UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1026 FUNDS UNDER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Type: 
Parliament Questions and Answers

Lok Sabha
ANSWERED ON 12.08.2013

Question: Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether the undertakings and agencies under administrative control of the ministry have spent any funds to fulfil their corporate social responsibility;

(b) if so, the details of the funds utilised during the last three years, undertaking-wise;

(c) whether it is a fact that this fund has been spent arbitrarily by the officers;

(d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(e) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer: Minister of Defence (Shri A.K. Antony)

(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) The amount spent by the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities during the last three years, i.e. during 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, is given in Annexure.

(c) No, Madam.

(d) & (e) Do not arise, in view of reply to part (c) above.

Annexure

Name of the DPSU Amount spent on CSR activities (Rs. in lakhs)
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (provisional)
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd 179.19 580.65 888.12
Bharat Electronics Ltd. 208 236 421
BEML Ltd. 54 346 299
Bharat Dynamics Ltd. 14.9 15.07 131.96
Mazagon Dock Ltd. 43.5 107 263
Goa Shipyard Ltd 216 79 145
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. 72.42 290 301
Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. 0.69 0.78 0.63
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. 39.78 147.95 155.67

Miscellaneous

Defence Economics & Industry