Industries spent Rs 806 cr on CSR

CSR activities undertaken mainly for infrastructure development

Major industries operating in Odisha have spent Rs 806.03 crore on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities since 2000.

"The CSR activities undertaken are mainly for infrastructure development like roads, electricity supply, drinking water, healthcare support & conducting camps, educational support & sponsorship, sports promotion, cultural activities, support drinking calamities, plantation, community development, & self employment capacity building, self help groups and women & child care”, industries minister Niranjan Pujari said in a written reply in the state assembly.

Among all corporates, state owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) tops the list with a spending of Rs 286.79 crore since 2000. Next to OMC is Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, which has incurred an expenditure of Rs 135.14 crore on CSR.

Other industrial players with substantial CSR spends during 2000-12 are Jindal Steel & Power Ltd- JSPL (Rs 54.97 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 47 crore), Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (Rs 44.21 crore), GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd (Rs 35.76 crore), J K Paper (Rs 27.58 crore), Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd- MCL (Rs 23.60 crore) and National Aluminium Company-Nalco (Rs 23.29 crore).