THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)
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(a): All data related to CSR as filed by companies in MCA21 registry is available in public domain which can be accessed at www.csr.gov.in. On the basis of filings made by the Companies in the MCA 21 registry, the Sector-wise and State/UT-wise details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by Companies during financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are at Annexure - I and Annexure - II respectively.
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(b) to (d): CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor the CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR committee. Schedule VII of the Act enlists the activities which may be included by companies in their CSR policy. Even Schedule VII is broad based and can be interpreted liberally in terms of MCA’s circular no. 21/2014 dated 18th June, 2014. The entire CSR architecture is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR initiatives annually in MCA21 registry. Whenever any violation of CSR provisions is reported, action against such non-compliant Companies are initiated as per provisions of Companies Act, 2013 after due examination of records and following due process of law. So far, sanction for prosecution has been accorded in 366 cases. All CSR related offences are compoundable. So far 121 applications for compounding have been made and 37 cases have been compounded.
(e): The Ministry has set up High Level Committee (HLC-2018) to review the CSR framework and make recommendations to develop a more robust and coherent CSR regulatory and policy framework, and underlying ecosystem. The HLC-2018 has submitted its report on 07th August, 2019 which is available on the Ministry’s website at www.mca.gov.in.
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Annexure - I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184
DEVELOPMENT SECTOR-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES)
Development Sector FY
2015-16 FY
2016-17 FY
2017-18
Agro Forestry 57.85 43.45 12.18
Animal Welfare 66.67 78.65 59.48
Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependents 11.14 37.86 27.72
Art And Culture 119.17 305.57 283.81
Clean Ganga Fund 32.82 24.37 4.44
Conservation Of Natural Resources 49.85 119.09 212.74
Education 4,057.45 4,500.82 4,594.64
Environmental Sustainability 796.69 1,076.46 1,076.42
Gender Equality 73.85 72.60 20.48
Health Care 2,569.43 2,484.05 2,192.16
Livelihood Enhancement Projects 393.38 515.47 658.18
NEC/ Not Mentioned 1,051.16 388.96 0.76
Other Central Government Funds 334.35 419.99 255.40
Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition 1,252.08 606.55 635.93
Prime Minister''s National Relief Fund 218.04 158.80 158.20
Rural Development Projects 1,376.16 1,554.78 1,477.29
Safe Drinking Water 180.16 147.76 180.16
Sanitation 631.80 421.71 291.69
Senior Citizens Welfare 21.87 26.91 32.94
Setting Up Homes And Hostels For Women 29.28 61.97 67.73
Setting Up Orphanage 16.90 16.80 36.86
Slum Area Development 14.10 51.49 35.11
Socio-Economic Inequalities 77.97 148.01 134.70
Special Education 125.84 164.83 122.56
Swachh Bharat Kosh 325.52 184.06 213.79
Technology Incubators 26.34 23.09 15.54
Training To Promote Sports 140.12 180.33 227.50
Vocational Skills 344.39 373.46 391.73
Women Empowerment 122.79 141.62 200.37
Grand Total 14,517.19 14,329.53 13,620.51
(Data upto 30.06.2019) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]
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Annexure - II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184
STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE (IN RS. CRORES )
State/UTs FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18
Andaman And Nicobar 0.55 0.83 0.76
Andhra Pradesh 1,294.28 753.53 269.11
Arunachal Pradesh 1.48 24.05 11.94
Assam 164.60 269.92 86.23
Bihar 124.62 100.77 42.17
Chandigarh 5.34 21.99 20.51
Chhattisgarh 241.16 84.94 71.61
Dadra And Nagar Haveli 12.03 7.58 6.93
Daman And Diu 2.43 2.63 20.09
Delhi 493.34 520.66 540.79
Goa 30.15 37.89 53.34
Gujarat 551.43 870.84 768.96
Haryana 375.62 389.60 262.02
Himachal Pradesh 52.29 24.03 60.53
Jammu And Kashmir 107.81 42.74 14.75
Jharkhand 117.04 95.69 45.88
Karnataka 784.66 886.36 950.92
Kerala 148.12 135.47 158.06
Lakshadweep 0.30 - 2.07
Madhya Pradesh 185.51 286.60 147.43
Maharashtra 2,052.23 2,487.94 2,527.04
Manipur 6.28 12.35 4.03
Meghalaya 5.59 10.97 5.49
Mizoram 1.07 0.08 0.23
Nagaland 0.96 0.92 0.36
Odisha 624.05 316.71 469.34
Puducherry 6.46 7.43 6.51
Punjab 69.93 75.83 88.51
Rajasthan 501.45 327.15 263.33
Sikkim 1.98 6.83 6.84
Tamil Nadu 633.24 550.94 619.42
Telangana 265.40 259.88 291.14
Tripura 1.47 1.25 1.83
Uttar Pradesh 423.79 327.48 298.40
Uttarakhand 73.17 101.52 82.51
West Bengal 415.42 290.34 280.25
NEC/ Not mentioned - 7.63 132.04
PAN India* 4,741.95 4,988.17 5,009.16
Grand Total 14,517.19 14,329.53 13,620.51
(Data upto 30.06.2019) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]
*Companies either did not specify the names of States or indicated more than one State where projects were undertaken.
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