Lok Sabha Question No. 2736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Funds under CSR
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2736 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2016

## FUNDS UNDER CSR

## 2736. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग 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 there under 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

वािणÏ य एवं उɮयोग राÏ य मंत्री ) Įीमती िनमर्ला सीतारमण ( ( èवतंत्र 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      | 0.44      |

| 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 0.51 |
| ECGC 4.99 | 0.01   | 6.00   | 8.51   |   7.72 |   3.37 | 7.40         |           |
| ITPO 0.32 | 0.34   | 0.36   | 0.38   |   0.38 |   0.43 | 6.59         | 2.00      |
| TNTPO** - | -      | 0.02   | 0.02   |   0.03 |   0.03 | 0.35         | 0.35      |
| KTPO*** - | -      | -      | -      |   0.02 |   0.02 | 0.02         | -         |

* Provisional **  Tamilnadu Trade Promotion Organisation **Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation

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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