Listed companies CSR spending during FY 2025 rose by 23% to Rs 22,212 crores compared to Rs 18,011 crores during FY 2024 (source: Indian Express April 20).
Let’s not forget this data is only for listed companies as FY 2024 spending under CSR by all eligible companies was around Rs 35,000 crores. Main reason for increase in CSR is due to large increase in profits of listed companies (one estimate puts it around 22%).
It is noted that annual CSR spending has been increasing by around 27.4% at average annual growth since FY 2014-15, the first year of official CSR introduction.
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What are the spends on Sports – in two heads : Rural sports and Elite sports – and what kind of companies are spending on CSR in this category
There are some gaps in the data as available at the MCA website, however subject to above caveat, data requested by you is as follows:
Training to Promote Sports
FY 2014-15 – Rs 57.62 crore
FY 2015-16 – Rs 140.12 crore
FY 2016-17 – Rs 197.00 crore
FY 2017-18 – Rs 285.41 crore
FY 2018-19 – Rs 310.16 crore
FY 2019-20 – Rs 304.00 crore
FY 2020-21 – Rs 243.39 crore
FY 2021-22 – Rs 291.75 crore
FY 2022-23 – Rs 526.14 crore
Source for data: https://www.csr.gov.in/content/csr/global/master/home/ExploreCsrData/mis-reports/development-sector-wise.html