Parliament Question: Corporate Social Responsibility

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2551 ANSWERED ON 04.08.2026 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY †2551. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

(a) whether various Public Sector Undertakings under the Ministry have allocated funds under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) during the last three years till date;

(b) if so, the details of the funds spent in the country particularly in the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes dominated districts along with the items under which expenditure is made and the location-wise number of beneficiaries during the said period Public Sector Undertaking-wise;

(c) whether there is any plan to take effective steps to spend CSR funds particularly in Backward and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes dominated areas in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof and whether the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country, particularly Shahjahanpur Parliamentary Constituency in Uttar Pradesh have been included or proposed to be included in it; and

(e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

(a) & (b): The Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) undertake Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014, and the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises. The details of CSR activities undertaken by the CPSEs under MHI, during the last 3 years are mentioned at Annexure. The respective CPSEs do not maintain separate data regarding CSR expenditure incurred specifically in Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes-dominated districts.

(c): Under the Companies Act, 2013, CSR is a Board-driven process and the Board of a company is empowered to plan, approve, execute and monitor CSR activities based on the recommendations of its CSR Committee. The CSR Committee formulates and recommends the CSR Policy of the company, which outlines the CSR activities to be undertaken in accordance with the subjects specified under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013, in any part of the country, including the Backward and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country.

(d) & (e): Do not arise. *****ANNEXURE No. of Benefi- Amount S.N Name of CPSE Financial Name of the CSR District State ciaries spent (in Year Segment (Appro Lakhs) x Nos.) Health care/ Chandauli & Uttar 2023-24 preventive 800 17.00 Sonebhadra Pradesh health care Education and livelihood enhancement projects 2024-25 Mamit Mizoram 2031 20.50 Bridge And Roof Health and 1 Company (India) Nadia & South 24 Nutrition, Empowering West Bengal Limited Paragnas Women;

2025-26 25700 50.00 Safe drinking water Uttar Chandauli Pradesh Education and livelihood enhancement projects and 2023-24 Contribution to PM Lucknow Uttar 70 22.07 CARES Pradesh Fund Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Contribution to PM 2 Construction 2024-25 CARES - - - 30.66 Company Fund Limited Conservation of natural resources and 2025-26 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu 2000 54.09 Contribution to PM CARES Fund Health care, Varanasi and Uttar Education, livelihood Chandauli Pradesh enhancement projectsand Kandhamal Odisha Bharat Heavy contribution to PM Tanda Himachal 3 Electricals 2023-24 National Relief fund 11058810 517.66 Limited Pradesh Suryapet Telangana Delhi Delhi Haridwar Uttrakhand Health care, Rangareddy Telangana Education & Jhansi and G.B. Uttar livelihood enhancement Nagar Pradesh projects and Prime 2024-25 Minister National Relief Niwari Madhya 24380 407.44 fund Pradesh Thoothukudi, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli West Godawari Andhra and Pradesh Vishakhapatnam Mandya and Karnataka Bengaluru Amravati and Nagpur MaharashtraBhopal and Madhya Niwari Pradesh Bharat Heavy Electricals Health care, Angul Odisha Limited Education, Sanitation, Perambalur, and livelihood Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu enhancement projects; Ranipet and 2025-26 Eradicating Hunger Tiruchirappalli 912963 582.21 and Malnutrition Sangareddy, Vikarabad, Telangana Rangareddy and Medchal- Malkajgiri Varanasi, Chandauli, Amethi, Uttar Jhansi and Kanpur Pradesh Haridwar and Uttrakhand Rudrapur Vikarabad Telangana Health and Karbi Anglong Assam Nutrition; Education and Himachal 4 2023-24 employment Sirmaur 3188 42.96 Pradesh Uttar Kanpur Cement Pradesh Corporation of Vikarabad Telangana India Limited Sanitation; Health and Karbi Anglong Assam Nutrition and Education Himachal Sirmaur 2024-25 and employment Pradesh 3010 31.44 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Education; Health and Bengaluru Karnataka Contribution to PM Aurangabad Maharashtra 2305 56.55 2023-24 National Relief Fund HMT Ltd Health; Education; and Mandya and Karnataka Contribution to PM Bengaluru 5 2024-25 National Relief Fund Indore Madhya 27108 47.00 Pradesh Contribution to PM 2023-24 11.82 CARES Fund; and Swachh Bharat Kosh - - - Contribution to PM 2024-25 CARES Fund; and 16.77 Swachh Bharat Kosh - - - Contribution to Mandi Himachal PMCARES Fund; Pradesh Deposited in Swachh Surendranagar Gujarat Hindustan Salts Bharat Kosh; Health & 6 Limited Nutrition; and Other Jaipur Rajasthan 2025-26 Social works - 17.58 Kitpi Arunachal Education, Sports, Pradesh Health and Contribution to PM National Relief Palakkad Kerala Instrumentation 2023-24 2380 14.72 Fund Uttar 7 Ltd Pradesh 2024-25 Facilities for senior Palakkad and Kerala 435 14.99 citizens; Health and Kottayam Nutrition Health and Nutrition; Coimbatore & Tamil Nadu 2025-26 Education Erode 1300 15.28 Palakkad Kerala Tinsukia AssamHealth Care Richardson & 2023-24 Infrastructure Karbi Anglong Assam - 39.81 Cruddas (1972) Development 8 Limited Contribution to PM - - - 2024-25 CARES Fund 44.57 Contribution to PM CARES Fund; Swachh 2023-24 Bharat Kosh; and Installation of Solar Uttar Ghaziabad 1000 18.51 Power Panels Pradesh Contribution to PM Sambhar Salts 2024-25 CARES Fund; and - - - 28.39 Limited Swachh Bharat Kosh 2025-26 Health & Nutrition; and Jaipur Rajasthan - 9 Other Social works Uttar 26.19 Ayodhya - Pradesh *******