Lok Sabha Question No. 3573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Funds under CSR
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     DECEMBER, 2015

## FUNDS UNDER CSR

## 3573. SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Public Sector  Undertakings (PSUs) and agencies functioning under the Ministry  have  earmarked  funds  for  taking  up  projects  under  the  Corporate  Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme during each of the last three years and the current year;
- b) if so, the details of total funds earmarked thereunder and utilised by these PSUs and agencies along with the projects undertaken by them during the said period including their present status, State/UTwise and company-wise;
- c) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding arbitrary utilisation of funds  and  gross  irregularities  in  the  award  of  contracts/execution  of  these  projects; and
- d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  on  these complaints?

## ANSWER

वाणिज्् य एवं उद्योग राज्् य मंत्री ( ीीमीी ालमर्िा णीीारमि ) ( स्वींत्र प्रभार )

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a)&(b) Yes, Madam.  The details of amount allocated/utilized by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under Department of Commerce except STCL, a subsidiary of STC of India Ltd., which is under winding up, during the last three years and the current years are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

|      | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   |
|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|      | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  |
| MMTC | 2.45      | 2.32      | 0.64      | 0.63      | 0.49      | 0.47      | 0.45      | 0.43      |
| PEC  | 2.79      | 1.19      | 0.96      | 2.84      | 1.12      | 2.15      | 0.31      | 0.14      |
| STC  | 0.49      | 0.52      | 0.53      | 1.41      | 0.45      | 0.32      | -         | 0.13      |
| ECGC | 4.99      | 0.01      | 6.00      | 8.51      | 7.72      | 3.37      | 7.40      | 0.51      |

| ITPO   | 0.32   | 0.34   | 0.36   | 0.38   |   0.38 |   0.43 |   6.59 | -   |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|
| TNTPO  | -      | -      | 0.02   | 0.02   |   0.03 |   0.03 |   0.34 | -   |
| KTPO   | -      | -      | -      | -      |   0.02 |   0.02 |   0.02 | -   |

The CPSEs have spent the allocated amount for CSR activities as per the guidelines issued by Department of Public Enterprises from time to time on projects related to health care, infrastructure development, construction of public toilets, mid-day meal scheme for poor children, contribution to Swachh Bharat Kosh, water management, recycle of waste, fitment of Jaipur Foot/Limbs and Callipers to differently-abled patients/amputees, Flood Relief Fund, etc. in various States like Delhi, Odisha, Goa, West Bengal, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh., Rajasthan, Haryana, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra

Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. (c) No, Madam (d) Does not arise.

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