Axis Bank Limited: CSR spending FY 2021-22 to 2025-26
Axis Bank Limited spent ₹1,211.68 crore on CSR from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26 (standalone company, from its annual reports), shown year by year with the money set aside for ongoing projects.
FY 2024-25
In FY 2024-25 Axis Bank Limited spent ₹286.92 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹425.92 crore, and set aside ₹139.65 crore for ongoing projects.
Period: Apr 2024 - Mar 2025.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹425.92 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹286.92 crore (projects ₹284.86 crore, admin overheads ₹1.73 crore, impact assessment ₹0.33 crore)
- Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹139.65 crore
- Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
- Spent above this year's obligation (money set aside counts as spent): ₹0.65 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Main programmes
- Axis DilSe expanded to Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh: school transformation and Teacher Training & Skill Academy at Mechuka (Sunbird Trust)
- Block transformation programme with Tata Steel Foundation extended to six more blocks (three in Odisha, three in Jharkhand)
- Teacher capacity building with Sri Aurobindo Society: 300+ Kendriya Vidyalaya and 80+ state government schools in 6 states
- Mantra Social Services education programme in five districts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand
- Plaksha University Future Tech building, faculty chair and PhD/post-doctoral fellowships
- Cancer care partnerships: National Cancer Grid (Tata Memorial Centre), Indian Cancer Society, St Jude India Childcare Centres
- Sports (new theme): Olympic Gold Quest support to 224 athletes; Judo Development Program in Manipur with Inspire Institute of Sport
- Flood relief in Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Manipur; Axis Bank Foundation livelihoods reached 0.39 million participants (2.05 million cumulative, 32 states/UTs)
Trees and greening
- ~3.27 million saplings planted cumulative across 7 geographies by 31 March 2025, achieving the 2 million trees by 2027 target; work also reduces human-animal conflict near protected forests
States: Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Implementing agencies: Axis Bank Foundation, Sunbird Trust, Tata Steel Foundation, Sri Aurobindo Society, Mantra Social Services, Plaksha University, Olympic Gold Quest, Inspire Institute of Sport.
Source: S2 Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 (Annexure 4 CSR, MD&A CSR, note 2.12), pages PDF pp 229-230, 269-270, note 2.12
Sources: Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (Annexure 4 CSR, MD&A CSR, note 2.12) – Axis Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 (Annexure 4 CSR, MD&A CSR, note 2.12) – Axis Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 - Statutory reports section – Axis Bank Limited; Annual Report 2022-23 - Statutory reports section – Axis Bank Limited; Annual Report 2021-22 - Board's Report – Axis Bank Limited
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