Lok Sabha Question No. 2457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Financial Assistance under CSR Scheme
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH, HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE, NABA KUMAR SARANIA, P.R. SUNDARAM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  August, 2016

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER CSR SCHEME

2457. SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH: SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM: SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA: SHRI P.R SUNDARAM :

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas be pleased to state:

- (a)  Whether  the  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)/Oil  and  Natural  Gas  Corporation Limited (ONGC)/GAIL donate/allocate funds under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the social  upliftment  of scheduled and backward areas of the country;
- (b) If so, the region/head-wise funds allocated for the purpose by various OMCs during the last three years and the current year along with the action taken by the Government against  such  companies  which  have  not  utilized  CSR  funds  as  per  the  laid  down norms/criteria, Public Sector company/State/UT-wise including GAIL;
- (c) The details of social welfare work done in the country for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections by various OMCs, Public Sector company/State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (d)  Whether  the  Government  proposes  to  allow  OMCs  to  spend  their  CSR  funds  for health  treatment  for  cancer  patients,  upliftment  of  tea  garden  workers  in  Assam  and other projects taken up/completed in the North Eastern States;
- e) If so, the quantum of funds allotted/spent and financial support provided by OMCs to various Non-governmental Organisations and list of projects completed/pending through CSR funds during the said period, State/UT-wise including North  Eastern States?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री (स्विंत्र प्रभार) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (e) :  Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are required to allocate at least 2%  of  their  profit  as  CSR  budget  calculated  as  per  the  guidelines  issued  by Department  of  Public  Enterprises.  CSR  budget  is  being  allocated  as  per  the Companies Act, 2013.  All activities including health care are carried out as per the Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.  CSR activities are focused at the entire community in the work centres. The funds  allocated by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)/Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)/Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) for the last three years and current year are as under:-

*All figures given in Rs.(in crores)

| PSU   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| IOCL  |    102.36 |    133.4  |    161.11 |    217.1  |
| BPCL  |     34    |     76.01 |    154.66 |    218.21 |
| HPCL  |     23.74 |     34.07 |     71.75 |     82.9  |
| ONGC  |    418.52 |    660.61 |    593.7  |    535.69 |
| GAIL  |     14.5  |     14.13 |     59.5  |     38.65 |

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  major  CSR  activities  including  social  upliftment  of Scheduled  Castes/Scheduled  Tribes  and  other  weaker  sections  undertaken  by OMCs/ONGC/GAIL are available on the website of the Ministry viz. at petroleum.nic.in.

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