<h1>Corporate Social Responsibility spending in 2015-16 reached Rs. 13,625.25 crores, with Rs. 4,091 crores spent locally.</h1> The total Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by companies for the fiscal year 2015-16 amounted to Rs. 13,625.25 crores, according to filings in the MCA21 registry by March 31, 2017. Of this, Rs. 4,091 crores was reported as spent in local areas, excluding aggregated expenditures reported on a national basis. The statutory audit under Chapter X of the Companies Act, 2013 includes auditing of CSR expenditures. This information was provided by the Minister of State for Corporate Affairs in a written response to a Lok Sabha query.