Lok Sabha Question No. 2574 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-09
Subject: Utilisation of CSR Funds in Maharashtra
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2574

ANSWERED ON Monday, March 9, 2026/Phalguna 18, 1947 (Saka)

## UTILISATION OF CSR FUNDS IN MAHARASHTRA QUESTION

## 2574.   SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  funds  are  being  utilized  in  rural areas, particularly in sectors such as education, health, sports  and  women empowerment and if so, the monitoring mechanism put in place by the Government in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b)  the  amount  of  CSR  funds  allocated  and  actually  spent  by  various  companies/ industrial units during the last five years on education, health, women empowerment, sports, water conservation and rural development sectors in the State of Maharashtra, district-wise particularly in the Amravati Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency;
- (c) whether the CSR funds allocated to the said Constituency have been fully utilised, if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether there is also a mechanism in place to ensure that the Corporate Social Responsibility  (CSR)  funds  generated  by  local  industrial  units  are  spent  on  social development within the same State, if so, the details thereof?

## 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):  Under the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), CSR is a Board driven process and the Board  of  the  company  is  empowered  to  plan,  decide,  execute  and  monitor  CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR Committee. This Committee formulates and recommends the CSR policy, which outlines the activities to be undertaken by the company in alignment with the areas or subjects specified in Schedule VII.

The existing legal provisions regarding formation of CSR committee, formulation of CSR policy, Annual Action Plan on CSR, certification of CSR expenditure by Chief Financial Officer  (CFO)  and  audit  of  CSR  expenditure  by  statutory  auditors,  etc.,  are  the mechanisms to ensure monitoring, transparency and accountability.

- (b) & (c): The Ministry does not maintain parliamentary constituency-wise CSR data centrally.  CSR  data  are  maintained  district-wise.  Development  sector-wise  and district-wise  details  of  CSR  expenditure  in  Maharashtra  during the  Financial Years 2019-20 to 2023-24 is attached at Annexure-I and II respectively.

(d): The first proviso to Section 135 (5) of the Act provides that the company shall give preference to the local area and areas around it where it operates.  However, the emphasis on local area is only directory and not mandatory in nature and companies need to balance local area preference with national priorities.

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## Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2574 for 09.03.2026

## Development Sector-wise CSR expenditure in Maharashtra from FY 2019-20 to FY 2023-24 (Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Sl. No   | Development Sector                             | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1        | Agro forestry                                  | 2.38         | 2.97         | 5.66         | 5.84         | 13.21        |
| 2        | Animal welfare                                 | 12.03        | 14.45        | 23.91        | 73.86        | 96.14        |
| 3        | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependants | 2.94         | 1.28         | 4.43         | 8.13         | 5.87         |
| 4        | Art and culture                                | 18.72        | 18.31        | 27.80        | 64.49        | 92.08        |
| 5        | Conservation of natural resources              | 22.24        | 10.44        | 43.45        | 77.57        | 92.68        |
| 6        | Education                                      | 1,216.76     | 1,460.21     | 1,321.13     | 1,730.31     | 2,274.21     |
| 7        | Environmental sustainability                   | 171.87       | 150.99       | 336.48       | 308.52       | 331.71       |
| 8        | Gender equality                                | 18.28        | 9.02         | 17.17        | 34.15        | 30.63        |
| 9        | Health care                                    | 1,072.17     | 1,154.48     | 1,882.38     | 2,099.97     | 1,806.98     |
| 10       | Livelihood enhancement projects                | 113.25       | 125.30       | 203.59       | 348.18       | 299.89       |
| 11       | Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition      | 138.76       | 144.72       | 828.96       | 204.65       | 201.61       |
| 12       | Rural development projects                     | 147.36       | 117.52       | 318.14       | 230.07       | 202.54       |
| 13       | Safe drinking water                            | 28.25        | 15.81        | 23.16        | 25.71        | 27.50        |
| 14       | Sanitation                                     | 46.17        | 25.82        | 42.47        | 39.09        | 62.59        |
| 15       | Senior Citizens Welfare                        | 4.62         | 9.04         | 13.16        | 25.90        | 22.37        |
| 16       | Setting up homes and hostels for women         | 21.38        | 8.06         | 24.48        | 8.37         | 5.30         |
| 17       | Setting up orphanage                           | 1.37         | 4.85         | 6.79         | 11.97        | 9.14         |
| 18       | Slum area development                          | 3.37         | 5.85         | 2.93         | 5.37         | 3.16         |
| 19       | Socio-economic equalities                      | 41.46        | 16.98        | 23.71        | 32.31        | 65.86        |
| 20       | Special education                              | 16.15        | 30.40        | 47.24        | 68.15        | 72.58        |
| 21       | Technology incubators                          | 18.59        | 20.75        | 2.42         | 0.06         | 0.17         |
| 22       | Training to promote sports                     | 45.45        | 16.51        | 55.18        | 72.56        | 80.97        |
| 23       | Vocational skills                              | 131.35       | 53.85        | 106.44       | 152.14       | 188.11       |
| 24       | Women empowerment                              | 40.04        | 42.41        | 46.32        | 78.15        | 69.04        |
| 25       | NEC/Not mentioned*                             | 18.28        | 4.77         | -            | 0.02         | 11.60        |
|          | Total                                          | 3,353.24     | 3,464.81     | 5,407.40     | 5,705.54     | 6,065.95     |

