  is  a  Board  driven  process  and  the  Board  of  the  company  is empowered  to  plan,  decide,  execute  and  monitor  CSR  activities  based  on  the recommendations of its CSR committee. The Government does not issue any directions to the companies to spend in particular area or activity. On the basis of filings made by the companies in the MCA 21 registry, companies have spent an amount of Rs. 1022.46 crores in aspirational districts as identified by NITI Aayog in FY 2021-22 (data up to 31.03.2023) as against Rs. 651.43 crores in FY 2020-21.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2303 FOR 18.12.2023

| Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure State wise by PSUs (Amount in INR Cr.)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                        | State-wise                                                     | FY 2018-19                                                     | FY 2019-20                                                     | FY 2020-21                                                     | FY 2021-22                                                     |
| 1                                                              | Andaman And Nicobar                                            | 0.15                                                           | 0.08                                                           | 1.28                                                           | 0.64                                                           |
| 2                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                 | 59.07                                                          | 36.04                                                          | 40.68                                                          | 52.12                                                          |
| 3                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 4.02                                                           | 6.68                                                           | 3.54                                                           | 11.25                                                          |
| 4                                                              | Assam                                                          | 166.59                                                         | 224.21                                                         | 93.18                                                          | 230.41                                                         |
| 5                                                              | Bihar                                                          | 32.62                                                          | 8.56                                                           | 7.51                                                           | 43.82                                                          |
| 6                                                              | Chandigarh                                                     | 0.17                                                           | 0.09                                                           | -                                                              | 0.29                                                           |
| 7                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                   | 94.41                                                          | 109.06                                                         | 186.56                                                         | 150.17                                                         |
| 8                                                              | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                         | 0.38                                                           | 0.25                                                           | 1.13                                                           | 0.92                                                           |
| 9                                                              | Daman And Diu                                                  | 0.10                                                           | 0.01                                                           | -                                                              | 0.72                                                           |
| 10                                                             | Delhi                                                          | 173.63                                                         | 209.05                                                         | 45.34                                                          | 348.92                                                         |
| 11                                                             | Goa                                                            | 6.76                                                           | 5.49                                                           | 5.88                                                           | 4.22                                                           |
| 12                                                             | Gujarat                                                        | 116.65                                                         | 99.31                                                          | 101.12                                                         | 130.87                                                         |
| 13                                                             | Haryana                                                        | 25.28                                                          | 30.38                                                          | 15.37                                                          | 57.41                                                          |
| 14                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                               | 47.50                                                          | 39.10                                                          | 42.04                                                          | 60.33                                                          |
| 15                                                             | Jammu and Kashmir                                              | 19.87                                                          | 10.53                                                          | 21.68                                                          | 24.22                                                          |
| 16                                                             | Jharkhand                                                      | 59.91                                                          | 92.14                                                          | 94.87                                                          | 67.45                                                          |
| 17                                                             | Karnataka                                                      | 215.30                                                         | 216.27                                                         | 136.34                                                         | 182.98                                                         |
| 18                                                             | Kerala                                                         | 42.77                                                          | 56.17                                                          | 28.99                                                          | 35.85                                                          |
| 19                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                    | -                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 20                                                             | Leh & Ladakh                                                   | -                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              | 9.54                                                           |
| 21                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 105.04                                                         | 42.27                                                          | 134.75                                                         | 144.05                                                         |
| 22                                                             | Maharashtra                                                    | 111.73                                                         | 253.55                                                         | 214.07                                                         | 318.50                                                         |
| 23                                                             | Manipur                                                        | 1.49                                                           | 4.36                                                           | 4.10                                                           | 8.97                                                           |
| 24                                                             | Meghalaya                                                      | 3.95                                                           | 9.09                                                           | 2.00                                                           | 1.43                                                           |
| 25                                                             | Mizoram                                                        | 0.11                                                           | -                                                              | 0.02                                                           | 5.09                                                           |
| 26                                                             | Nagaland                                                       | 0.11                                                           | 0.63                                                           | 0.26                                                           | 4.25                                                           |
| 27                                                             | Odisha                                                         | 541.02                                                         | 523.08                                                         | 318.78                                                         | 383.43                                                         |
| 28                                                             | Puducherry                                                     | 2.37                                                           | -                                                              | 0.02                                                           | 0.86                                                           |
| 29                                                             | Punjab                                                         | 5.77                                                           | 2.77                                                           | 2.84                                                           | 6.69                                                           |
| 30                                                             | Rajasthan                                                      | 44.43                                                          | 23.00                                                          | 17.12                                                          | 49.25                                                          |
| 31                                                             | Sikkim                                                         | 1.29                                                           | 1.05                                                           | 8.77                                                           | 18.77                                                          |
| 32                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                     | 115.24                                                         | 128.13                                                         | 76.88                                                          | 73.92                                                          |
| 33                                                             | Telangana                                                      | 46.92                                                          | 51.67                                                          | 84.38                                                          | 92.90                                                          |
| 34                                                             | Tripura                                                        | 20.80                                                          | 7.49                                                           | 5.81                                                           | 10.95                                                          |
| 35                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                  | 154.29                                                         | 74.71                                                          | 124.75                                                         | 211.51                                                         |
| 36                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                    | 99.81                                                          | 56.73                                                          | 50.69                                                          | 84.22                                                          |
| 37                                                             | West Bengal                                                    | 50.41                                                          | 41.90                                                          | 64.95                                                          | 97.46                                                          |
| 38                                                             | NEC/ Not mentioned*                                            | -                                                              | 7.57                                                           | 168.04                                                         | -                                                              |
| 39                                                             | PAN India*                                                     | 1,281.23                                                       | 2,479.12                                                       | 1,416.34                                                       | 525.18                                                         |
| 40                                                             | Contribution to Funds included in Schedule VII                 | 573.24                                                         | 459.56                                                         | 966.21                                                         | 863.89                                                         |
| Grand Total                                                    | Grand Total                                                    | 4,224.46                                                       | 5,310.12                                                       | 4,486.27                                                       | 4,313.46                                                       |

