Parliament Question: CSR Projects in Bhagalpur

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2409 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2026/SHRAVANA 12, 1948 (SAKA) CSR Projects in Bhagalpur QUESTION †2409. Shri Ajay Kumar Mandal:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the schemes implemented by the Government to promote corporate investment in Bihar, especially in Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituency during the last three years;

(b) the details of the projects approved and the funds provided under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Bhagalpur;

(c)the steps taken by the Government to simplify company registration and compliance procedures for local entrepreneurs; and

(d) whether the Government proposes to set up industrial cluster or investment sector in Bhagalpur and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS [SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA]

(a): No such scheme has been implemented by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in Bihar.

(b): Under the Companies Act, 2013 CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR Committee. On the basis of annual filings made by companies in the MCA21 registry, District-wise and Development Sector wise CSR expenditure in Bihar from the Financial Years 2022-23 to 2024-25 is at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. The Ministry does not maintain CSR data parliamentary constituency-wise.

(c): This Ministry has taken a number of measures to simplify company registration and ease compliance for companies and local entrepreneurs which are applicable in the entire country including Bihar. The details of these measures is at Annexure-III.

(d): No such proposal is under consideration of this Ministry. *****Annexure-I Refer to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2409 for 03.08.2026 District-wise CSR expenditure in Bihar from FY 2022-23 to 2024-25 (Amount in Rupees Crore) S.No. District FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Araria 7.13 1.16 9.06 2 Arwal - - 0.46 3 Aurangabad 12.04 10.63 17.12 4 Banka 7.50 0.15 15.51 5 Begusarai 18.41 20.09 21.93 6 Bhagalpur 9.05 12.86 11.23 7 Bhojpur 12.81 19.31 12.67 8 Buxar 1.23 0.34 2.08 9 Darbhanga 12.06 10.69 11.09 10 Gaya 5.86 13.99 20.63 11 Gopalganj 1.11 1.25 2.11 12 Jamui 9.47 4.49 8.68 13 Jehanabad 1.40 8.49 1.71 14 Kaimur (Bhabua) 0.02 0.10 2.19 15 Katihar 0.09 0.54 1.57 16 Khagaria 3.53 0.50 4.31 17 Kishanganj 38.36 0.70 4.58 18 Lakhisarai 0.24 0.06 4.65 19 Madhepura 0.09 1.59 2.70 20 Madhubani 0.68 3.40 11.53 21 Munger 3.84 4.03 4.60 22 Muzaffarpur 10.09 52.00 74.27 23 Nalanda 3.58 4.56 7.40 24 Nawada 1.67 2.24 2.95 25 Pashchim Champaran 1.36 4.75 5.75 26 Patna 27.59 39.27 95.56 27 Purbi Champaran 2.38 2.85 7.32 28 Purnia 12.10 2.02 2.94 29 Rohtas 0.63 0.58 4.84 30 Saharsa 0.26 0.32 3.29 31 Samastipur 6.89 7.33 8.48 32 Saran 11.31 3.57 22.07 33 Sheikhpura 2.31 1.94 2.41 34 Sheohar 0.00 0.15 0.55 35 Sitamarhi 3.51 2.74 7.79 36 Siwan 0.76 0.46 0.80 37 Supaul 4.25 2.59 3.81 38 Vaishali 1.69 3.48 35.17 39 District not classified elsewhere 12.64 16.41 0.29 Total 247.93 261.62 456.12 (Updated Data upto 31.03.2026) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell) *****Annexure-II Refer to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2409 for 03.08.2026 Development sector-wise in Bihar from FY 2022-23 to 2024-25 (Amount in Rupees Crore) S.No. Development sector FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Agro forestry 0.84 - 1.28 2 Animal Welfare 0.71 0.14 0.46 3 Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ 0.01 0.03 - Dependants 4 Art And Culture 1.90 0.90 1.35 5 Conservation of natural resources 0.42 0.54 4.10 6 Education 41.68 56.90 114.22 7 Environmental Sustainability 6.30 20.55 16.72 8 Gender Equality 0.20 2.17 9.26 9 Health Care 54.18 92.68 116.68 10 Livelihood Enhancement Projects 13.97 24.84 45.14 11 Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, 3.65 13.44 61.34 Malnutrition 12 Rural Development Projects 30.42 38.08 41.19 13 Safe Drinking Water 8.48 2.79 5.74 14 Sanitation 67.84 1.71 11.63 15 Senior Citizens Welfare 0.04 0.22 0.26 16 Setting Up Homes And Hostels For 0.10 0.06 0.15 Women 17 Setting Up Orphanage 0.04 0.01 0.10 18 Socio-economic equalities 0.52 0.64 0.15 19 Special Education 0.61 1.52 0.67 20 Technology incubators - 0.11 - 21 Training To Promote Sports 3.74 1.16 2.27 22 Vocational Skills 11.92 0.86 17.98 23 Women Empowerment 0.36 1.46 5.43 24 NEC/Not mentioned* - 0.80 - Total 247.93 261.62 456.12 (Updated Data upto 31.03.2026) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell) *Companies either did not specify the names of sectors or indicated more than one sector where projects were undertaken.

*****Annexure-III Refer to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2409 for 03.08.2026 Measures to simplify Company Registration and Ease Compliance I. A single integrated new web form called SPICe+ along with AGILE PRO-S has been deployed. This form provides eleven services related to ‘starting a business’ namely (i) Name Reservation, (ii) Incorporation, (iii) Permanent Account Number

(PAN), (iv) Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN), (v) Director Identification Number (DIN), (vi) Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Registration,

(vii) Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Registration, (viii) Goods and Services Tax (GST) number, (ix) Bank Account Number, (x) Profession Tax Registration (Mumbai, Kolkata and Karnataka), (xi) Delhi Shops and Establishment Registration. A Central Registration Centre (CRC) has been set up for name reservation and incorporation of companies & Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).

II. Zero fee is now charged for incorporation of all companies with authorized capital up to Rs. 15 lakh or with up to 20 members where no share capital is applicable.

III. The Central Processing Centre (CPC) was operationalized w.e.f 16.02.2024 for faster and centralised handling of various electronic e-forms filed earlier with jurisdictional ROCs under Companies Act, 2013.

IV. Amendments have been made in Companies Act, 2013 in 2019 and 2020 to de- criminalize technical & procedural violations. They were also aimed at streamlining compliance requirements for Small Companies, One Person Companies, Start-ups and Producer companies.

V. Amendments have been made in the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2021 to decriminalise technical & procedural violations. A new category of "Small LLP" was established for providing reduced compliance burden and lower fees to encourage formalization of small businesses.

VI. The scope of fast-track merger was expanded in February 2021 to allow mergers of Start-ups with other Start-ups and with Small companies. The ambit has been further broadened in September 2025 to allow more classes of companies to choose this route.

VII. The Ministry has, vide G.S.R. 880(E) dated 1st December, 2025, notified the Companies (Specification of definition details) Amendment Rules, 2025, enhancing the thresholds for small companies. The paid-up capital criterion has been increased from “not more than Rs. 4 crores” to “not more than Rs. 10 crores” and turnover criterion has been increased from “not more than Rs. 40 crores” to “not more than Rs. 100 crores”.

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