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 2023-24
In FY 2023-24 Ambuja Cements spent ₹63.23 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹51.26 crore; the largest area was Social Inclusion (₹15.81 crore).
Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹51.26 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹63.23 crore (projects ₹61.95 crore, admin overheads ₹1.28 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): ₹11.97 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Spending by area
| Area | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sustainable livelihood - healthcare and others (company head, CSR expense claimed) | ₹12.04 crore |
| Education (company head) | ₹13.77 crore |
| Project planning, design and research (company head) | ₹8.36 crore |
| Social Inclusion (company head) | ₹15.81 crore |
| Administrative overheads | ₹1.28 crore |
Main programmes
- Water resource management: 444 rooftop rainwater systems, 158 drinking water sources rejuvenated, 83 check dams, 93 ponds, 798 farm ponds; 3,251 ha under micro-irrigation
- Pond revival in Inana, Didiya Kala and Kherwad villages, Nagaur, Rajasthan
- Agro-based livelihoods: 70,854 MT biomass via 3 FPCs; milk pasteurisation and packaging unit at Darlaghat with FPO Amrit Dhara; 16 FPOs with 8,369 members
- Ambujanagar drip irrigation: area rose from 378 ha (2018) to 1,869 ha (2023)
- Skill: 8,420 youth trained at 17 Skill and Entrepreneurship Development Institutes across 10 states; 77% placement
- 1,215 animal health camps treating 91,432 animals; 7,461 soil samples tested
- Impact assessments: water availability in Rajasthan (Taru Leading Edge) and livelihoods in Howrah, West Bengal (Thinkthrough Consulting)
Trees and greening
- 4,35,289 saplings planted across locations in 2023-24
- Oxygen park at Bhendavi, Chandrapur: 3,600 saplings
States: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal.
Implementing agencies: Ambuja Cement Foundation (55.13 cr), Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust (3.82 cr), Ambuja Hospital Trust (3.00 cr).
Source: S3 Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 (NSE filing), pages PDF pp 65-67, 102-103 (CSR annexure), 187 (CSR note)
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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