Lok Sabha Question No. 1346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: CSR in Backward Areas
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1346 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, December 8, 2025/Agrahayana 17, 1947 (Saka)

## CSR in Backward Areas QUESTION

†1346. Shri Arun Kumar Sagar: Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the various undertakings under the Government in the country have allocated funds so far under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) during the last three years; (b) if so, the amount of funds spent and the items on which the said funds have been spent especially in the Scheduled Castes dominated areas during the said period  alongwith  the  number  of  people  benefitted  therefrom,  undertaking-wise, district-wise place-wise and year-wise; (c) whether the Government proposes to take effective steps to spend funds under CSR in the country, especially in the Backward and Scheduled Castes dominated areas; (d) if so, whether the Scheduled Castes dominated areas of the country, especially the  Shahjahanpur  Lok  Sabha  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh  have been included or proposed to be included thereunder; and (e) 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): Yes, sir.

(b):  On  the  basis  of  annual  filings,  the  State-wise  and  development sector-wise details of CSR expenditure incurred by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in India for the last three financial years (FYs) i.e. 2021-22 to 2023-24 is attached at Annexure-I & II, respectively.  Data is not maintained centrally for CSR expenditure on  any  particular  community  or  areas  dominated  by  any  particular  community. Data  regarding  CSR  expenditure  district-wise,  company-wise,  PSU  /  NON-PSUwise, State-wise, development sector-wise, etc. are available on public domain at www.csr.gov.in.

(c): As per provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, 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. The Government does not issue any directions to Corporates to spend in any particular area or activity or for any particular community.

(d) & (e): Does not arise in view of the reply to part (c) above.

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Annexure-I

## Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1346 for 08.12.2025 State-wise CSR expenditure by PSUs in India from FY 2021-22 till FY 2023-24

(Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Sr. NO.   | States/ UTs                              | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1.        | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              | 0.64         | 1.04         | 1.18         |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 52.34        | 52.32        | 62.41        |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 11.25        | 7.93         | 15.51        |
| 4.        | Assam                                    | 231.81       | 298.05       | 316.07       |
| 5.        | Bihar                                    | 56.48        | 110.29       | 91.13        |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                               | 0.29         | 0.59         | 0.16         |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                             | 166.01       | 161.24       | 109.91       |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1.63         | 1.42         | 6.10         |
| 9.        | Delhi                                    | 353.33       | 448.95       | 683.27       |
| 10.       | Goa                                      | 4.22         | 4.75         | 19.83        |
| 11.       | Gujarat                                  | 131.40       | 121.88       | 78.26        |
| 12.       | Haryana                                  | 58.08        | 38.61        | 55.22        |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 60.71        | 55.99        | 55.68        |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 24.69        | 25.87        | 45.11        |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                                | 67.45        | 114.81       | 142.32       |
| 16.       | Karnataka                                | 193.36       | 167.02       | 167.81       |
| 17.       | Kerala                                   | 38.51        | 54.47        | 48.57        |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep                              | 0.53         | -            | -            |
| 19.       | Leh & Ladakh                             | 9.54         | 5.09         | 11.58        |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 148.22       | 206.98       | 240.08       |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                              | 324.86       | 308.71       | 401.57       |
| 22.       | Manipur                                  | 8.97         | 12.93        | 9.44         |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                                | 1.68         | 1.78         | 1.36         |
| 24.       | Mizoram                                  | 5.09         | 9.03         | 2.92         |
| 25.       | Nagaland                                 | 4.25         | 6.33         | 6.55         |
| 26.       | Odisha                                   | 397.61       | 396.65       | 486.38       |
| 27.       | Puducherry                               | 0.86         | 2.26         | 8.32         |
| 28.       | Punjab                                   | 7.08         | 12.59        | 12.88        |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                                | 52.25        | 58.14        | 49.56        |
| 30.       | Sikkim                                   | 18.77        | 23.70        | 24.72        |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                               | 74.65        | 102.65       | 173.74       |
| 32.       | Telangana                                | 94.90        | 81.78        | 85.71        |
| 33.       | Tripura                                  | 10.95        | 14.44        | 3.21         |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 213.91       | 229.93       | 349.34       |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                              | 84.49        | 116.03       | 144.15       |
| 36.       | West Bengal                              | 100.45       | 138.44       | 118.11       |
| 37.       | PAN India *                              | 869.43       | 403.58       | 319.98       |
| 38.       | Other Centralized Funds                  | 526.47       | 315.80       | 425.03       |
| 39.       | NEC/Not Mentioned *                      | -            | -            | -            |
| Total     |                                          | 4,407.17     |              |              |
|           |                                          |              | 4,112.08     | 4,773.17     |

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

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

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Annexure-II Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1346 for 08.12.2025 Development Sector Wise

CSR expenditure by PSUs in India from FY 2021-22 till FY 2023-24 (Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Sr. No.   | Development Sector                             | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1.        | Agro forestry                                  | 3.47         | 0.65         | 0.70         |
| 2.        | Animal welfare                                 | 3.16         | 2.96         | 20.05        |
| 3.        | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependants | 9.56         | 4.98         | 17.99        |
| 4.        | Art and culture                                | 26.36        | 69.71        | 120.11       |
| 5.        | Conservation of natural resources              | 10.18        | 21.19        | 24.82        |
| 6.        | Education                                      | 825.93       | 669.72       | 884.13       |
| 7.        | Environmental sustainability                   | 275.58       | 265.67       | 243.96       |
| 8.        | Gender equality                                | 1.28         | 3.02         | 2.91         |
| 9.        | Health care                                    | 1,386.65     | 1,527.74     | 1,494.16     |
| 10.       | Livelihood enhancement 31.81                   |              | 156.47       | 524.50       |
| 11.       | Poverty, Eradicating 119.69                    |              | 23.92        | 63.94        |
| 12.       | Rural development projects                     | 380.66       | 372.84       | 442.33       |
| 13.       | Safe drinking water                            | 33.58        | 39.91        | 127.53       |
| 14.       | Sanitation                                     | 142.77       | 226.41       | 105.13       |
| 15.       | Senior Citizens Welfare                        | 7.32         | 5.40         | 3.26         |
| 16.       | Setting up homes and hostels for women         | 1.71         | 6.10         | 5.20         |
| 17.       | Setting up orphanage                           | 1.37         | 2.02         | 0.92         |
| 18.       | Slum area development                          | 36.23        | 2.21         | 4.83         |
| 19.       | Socio-economic                                 | 14.40        | 20.55        | 9.59         |
| 20.       | Special education                              | 3.99         | 11.66        | 12.17        |
| 21.       | Technology incubators                          | 0.61         | -            | -            |
| 22.       | Training to promote sports                     | 56.91        | 102.50       | 129.16       |
| 23.       | Vocational skills                              | 142.33       | 142.97       | 169.40       |
| 24.       | Women empowerment                              | 22.21        | 29.89        | 43.90        |
| 25.       | Other Central Government Funds                 | 869.43       | 403.58       | 319.98       |
| 26.       | NEC/Not mentioned *                            | -            | -            | 2.52         |
|           | Total                                          | 4,407.17     | 4,112.08     | 4,773.17     |

(Data upto 31.03.2025) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell) * Companies either did not specify the names of sectors or indicated more than one sectors where projects were undertaken.

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