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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2574
ANSWERED ON Monday, March 9, 2026/Phalguna 18, 1947 (Saka)
UTILISATION OF CSR FUNDS IN MAHARASHTRA
QUESTION
2574. SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:
Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds are being utilized in rural
areas, particularly in sectors such as education, health, sports and women
empowerment and if so, the monitoring mechanism put in place by the Government in
this regard and if not, the reasons therefor;
(b) the amount of CSR funds allocated and actually spent by various companies/
industrial units during the last five years on education, health, women empowerment,
sports, water conservation and rural development sectors in the State of Maharashtra,
district-wise particularly in the Amravati Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency;
(c) whether the CSR funds allocated to the said Constituency have been fully utilised,
if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) whether there is also a mechanism in place to ensure that the Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) funds generated by local industrial units are spent on social
development within the same State, 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): Under the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act’), 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. This
Committee formulates and recommends the CSR policy, which outlines the activities
to be undertaken by the company in alignment with the areas or subjects specified in
Schedule VII.
The existing legal provisions regarding formation of CSR committee, formulation of CSR
policy, Annual Action Plan on CSR, certification of CSR expenditure by Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) and audit of CSR expenditure by statutory auditors, etc., are the
mechanisms to ensure monitoring, transparency and accountability.
(b) & (c): The Ministry does not maintain parliamentary constituency-wise CSR data
centrally. CSR data are maintained district-wise. Development sector-wise and
district-wise details of CSR expenditure in Maharashtra during the Financial Years
2019-20 to 2023-24 is attached at Annexure-I and II respectively.
(d): The first proviso to Section 135 (5) of the Act provides that the company shall give
preference to the local area and areas around it where it operates. However, the
emphasis on local area is only directory and not mandatory in nature and companies
need to balance local area preference with national priorities.
*****Annexure-I
Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2574 for 09.03.2026
Development Sector-wise CSR expenditure in Maharashtra from FY 2019-20 to FY 2023-24
(Amount in Rs. Crores)
Sl. Development Sector FY FY FY FY FY
No 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
1 Agro forestry 2.38 2.97 5.66 5.84 13.21
2 Animal welfare 12.03 14.45 23.91 73.86 96.14
3 Armed Forces, Veterans, War 2.94 1.28 4.43 8.13 5.87
Widows/ Dependants
4 Art and culture 18.72 18.31 27.80 64.49 92.08
5 Conservation of natural resources 22.24 10.44 43.45 77.57 92.68
6 Education 1,216.76 1,460.21 1,321.13 1,730.31 2,274.21
7 Environmental sustainability 171.87 150.99 336.48 308.52 331.71
8 Gender equality 18.28 9.02 17.17 34.15 30.63
9 Health care 1,072.17 1,154.48 1,882.38 2,099.97 1,806.98
10 Livelihood enhancement projects 113.25 125.30 203.59 348.18 299.89
11 Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, 138.76 144.72 828.96 204.65 201.61
Malnutrition
12 Rural development projects 147.36 117.52 318.14 230.07 202.54
13 Safe drinking water 28.25 15.81 23.16 25.71 27.50
14 Sanitation 46.17 25.82 42.47 39.09 62.59
15 Senior Citizens Welfare 4.62 9.04 13.16 25.90 22.37
16 Setting up homes and hostels for 21.38 8.06 24.48 8.37 5.30
women
17 Setting up orphanage 1.37 4.85 6.79 11.97 9.14
18 Slum area development 3.37 5.85 2.93 5.37 3.16
19 Socio-economic equalities 41.46 16.98 23.71 32.31 65.86
20 Special education 16.15 30.40 47.24 68.15 72.58
21 Technology incubators 18.59 20.75 2.42 0.06 0.17
22 Training to promote sports 45.45 16.51 55.18 72.56 80.97
23 Vocational skills 131.35 53.85 106.44 152.14 188.11
24 Women empowerment 40.04 42.41 46.32 78.15 69.04
25 NEC/Not mentioned* 18.28 4.77 - 0.02 11.60
Total 3,353.24 3,464.81 5,407.40 5,705.54 6,065.95
(Data upto 31.03.2025) (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-II
Refer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2574 for 09.03.2026
District-wise CSR expenditure in Maharashtra from FY 2019-20 to FY 2023-24
(Amount in Rs. Crores)
Sl.No Districts FY FY FY FY FY
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
1 Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar) 10.64 33.08 31.83 51.04 66.47
2 Akola 1.50 0.55 2.43 2.59 2.32
3 Amravati 10.51 2.75 8.93 20.83 15.51
4 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 66.69 73.46 96.05 129.14 123.87
(Aurangabad)
5 Beed 3.13 2.70 11.34 16.21 13.96
6 Bhandara 4.98 4.16 2.25 5.05 5.09
7 Buldhana 2.31 1.33 23.71 3.37 9.34
8 Chandrapur 3.55 6.24 22.36 34.85 27.94
9 Dharashiv 2.66 7.37 12.88 26.19 33.05
10 Dhule 8.90 7.20 5.03 10.64 14.91
11 Gadchiroli 1.38 9.32 18.32 14.55 70.15
12 Gondia 5.76 0.44 1.13 0.41 8.60
13 Hingoli 0.13 0.88 2.63 2.31 5.34
14 Jalgaon 0.89 4.34 16.36 27.59 28.03
15 Jalna 6.19 8.48 14.14 21.43 19.99
16 Kolhapur 10.67 16.21 16.48 17.56 32.36
17 Latur 2.56 4.04 8.10 18.69 15.21
18 Mumbai City 276.83 394.15 2980.22 2861.07 2814.46
19 Mumbai Suburban 21.13 7.86 3.05 5.73 1.99
20 Nagpur 54.68 37.91 189.80 172.86 160.63
21 Nanded 0.24 2.63 6.76 8.15 9.92
22 Nandurbar 8.71 23.27 24.92 30.37 35.66
23 Nashik 38.39 74.51 76.75 130.58 126.87
24 Palghar 23.46 24.86 6.20 5.10 5.86
25 Parbhani 0.15 0.39 1.38 3.64 3.40
26 Pune 324.92 392.59 694.62 1096.34 1135.14
27 Raigad 37.89 144.17 272.04 326.29 243.61
28 Ratnagiri 21.58 20.14 15.69 44.66 70.21
29 Sangli 3.41 3.90 11.47 18.06 13.57
30 Satara 12.79 20.07 40.12 67.71 69.64
31 Sindhudurg 2.02 2.92 2.34 6.37 5.40
32 Solapur 23.06 14.49 12.04 26.83 57.60
33 Thane 242.46 75.90 176.76 214.01 302.68
34 Wardha 3.57 6.70 27.70 24.03 23.34
35 Washim 0.48 1.87 7.02 5.00 1.84
36 Yavatmal 3.05 5.44 7.75 9.59 12.86
37 District not classified 2111.97 2028.48 556.80 246.71 479.15
elsewhere
Total 3353.24 3464.81 5407.40 5705.54 6065.95
(Data upto 31.03.2025) (Source: Corporate Data Management Cell)
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