PSUs, Non-PSUs Spent Rs 1,02,359.14 Cr In CSR In Five Years: Centre In Rajya Sabha

The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that a total of Rs 1,02,359.14 crore is the aggregate spending in the last five years by the PSUs and private sector units on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with the maximum amount generated from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu and others. 

The information was given by Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State (independent charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in a written reply to a query from DMK MP R Girirajan asking about the aggregate spending in the last five years the PSUs and private sector units on CSR.

The minister in his reply presented data as per which the aggregate CSR spent by PSUs and non-PSUs during the Financial Years (FY) 2016-17 to 2020-21 stood at Rs 1,02,359.14 crore, which include Rs 20,959.94 crore from PSUs and Rs 81,399.20 crore from non-PSUs. 

The MoS also provided the State/UT-wise details of this spending according to which the CSR spending is done by Maharashtra in these five years stood at Rs 15,135.12 crore.

While the collective spending on CSR in the eight North-eastern states in these five years stood at Rs 1443.64 crore in which Assam tops the list with Rs 1,131.03 crore followed by Rs 89.12 crore in Arunachal Pradesh, Rs Rs 67.58 crore in Meghalaya, Rs 49.48 crore in Manipur, etc.