Lok Sabha Question No. 2720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-09
Subject: CSR in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli in UP
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Harendra Singh Malik

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2720 ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 09, 2026

## CSR IN MUZAFFARNAGAR AND SHAMLI IN UP QUESTION

2720:  Shri Harendra Singh Malik:

Will the Minister of Corporate Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that large steel factories and paper mills situated in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli in Uttar Pradesh are spending two percent of their profit on the development of local villages under CSR, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether there is any proposal to make it mandatory for these industrial areas to use CSR funds to establish technical education centers and health facilities for the children of local sugarcane farmers, if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  special  audit  or  monitoring  of  the expenditure  incurred  by  these  industries  for  clean  drinking  water  and  environmental protection in the pollution affected villages of Muzaffarnagar, if so the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government proposes to make district-wise expenditure details public on the CSR portal, so that the general public is able to know about the contribution made by companies of their area to the cause of social welfare in their area and 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):  The data regarding CSR expenditure by companies is maintained centrally, which does not include expenditure by each unit of such companies.

(b):  Under  the  Companies  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.  The CSR policy outlines the activities to be undertaken by the company in alignment with the areas or subjects specified in Schedule VII of the Act.  The first provision 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.  The Government does not issue any direction to the companies to spend in any particular geographical area or for any particular activity.

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(c):  No,  Sir.    As  per  the  legal  framework  for Corporate  Social Responsibility  (CSR)   as provided under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act'), and the related Rules, the Board of the company has to satisfy itself that the funds so disbursed have been utilised for the purposes and in the manner as approved by it, and the Chief Financial Officer or the person responsible for financial management shall certify to the effect. Further, Rule 8 of the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 provides that every company having  average  CSR  obligation  of  10  crore  rupees  or  more  in  the  three  immediately preceding financial years, shall undertake impact assessment, through an independent agency, of their CSR projects having outlays of one crore rupees or more, and which have been completed not less than one year before undertaking the impact study. (d):  Yes Sir, all data related to CSR expenditure filed by companies in MCA21 registry including state-wise, district-wise, year-wise, company-wise is available in public domain at  www.csr.gov.in.  On  the  basis  of  annual  filings  made  by  companies  in  the  MCA  21 registry, district-wise CSR data of Uttar Pradesh including Muzaffarnagar and Shamli for

the last three financial years is attached at Annexure.

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Refer to part (d) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2720 for 09.03.2026 District-wise CSR expenditure in Uttar Pradesh from FY 2021-22 to FY 2023-24 (Amount in Rupees Crore)

| S.No.      | Districts      | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |
|------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1.         | Agra           | 15.61        | 30.79        | 23.16        |
| 2.         | Aligarh        | 5.89         | 6.71         | 10.12        |
| 3.         | Ambedkar Nagar | 0.27         | 4.00         | 5.68         |
| 4.         | Amethi         | -            | -            | 0.04         |
| 5.         | Amroha         | 1.20         | 1.55         | 1.57         |
| 6.         | Auraiya        | 6.99         | 4.57         | 4.03         |
| 7.         | Ayodhya        | 20.62        | 23.03        | 37.98        |
| 8.         | Azamgarh       | 3.85         | 0.59         | 3.40         |
| 9.         | Baghpat        | 2.27         | 5.85         | 10.37        |
| 10.        | Bahraich       | 5.18         | 7.92         | 17.29        |
| 11.        | Ballia         | 0.71         | 1.02         | 8.23         |
| 12.        | Balrampur      | 2.61         | 1.20         | 3.89         |
| 13.        | Banda          | -            | 0.90         | 2.07         |
| 14. Bara   | Banki          | 1.89         | 6.78         | 5.90         |
| 15.        | Bareilly       | 168.74       | 5.96         | 12.35        |
| 16.        | Basti          | 1.54         | 2.11         | 2.09         |
| 17.        | Bhadohi        | 0.83         | 1.01         | 3.09         |
| 18.        | Bijnor         | 5.15         | 1.46         | 5.07         |
| 19.        | Budaun         | 3.66         | 2.88         | 3.43         |
| 20.        | Bulandshahr    | 7.02         | 10.93        | 19.92        |
| 21.        | Chandauli      | 6.01         | 6.38         | 4.55         |
| 22.        | Chitrakoot     | 1.17         | 4.50         | 8.88         |
| 23.        | Deoria         | 0.40         | 1.28         | 2.05         |
| 24.        | Etah           | 0.12         | 0.08         | -            |
| 25.        | Etawah         | 2.56         | 0.71         | 0.72         |
| 26.        | Farrukhabad    | 0.05         | 0.23         | 0.51         |
| 27.        | Fatehpur       | 0.46         | 2.22         | 6.72         |
| 28.        | Firozabad      | 0.38         | 2.28         | 6.21         |
| 29. Gautam | Buddha Nagar   | 163.00       | 240.91       | 217.07       |
| 30.        | Ghaziabad      | 46.97        | 53.27        | 73.91        |
| 31.        | Ghazipur       | 0.99         | 1.25         | 2.36         |
| 32.        | Gonda          | 0.12         | 0.03         | 15.00        |
| 33.        | Gorakhpur      | 6.04         | 19.12        | 11.51        |
| 34.        | Hamirpur       | 2.32         | 1.50         | 36.72        |
| 35.        | Hapur          | 0.13         | 0.11         | 0.04         |
| 36.        | Hardoi         | 82.07        | 91.97        | 58.71        |