(Data upto 31.03.2025) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell)

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

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## Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2574 for 09.03.2026

## District-wise CSR expenditure in Maharashtra from FY 2019-20 to FY 2023-24

(Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Sl.No   | Districts                              |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 |   FY 2023-24 |
|---------|----------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1       | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)               |        10.64 |        33.08 |        31.83 |        51.04 |        66.47 |
| 2       | Akola                                  |         1.5  |         0.55 |         2.43 |         2.59 |         2.32 |
| 3       | Amravati                               |        10.51 |         2.75 |         8.93 |        20.83 |        15.51 |
| 4       | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) |        66.69 |        73.46 |        96.05 |       129.14 |       123.87 |
| 5       | Beed                                   |         3.13 |         2.7  |        11.34 |        16.21 |        13.96 |
| 6       | Bhandara                               |         4.98 |         4.16 |         2.25 |         5.05 |         5.09 |
| 7       | Buldhana                               |         2.31 |         1.33 |        23.71 |         3.37 |         9.34 |
| 8       | Chandrapur                             |         3.55 |         6.24 |        22.36 |        34.85 |        27.94 |
| 9       | Dharashiv                              |         2.66 |         7.37 |        12.88 |        26.19 |        33.05 |
| 10      | Dhule                                  |         8.9  |         7.2  |         5.03 |        10.64 |        14.91 |
| 11      | Gadchiroli                             |         1.38 |         9.32 |        18.32 |        14.55 |        70.15 |
| 12      | Gondia                                 |         5.76 |         0.44 |         1.13 |         0.41 |         8.6  |
| 13      | Hingoli                                |         0.13 |         0.88 |         2.63 |         2.31 |         5.34 |
| 14      | Jalgaon                                |         0.89 |         4.34 |        16.36 |        27.59 |        28.03 |
| 15      | Jalna                                  |         6.19 |         8.48 |        14.14 |        21.43 |        19.99 |
| 16      | Kolhapur                               |        10.67 |        16.21 |        16.48 |        17.56 |        32.36 |
| 17      | Latur                                  |         2.56 |         4.04 |         8.1  |        18.69 |        15.21 |
| 18      | Mumbai City                            |       276.83 |       394.15 |      2980.22 |      2861.07 |      2814.46 |
| 19      | Mumbai Suburban                        |        21.13 |         7.86 |         3.05 |         5.73 |         1.99 |
| 20      | Nagpur                                 |        54.68 |        37.91 |       189.8  |       172.86 |       160.63 |
| 21      | Nanded                                 |         0.24 |         2.63 |         6.76 |         8.15 |         9.92 |
| 22      | Nandurbar                              |         8.71 |        23.27 |        24.92 |        30.37 |        35.66 |
| 23      | Nashik                                 |        38.39 |        74.51 |        76.75 |       130.58 |       126.87 |
| 24      | Palghar                                |        23.46 |        24.86 |         6.2  |         5.1  |         5.86 |
| 25      | Parbhani                               |         0.15 |         0.39 |         1.38 |         3.64 |         3.4  |
| 26      | Pune                                   |       324.92 |       392.59 |       694.62 |      1096.34 |      1135.14 |
| 27      | Raigad                                 |        37.89 |       144.17 |       272.04 |       326.29 |       243.61 |
| 28      | Ratnagiri                              |        21.58 |        20.14 |        15.69 |        44.66 |        70.21 |
| 29      | Sangli                                 |         3.41 |         3.9  |        11.47 |        18.06 |        13.57 |
| 30      | Satara                                 |        12.79 |        20.07 |        40.12 |        67.71 |        69.64 |
| 31      | Sindhudurg                             |         2.02 |         2.92 |         2.34 |         6.37 |         5.4  |
| 32      | Solapur                                |        23.06 |        14.49 |        12.04 |        26.83 |        57.6  |
| 33      | Thane                                  |       242.46 |        75.9  |       176.76 |       214.01 |       302.68 |
| 34      | Wardha                                 |         3.57 |         6.7  |        27.7  |        24.03 |        23.34 |
| 35      | Washim                                 |         0.48 |         1.87 |         7.02 |         5    |         1.84 |
| 36      | Yavatmal                               |         3.05 |         5.44 |         7.75 |         9.59 |        12.86 |
| 37      | District not classified elsewhere      |      2111.97 |      2028.48 |       556.8  |       246.71 |       479.15 |
|         | Total                                  |      3353.24 |      3464.81 |      5407.4  |      5705.54 |      6065.95 |

(Data upto 31.03.2025) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell)

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