The provisions of Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules
made thereunder have been notified on 27.02.2014. These notifications are
available on the Ministry’s website (www.mca.gov.in).
The salient features of CSR provision inter-alia, are as follows:
·
companies above the specified threshold
of turnover or net worth or net profit are required to spend at least two per
cent of their average net profits earned during three immediately preceding
financial years on CSR activities;
·
each such company is required to
constitute a CSR committee of the Board;
·
the Board of each such company is
required to have the company’s CSR policy formulated and monitor its
implementation;
·
the Board's report shall include an
annual report on CSR containing particulars specified in prescribed format;
·
the Board’s report shall specify the
reasons for not spending the specified amount, if the company fails to spend
such amount;
·
companies may implement their CSR Policy
through trusts or societies or Section 8 companies etc.;
·
indicative activities which can be
undertaken by a company under CSR have been specified in Schedule VII of the
Act;
CSR expenditure of 460
listed companies, which have placed their annual reports on their website,
indicates that 51 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and 409 private sector
companies together spent about Rs. 6337 crores on CSR during 2014-15 as
summarized below:
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Sl. No.
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Company Type
|
No. of companies
|
Actual CSR expenditure (in Rs. Crore)
(2014-15)
|
|
1.
|
PSUs
|
51
|
2386.60
|
|
2.
|
Private
Sector Companies
|
409
|
3950.76
|
|
Total
|
460
|
6337.36
|
Of these 460 companies, company-wise CSR expenditure
of top 20 companies may be seen at Annexure – I. State /UT-wise number of CSR
projects undertaken is at Annexure –II. Information on CSR expenditure on
various developmental work by companies is at Annexure- III.
(As per Section 135 (3) & (4) of the
Companies Act, 2013 Board of the company is empowered to select programmes /
projects / activities to be undertaken and monitor the same. Ministry of
Corporate Affairs has no role to play in this regard.
This
was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs in written reply
to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Annexure – I
TOP 20 COMPANIES BY
ACTUAL CSR SPEND DURING FY 2014-15 (In Rs. Crore)
|
Sl. No.
|
NAME OF THE COMPANY
|
Actual CSR
Expenditure
|
|
1
|
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
|
760.58
|
|
2
|
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED
|
495.23
|
|
3
|
INFOSYS LIMITED
|
239.54
|
|
4
|
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
|
219.00
|
|
5
|
ITC LIMITED
|
214.06
|
|
6
|
NTPC LIMITED
|
205.18
|
|
7
|
NMDC LIMITED
|
188.65
|
|
8
|
TATA STEEL LIMITED
|
171.46
|
|
9
|
OIL INDIA LIMITED
|
133.31
|
|
10
|
WIPRO LIMITED
|
132.70
|
|
11
|
INDIAN OIL CORPN. LIMITED
|
113.79
|
|
12
|
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED
|
102.06
|
|
13
|
MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED
|
83.24
|
|
14
|
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED
|
82.35
|
|
15
|
LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED
|
76.54
|
|
16
|
GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED
|
71.69
|
|
17
|
CAIRN INDIA LIMITED
|
70.36
|
|
18
|
NORTHERN COALFIELDS LIMITED
|
61.77
|
|
19
|
MAHANADI COALFIELDS LIMITED
|
61.30
|
|
20
|
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED
|
59.28
|
|
|
GRAND TOTAL
|
3542.09
|
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Annexure – II
State/UT-wise CSR Projects undertaken
during FY 2014-15
|
Sl. No.
|
States
|
No. of Projects
|
Sl. No.
|
States
|
No. of Projects
|
|
1
|
Maharashtra
|
202
|
19
|
Jharkhand
|
41
|
|
2
|
Gujarat
|
111
|
20
|
Bihar
|
38
|
|
3
|
Tamil Nadu
|
97
|
21
|
Kerela
|
37
|
|
4
|
Karnataka
|
95
|
22
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
34
|
|
5
|
Rajasthan
|
89
|
23
|
Goa
|
23
|
|
6
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
80
|
24
|
Manipur
|
23
|
|
7
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
79
|
25
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
22
|
|
8
|
West Bengal
|
79
|
26
|
Chandigarh
|
21
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
71
|
27
|
Meghalaya
|
20
|
|
10
|
Delhi
|
66
|
28
|
Sikkim
|
20
|
|
11
|
Haryana
|
66
|
29
|
Tripura
|
20
|
|
12
|
Orissa
|
54
|
30
|
Nagaland
|
19
|
|
13
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
52
|
31
|
Pondicherry
|
19
|
|
14
|
Chattisgarh
|
48
|
32
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
18
|
|
15
|
Telangana
|
47
|
33
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
18
|
|
16
|
Uttarakhand
|
47
|
34
|
Daman & Diu
|
17
|
|
17
|
Punjab
|
43
|
35
|
Lakshadweep
|
17
|
|
18
|
Assam
|
42
|
36
|
Mizoram
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1790
|
Annexure - III
ANNEXURE
REFERED TO IN THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 656
Development Sector wise CSR
expenditure (FY 2014-15)
|
Sl. No
|
Subjects in
Schedule VII
|
CSR Expenditure
(in Rs. Crore)
|
|
1
|
Eradicating Hunger, Poverty & Health Care
|
1421.66
|
|
2
|
Education/ Vocational skills / livelihood enhancement
|
1462.6
|
|
3
|
Women / Old Age / Children
|
219.27
|
|
4
|
Environment sustainability
|
1188.69
|
|
5
|
Art & Culture
|
539.83
|
|
6
|
Sports promotion
|
454.91
|
|
7
|
PMNRF etc.
|
125.32
|
|
8
|
Rural Development
|
724.32
|
|
9
|
Slum Development
|
114.14
|
|
10
|
Swatch Bharat Kosh
|
42.64
|
|
11
|
Clean Ganga Fund
|
15.49
|
|
12
|
Others
|
28.5
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
6337.36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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