Ambuja Cements Limited: CSR spending FY 2021-22 to 2025-26
Ambuja Cements Limited spent ₹306.12 crore on CSR from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26 (63 months; standalone company, from its annual reports), shown year by year with the money set aside for ongoing projects.
FY 2021-22
In FY 2021-22 (Jan - Dec 2021, 12 months) Ambuja Cements Limited spent ₹64.41 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹36.57 crore.
Period: Jan - Dec 2021 (12 months). Note: this reporting period is not an April to March year, so it is not directly comparable with the other years.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹36.57 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹64.41 crore (projects ₹62.54 crore, admin overheads ₹1.87 crore, impact assessment ₹0 crore)
- Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹0 crore
- Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
- Excess carried forward to set off in later years (balance at year end): ₹27.84 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Spending by area
| Area | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sustainable livelihood - healthcare and others (company head) | ₹37.31 crore |
| Education (company head) | ₹14.93 crore |
| Project planning, design and research (company head) | ₹5.75 crore |
| Social Inclusion (company head) | ₹4.55 crore |
| Administrative overheads | ₹1.87 crore |
Main programmes
- Rural development / environmental sustainability projects (Ambuja Cement Foundation): 13.53 cr
- Skill and Entrepreneurship Development Institutes: 9.29 cr
- COVID-19 support (oxygen cylinders; oxygen plants donated at hospitals in Dadri UP, Marwar Rajasthan, Farakka West Bengal): 6.36 cr
- Monitoring, research and evaluation studies: 5.75 cr
- Community healthcare: 4.15 cr; Ambuja Hospital Trust healthcare, Gir Somnath, Gujarat: 3.70 cr
- Education via Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust (Kodinar, Darlaghat, Rabriyawas, Bhatapara, Gadchandur): 4.50 cr; school support 1.29 cr
- Water harvesting and recharge: 3.52 cr; integrated crop management: 3.18 cr; drinking water programme: 1.97 cr
- Non-conventional energy, biogas, solar and plantation: 0.07 cr
Trees and greening
- Plantation included in a combined line (non-conventional, biogas, solar and plantation): 0.07 cr; no tree counts given
States: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Haryana.
Implementing agencies: Ambuja Cement Foundation, Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust (4.50 cr), Ambuja Hospital Trust (3.70 cr), Direct (COVID support, cement dispatch).
Source: S5 Integrated Annual Report 2021 (year ended 31 Dec 2021): Directors Report, Annexure I, pages PDF pp 2, 9-11
Sources: Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (NSE filing) – Ambuja Cements Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 (NSE filing) – Ambuja Cements Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 (NSE filing) – Ambuja Cements Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2022-23 (15 months to 31 Mar 2023): Board report and financial statements – Ambuja Cements Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2021 (year ended 31 Dec 2021): Directors Report, Annexure I – Ambuja Cements Limited
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