Lok Sabha Question No. 996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Funds Spent under CSR
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Govind Makthappa Karjol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 996 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024/ 7 SHRAVAN, 1946 (SAKA) Fund Spent under CSR

QUESTION

996. SHRI GOVIND MAKTHAPPA KARJOL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds spent under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the State of Karnataka district-wise and company-wise during the last five years;
- (b) whether the Government has taken special interest to spent more CSR funds in Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) dominated areas in Karnataka; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  beneficiaries  in  Karnataka, district-wise and work-wise?

## 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 CSR Framework under the Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR activities annually  in  the  MCA21  registry.  All  data  related  to  CSR  filed  by  companies  in MCA21 registry including company-wise, state-wise, district-wise and development sector-wise is available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in.  On the basis of annual filings made by Companies in the MCA21 registry, the district wise CSR  spent  by  the  companies  in  the  state  of  Karnataka,  during  the  last  five financial years (FY) i.e  2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 is attached as Annexure-I. (b)  &  (c)  :  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. Schedule VII of the Act indicates the list of eligible activities which can be undertaken by the companies as CSR. The activities mentioned under Schedule VII are broadly aligned with national priorities to promote inclusive and sustainable development and include measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially & economically backward  groups,  slum  area  development,  rural  development  projects  etc. Further, entries in Schedule VII are broad- based and may be interpreted liberally so  as  to  capture  the  essence  of  the  subjects  enumerated  therein.  Lastly,  the beneficiary wise data is not captured in the CSR filling made by the companies.

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Annexure-I

## District-wise CSR expenditure in Karnataka for the last five years (i.e 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

(Amount in Cr.)

| S. No.   | Name of Districts        | CSR Spent on Project for FY 2018-19   | CSR Spent on Project for FY 2019-20   | CSR Spent on Project for FY 2020-21   | CSR Spent on Project for FY 2021-22   | CSR Spent on Project for FY 2022-23   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Bagalkote                | 0.28                                  | 2.92                                  | 0.64                                  | 5.64                                  | 4.50                                  |
| 2        | Ballari                  | 8.21                                  | 13.59                                 | 14.87                                 | 28.79                                 | 189.49                                |
| 3        | Belagavi                 | 2.30                                  | 8.72                                  | 8.09                                  | 16.47                                 | 18.61                                 |
| 4        | Bengaluru Rural          | 17.59                                 | 17.15                                 | 20.05                                 | 120.57                                | 161.08                                |
| 5        | Bengaluru Urban          | 11.60                                 | 30.46                                 | 77.41                                 | 1,074.13                              | 7.37                                  |
| 6        | Bidar                    | 0.05                                  | 0.32                                  | 0.69                                  | 2.26                                  | 6.56                                  |
| 7        | Chamarajanagara          | -                                     | 0.76                                  | 2.61                                  | 4.14                                  | 8.46                                  |
| 8        | Chikkaballapura          | 1.37                                  | 3.89                                  | 12.24                                 | 1.70                                  | 0.21                                  |
| 9        | Chikkamagaluru           | 0.64                                  | 3.04                                  | 1.76                                  | 7.66                                  | 9.90                                  |
| 10       | Chitradurga              | 17.50                                 | 3.90                                  | 10.24                                 | 11.39                                 | 5.30                                  |
| 11       | Dakshina Kannada         | 51.76                                 | 82.53                                 | 44.67                                 | 33.41                                 | 39.04                                 |
| 12       | Davanagere               | 0.09                                  | 1.66                                  | 1.46                                  | 3.68                                  | 4.34                                  |
| 13       | Dharwad                  | 4.79                                  | 26.19                                 | 27.03                                 | 41.46                                 | 19.92                                 |
| 14       | Gadag                    | 0.40                                  | 0.79                                  | 2.19                                  | 1.48                                  | 4.51                                  |
| 15       | Hassan                   | 0.21                                  | 1.24                                  | 1.47                                  | 4.92                                  | 2.12                                  |
| 16       | Haveri                   | 0.60                                  | 1.34                                  | 0.91                                  | 8.60                                  | 11.22                                 |
| 17       | Kalaburagi               | 0.41                                  | 0.12                                  | 2.25                                  | 18.91                                 | 14.14                                 |
| 18       | Kodagu                   | 2.78                                  | 2.10                                  | 3.75                                  | 20.62                                 | 8.58                                  |
| 19       | Kolar                    | 9.86                                  | 17.54                                 | 11.35                                 | 14.14                                 | 24.50                                 |
| 20       | Koppal                   | 1.29                                  | 0.47                                  | 2.01                                  | 4.32                                  | 4.67                                  |
| 21       | Mandya                   | 0.25                                  | 0.48                                  | 2.22                                  | 6.64                                  | 6.17                                  |
| 22       | Mysuru                   | 7.33                                  | 27.18                                 | 20.51                                 | 50.41                                 | 49.03                                 |
| 23       | Raichur                  | 4.99                                  | 4.51                                  | 4.51                                  | 18.04                                 | 9.86                                  |
| 24       | Ramanagara               | 15.23                                 | 20.55                                 | 33.90                                 | 4.05                                  | 0.14                                  |
| 25       | Shivamogga               | 4.03                                  | 7.27                                  | 8.45                                  | 6.81                                  | 4.57                                  |
| 26       | Tumakuru                 | 4.39                                  | 8.76                                  | 3.96                                  | 14.56                                 | 18.00                                 |
| 27       | Udupi                    | 10.50                                 | 17.59                                 | 4.60                                  | 20.10                                 | 23.39                                 |
| 28       | Uttara Kannada           | 9.62                                  | 4.84                                  | 5.07                                  | 11.46                                 | 11.02                                 |
| 29       | Vijayanagar              | -                                     | 0.50                                  | -                                     | -                                     | 1.30                                  |
| 30       | Vijayapura               | 0.00                                  | 0.20                                  | 1.26                                  | 1.12                                  | 5.03                                  |
| 31       | Yadgir                   | 0.03                                  | 1.58                                  | 0.97                                  | 2.83                                  | -                                     |
|          | NEC/Not                  | 1,069.57                              | 1,135.95                              | 946.65                                | 279.41                                | 1,312.78                              |
| 32       | Mentioned * PAN India ** |                                       |                                       |                                       | 0.01                                  | -                                     |
| 33       |                          | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |                                       |                                       |
|          | Total                    | 1,257.69                              | 1,448.16                              | 1,277.81                              | 1,839.73                              | 1,985.82                              |

Data upto 31.03.2024 [source: Corporate Data Management 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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