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

January 3, 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
Sl. No.	Company Type	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

Corporate Social Responsibility compliance: penal action invoked and state-wise CSR spending rose, with Maharashtra highest. Enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility obligations has been advanced through administrative guidance and invocation of penal provisions; permission for penal action was accorded in respect of 196 companies for financial year 2014-15. The statutory CSR regime under section 135 commenced from financial year 2014-15, and registry filings for 2014-15 and 2015-16 show an increase in the number of reporting companies and aggregate CSR expenditure, with Maharashtra reporting the largest state-level expenditure.

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Enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility obligations has been advanced through administrative guidance and invocation of penal provisions; permission for penal action was accorded in respect of 196 companies for financial year 2014-15. The statutory CSR regime under section 135 commenced from financial year 2014-15, and registry filings for 2014-15 and 2015-16 show an increase in the number of reporting companies and aggregate CSR expenditure, with Maharashtra reporting the largest state-level expenditure.

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