Companies report CSR expenditure of Rs 13,625.25 crores in FY2015-16: Govt

Companies report CSR expenditure of Rs 13,625.25 crores in FY2015-16; education, differently-abled and livelihood get maximum CSR funds of Rs 4,647.67 crores

Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, commenced with effect from financial year 2014-15. The total Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure reported by companies for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16, as per the filings made on MCA21 registry upto 31.03.2017, is Rs. 9,553.72 crores and Rs. 13,625.25 crores respectively. Sector-wise details of CSR funds spent by the companies for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 is mentioned below.

The number of companies required to make CSR expenditure and who failed to spend any amount for the purpose for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 are 8,924 and 10,547 respectively. Ministry has not separately analysed the details regarding companies spending less than 20 per cent of their prescribed CSR amount.

DEVELOPMENT SECTOR WISE CSR EXPENDITURE FOR FY 2014-15 AND FY 2015-16

CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )
S. No.	Sectors	2014-15	2015-16
1	Health/ Eradicating Hunger/ Poverty and malnutrition/ Safe drinking water / Sanitation	2379.72	4294.68
2	Education/ Differently Abled/ Livelihood	3015.26	4647.67
3	Rural Development Projects	1031.00	1327.27
4	Environment/ Animal Welfare/ Conservation of resources	811.85	894.88
5	Swachh Bharat Kosh	94.57	321.03
6	Any other fund	272.31	319.50
7	Gender equality / Women empowerment / Old age homes / Reducing inequalities	171.93	322.88
8	Prime Minister's National Relief Fund	210.69	203.29
9	Encouraging Sports	53.34	133.39
10	Heritage, Art and Culture	113.12	114.11
11	Slum Area Development	101.05	10.54
12	Clean Ganga Fund	4.64	18.03
13	Other Sectors (Technology Incubator and benefits to armed forces, admin overheads and others*)	1294.24	1017.98
	Total (In Rs. Crore)	9553.72	13625.25
Number of Companies**		5870	7983
* not specified **no. of companies which have reported any CSR expenditure.

This was stated by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today

196 companies faced penal action in FY 2014-15 for non-compliance of CSR norms; Maharashtra tops in CSR expenditure in FY 2015-16

Posted On: 02 JAN 2018 8:37PM by PIB Delhi

With a view to increases awareness and improve compliance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions among companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued clarificatory circulars and Frequently Asked Questions, and also organiSed various workshops /seminars /conferences in collaboration with the Professional Institutes & apex Business Chambers on the subject. In addition, penal provisions under section 134(8) of the Companies Act, 2013, have been invoked for non-compliance of CSR provisions. Till date, Ministry has accorded permission for penal action against 196 companies for the financial year 2014 - 15.

Section 135 of the Act commenced with effect from financial year 2014 -15. As per the data obtained from filings made by companies upto 31.03.2017 in the MCA21 registry for the years 2014 -15 and 2015-16, the expenditure made by companies on CSR is as summarised in the Table below and the State/UT wise CSR expenditure mentioned after that.

Sl. No.	Company Type	Financial Year 2014-15		Financial Year 2015-16
Sl. No.	Company Type	No. of companies which have reported any CSR expenditure	Actual CSR expenditure (in Rs. crore)	No. of companies which have reported any CSR expenditure	Actual CSR expenditure ( in Rs. crore)
1.	PSUs	203	2671.92	237	4159.57
2.	Private Sector Companies	5667	6881.80	7746	9465.67
	Total	5870	9553.72	7983	13625.25

CSR Expenditure ( In Rs. Crores )
SI. No.	State/ UT	2014-15	2015-16
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0.29	0.54
2	Andhra Pradesh	403.91	1195.80
3	Arunachal Pradesh	11.03	1.22
4	Assam	133.07	160.39
5	Bihar	36.20	107.51
6	Chandigarh	1.73	5.08
7	Chhattisgarh	158.31	233.57
8	Dadra Nagar Haveli	2.54	11.84
9	Daman Diu	20.05	2.09
10	Delhi	210.77	443.74
11	Goa	26.60	27.07
12	Gujarat	295.35	535.03
13	Haryana	175.99	357.40
14	Himachal Pradesh	9.30	51.47
15	Jammu And Kashmir	35.61	102.84
16	Jharkhand	75.64	115.22
17	Karnataka	382.61	701.14
18	Kerala	62.45	125.43
19	Lakshadweep	0.00	0.30
20	Madhya Pradesh	136.73	169.38
21	Maharashtra	1369.22	1787.35
22	Manipur	1.57	5.80
23	Meghalaya	3.52	3.81
24	Mizoram	1.03	1.08
25	Nagaland	1.11	0.95
26	Odisha	249.50	597.97
27	Pondicherry	1.81	6.11
28	Punjab	53.71	67.43
29	Rajasthan	271.36	459.81
30	Sikkim	1.03	1.87
31	Tamil Nadu	498.73	589.23
32	Telangana	94.87	238.35
33	Tripura	1.16	1.47
34	Uttar Pradesh	138.45	406.04
35	Uttarakhand	69.99	64.29
36	West Bengal	178.54	396.88
37	Not Elsewhere Classified/Not Mentioned*	164.61	276.43
38	Pan India*	4275.33	4373.31
	Grand Total	9553.72	13625.25

Companies report CSR expenditure of Rs 13,625.25 crores in FY2015-16: Govt

Companies report CSR expenditure of Rs 13,625.25 crores in FY2015-16; education, differently-abled and livelihood get maximum CSR funds of Rs 4,647.67 crores

196 companies faced penal action in FY 2014-15 for non-compliance of CSR norms; Maharashtra tops in CSR expenditure in FY 2015-16

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