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

3-1-2018
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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.

CSR Expenditure during 2014-15 and 2015-16

Sl. No.

Company Type

Financial Year 2014-15

Financial Year 2015-16

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

 

STATE/UT-WISE CSR EXPENDITURE DURING FY 2014-15 AND FY 2015-16

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 either did not specify the names of States or indicated more than one State where projects were undertaken.

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

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