CSR Activities by Corporate Houses
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provision of the Companies Act, 2013 came into force from 1st April, 2014. The year 2014-15 was the first year of implementation of CSR by companies under the legislation. During this year, a total of 460 listed companies which have placed annual CSR returns on their websites, have spent about Rs. 6337 crores on CSR, as summarised below:
CSR expenditure during 2014-15
(in Rs. Crore)
| Sl. No | Company Type | No. of Companies | Actual CSR Expenditure | 
| 1 | PSUs | 51 | 2386.60 | 
| 2 | Private Sector Companies | 409 | 3950.76 | 
| Total | 460 | 6337.36 | 
A statement indicating CSR expenditure incurred on various activities by companies is at Annexure.
This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Annexure
Activities wise CSR expenditure (FY 2014-15)
| Sl. No | Subjects in Schedule VII | CSR Expenditure (in Rs. Crore) | 
| 1 | Eradicating Hunger, Poverty & Health Care | 1421.66 | 
| 2 | Education/ Vocational skills / livelihood enhancement | 1462.6 | 
| 3 | Women / Old Age / Children | 219.27 | 
| 4 | Environment sustainability | 1188.69 | 
| 5 | Art & Culture | 539.83 | 
| 6 | Sports promotion | 454.91 | 
| 7 | PMNRF etc. | 125.32 | 
| 8 | Rural Development | 724.32 | 
| 9 | Slum Development | 114.14 | 
| 10 | Swatch Bharat Kosh | 42.64 | 
| 11 | Clean Ganga Fund | 15.49 | 
| 12 | Others | 28.5 | 
| Grand Total | 6337.36 |