THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)
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(a) to (c):On the basis of filings made by the Companies in the MCA 21 registry, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditureby thevarious public and private sector companies under the Companies Act, 2013 for the financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18are given below:
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Nature of Company Year of Filing
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
No. of Companies TotalAmountSpent
(in Rs. Cr.) No. of Companies TotalAmount
Spent
(in Rs. Cr.) No. of Companies Total Amount
Spent
(in Rs. Cr.)
PSUs 532 4,214.67 546 3,295.98 527 2,553.36
Private Companies 17758 10,302.52 18993 11,033.55 20870 11,067.15
Total 18290 14,517.19 19539 14,329.53 21397 13,620.51
(Data upto 30.06.2019) [Source: National CSR Data Portal]
The details of the CSR expenditure by Companies in State/UT-wiseduring financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 is annexed.
CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to decide the activities to be undertaken as per Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 taking into consideration the recommendation of its CSR committee. 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.
(d) & (e): Yes, Sir. The first National CSR Awards were conferred by Hon’ble President of India on 29th October 2019. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has instituted National CSR Award (NCSRA) to recognize corporate initiatives and excellence in CSR and to encourage companies to spend their eligible CSR amount.
The nominations for the National CSR Awards from the companies were received through nominating agencies, such as, Central and State Governments, Professional Institutes and Trade association and Industry Chamber. The nominations received were scrutinized as per laid down procedures by the members of expert committee drawn from four institutes, viz., Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal (IIFM), Institute of Rural ManagementAnand (IRMA), Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Mumbai (TISS), and Delhi School of Social Work, (DSSW). On the basis of the expert committee report, the Grand Jury constituted for National CSR Awards, selected winners and honorable mentions across three award categories, viz., Corporate Award for excellence in CSR, CSR in Challenging circumstances and contribution to the National priority areas.
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Annexure
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1319
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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