(Data up to 31.03.2023)   [Source: Data as provided by CDM Cell]

* Not Elsewhere Covered (NEC)

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

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Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2303 FOR 18.12.2023

| Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   | Total CSR expenditure Development Sector by with PSU (Amount in INR Cr.)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                    | Development Sector-wise                                                    | FY 2018-19                                                                 | FY 2019-20                                                                 | FY 2020-21                                                                 | FY 2021-22                                                                 |
| 1                                                                          | Agro forestry                                                              | 0.13                                                                       | 0.13                                                                       | 0.04                                                                       | 2.43                                                                       |
| 2                                                                          | Animal welfare                                                             | 1.22                                                                       | 6.62                                                                       | 1.93                                                                       | 3.16                                                                       |
| 3                                                                          | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependants                             | 17.36                                                                      | 18.73                                                                      | 15.20                                                                      | 5.77                                                                       |
| 4                                                                          | Art and culture                                                            | 57.31                                                                      | 387.67                                                                     | 272.12                                                                     | 25.67                                                                      |
| 5                                                                          | Clean Ganga Fund                                                           | 4.10                                                                       | 3.03                                                                       | 4.49                                                                       | 3.51                                                                       |
| 6                                                                          | Conservation of natural resources                                          | 111.77                                                                     | 103.56                                                                     | 8.99                                                                       | 10.12                                                                      |
| 7                                                                          | Education                                                                  | 794.62                                                                     | 1,083.43                                                                   | 676.54                                                                     | 812.87                                                                     |
| 8                                                                          | Environmental Sustainability                                               | 327.23                                                                     | 379.82                                                                     | 102.33                                                                     | 260.85                                                                     |
| 9                                                                          | Gender equality                                                            | 1.85                                                                       | 5.40                                                                       | 0.25                                                                       | 1.28                                                                       |
| 10                                                                         | Health care                                                                | 514.19                                                                     | 1,035.99                                                                   | 946.77                                                                     | 1,358.35                                                                   |
| 11                                                                         | Livelihood Enhancement Projects                                            | 93.50                                                                      | 72.08                                                                      | 42.81                                                                      | 27.83                                                                      |
| 12                                                                         | Other Central Government Funds                                             | 465.26                                                                     | 302.27                                                                     | 299.39                                                                     | 139.06                                                                     |
| 13                                                                         | Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition                                  | 289.88                                                                     | 173.61                                                                     | 389.46                                                                     | 119.22                                                                     |
| 14                                                                         | Prime Minister's National Relief Fund                                      | 39.23                                                                      | 131.21                                                                     | 637.72                                                                     | 716.27                                                                     |
| 15                                                                         | Rural development projects                                                 | 528.76                                                                     | 331.84                                                                     | 464.25                                                                     | 377.50                                                                     |
| 16                                                                         | Safe drinking water                                                        | 80.76                                                                      | 42.18                                                                      | 29.91                                                                      | 30.98                                                                      |
| 17                                                                         | Sanitation                                                                 | 300.15                                                                     | 269.36                                                                     | 149.28                                                                     | 140.95                                                                     |
| 18                                                                         | Senior citizens welfare                                                    | 3.16                                                                       | 3.52                                                                       | 1.59                                                                       | 7.32                                                                       |
| 19                                                                         | Setting Up Homes And Hostels For Women                                     | 10.52                                                                      | 7.98                                                                       | 7.88                                                                       | 1.67                                                                       |
| 20                                                                         | Setting Up Orphanage                                                       | 0.33                                                                       | 0.81                                                                       | 1.40                                                                       | 1.37                                                                       |
| 21                                                                         | Slum area development                                                      | 34.22                                                                      | 22.45                                                                      | 66.94                                                                      | 36.23                                                                      |
| 22                                                                         | Socio-economic inequalities                                                | 14.13                                                                      | 13.95                                                                      | 4.78                                                                       | 14.17                                                                      |
| 23                                                                         | Special education                                                          | 49.16                                                                      | 27.13                                                                      | 7.65                                                                       | 3.69                                                                       |
| 24                                                                         | Swachh Bharat Kosh                                                         | 64.65                                                                      | 23.05                                                                      | 24.60                                                                      | 5.05                                                                       |
| 25                                                                         | Technology Incubators                                                      | 2.30                                                                       | 1.77                                                                       | 7.96                                                                       | 0.61                                                                       |
| 26                                                                         | Training to promote sports                                                 | 58.40                                                                      | 40.44                                                                      | 26.48                                                                      | 55.61                                                                      |
| 27                                                                         | Vocational skills                                                          | 281.14                                                                     | 325.63                                                                     | 115.66                                                                     | 133.28                                                                     |
| 28                                                                         | Women empowerment                                                          | 14.85                                                                      | 23.61                                                                      | 11.56                                                                      | 18.67                                                                      |
| 29                                                                         | NEC/ Not Mentioned*                                                        | 64.26                                                                      | 472.85                                                                     | 168.28                                                                     | -                                                                          |
| Grand Total                                                                | Grand Total                                                                | 4,224.46                                                                   | 5,310.12                                                                   | 4,486.27                                                                   | 4,313.46                                                                   |

(Data up to 31.03.2023)   [Source: Data as provided by CDM Cell]

* Not Elsewhere Covered (NEC)

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

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