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| S.No.   | Districts               | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 37.     | Hathras                 | 1.15         | 2.03         | 3.36         |
| 38.     | Jalaun                  | 0.08         | 0.03         | 0.00         |
| 39.     | Jaunpur                 | 0.51         | 1.72         | 7.18         |
| 40.     | Jhansi                  | 5.36         | 4.67         | 7.62         |
| 41.     | Kannauj                 | 0.20         | 0.56         | 0.29         |
| 42.     | Kanpur Dehat            | 2.62         | 4.39         | 3.62         |
| 43.     | Kanpur Nagar            | 37.67        | 1.00         | -            |
| 44.     | Kasganj                 | -            | -            | -            |
| 45.     | Kaushambi               | 1.59         | 2.32         | 4.14         |
| 46.     | Kheri                   | 2.80         | 2.38         | 2.52         |
| 47.     | Kushinagar              | 0.51         | 4.74         | 0.54         |
| 48.     | Lalitpur                | 5.04         | 6.14         | 5.25         |
| 49.     | Lucknow                 | 68.19        | 73.15        | 90.04        |
| 50.     | Mahoba                  | 0.02         | 0.08         | 1.66         |
| 51.     | Mahrajganj              | 0.39         | 0.31         | 1.83         |
| 52.     | Mainpuri                | 0.94         | 1.06         | 1.63         |
| 53.     | Mathura                 | 81.78        | 136.09       | 130.43       |
| 54.     | Mau                     | 0.35         | 0.25         | 0.67         |
| 55.     | Meerut                  | 11.90        | 14.02        | 17.13        |
| 56.     | Mirzapur                | 2.67         | 6.68         | 6.66         |
| 57.     | Moradabad               | 4.69         | 6.96         | 5.41         |
| 58.     | Muzaffarnagar           | 6.30         | 7.15         | 21.17        |
| 59.     | Pilibhit                | 1.05         | 1.00         | 2.23         |
| 60.     | Pratapgarh              | 3.42         | 2.73         | 5.27         |
| 61.     | Prayagraj               | 4.76         | 9.98         | 13.59        |
| 62.     | Rae Bareli              | 42.27        | 8.46         | 14.47        |
| 63.     | Rampur                  | 4.91         | 2.98         | 2.59         |
| 64.     | Saharanpur              | 2.54         | 4.24         | 25.46        |
| 65.     | Sambhal                 | 0.04         | -            | -            |
| 66.     | Sant Kabir Nagar        | 0.34         | 0.38         | 0.11         |
| 67.     | Shahjahanpur            | 266.68       | 5.63         | 12.23        |
| 68.     | Shamli                  | 0.24         | 0.03         | 0.08         |
| 69.     | Shrawasti               | 4.99         | 3.77         | 4.44         |
| 70.     | Siddharthnagar          | 2.63         | 0.40         | 6.97         |
| 71.     | Sitapur                 | 5.46         | 3.93         | 8.16         |
| 72.     | Sonbhadra               | 34.39        | 41.64        | 52.81        |
| 73.     | Sultanpur               | 1.31         | 12.62        | 14.72        |
| 74.     | Unnao                   | 3.23         | 2.56         | 3.47         |
| 75.     | Varanasi                | 51.48        | 101.75       | 221.95       |
| 76.     | District not classified | 113.69       | 190.22       | 220.66       |
|         | Total                   | 1345.02      | 1213.12      | 1545.01      |

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

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