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 2025-26
In FY 2025-26 Axis Bank Limited spent ₹421.66 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹529.49 crore, and set aside ₹108.45 crore for ongoing projects.
Period: Apr 2025 - Mar 2026.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹529.49 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹421.66 crore (projects ₹420.35 crore, admin overheads ₹0.71 crore, impact assessment ₹0.6 crore)
- Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹108.45 crore
- Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
- Spent above this year's obligation (money set aside counts as spent): ₹0.62 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Main programmes
- Axis Bank Foundation sustainable livelihoods: cumulative 2.76 million households across 32 states/UTs, 7 lakh+ reached in FY26
- Education: ~13.7 lakh students and ~2.3 lakh teachers reached; 10,000+ government schools supported
- Axis DilSe: ~92,000 students in remote parts of the North-East and eastern India
- Centres of Excellence for youth with Indian Army and NIEDO; new centre in Nagaland, ~600 students
- Scholarships for higher education: ~3,500 scholars supported
- Drama and creative arts programme for ~250 children and young adults with disabilities (Create Foundation)
- Third-party impact assessments of 10 earlier projects (Majuli flood resilience, Navi Mumbai Miyawaki, Nagaland solar cold storage, others)
Trees and greening
- ~15 lakh saplings planted and ~3,000 hectares restored in FY26 (urban green patches, rural agroforestry, soil and water conservation, buffer zones of national parks/sanctuaries)
- Cumulative 4.16 million trees planted across 9 geographies (integrated report highlights)
- Impact assessment of Miyawaki project, Navi Mumbai (FY2021-24): 25,000 saplings, 3 municipal gardens, Rs 1.5 crore outlay, ~77.8% survival
States: Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana.
Implementing agencies: Axis Bank Foundation, Indian Army / NIEDO, Create Foundation, Green Yatra Trust, Ayang Trust, Sri Sathya Sai Health & Education Trust, Dignity Foundation, Investment & Development Authority of Nagaland, NISM.
Source: S1 Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (Annexure 4 CSR, MD&A CSR, note 2.12), pages PDF pp 229-237 (printed 230-238), 279-280, 445-446
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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