HDFC Bank Limited: CSR spending FY 2021-22 to 2025-26
HDFC Bank Limited spent ₹4,886.42 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 HDFC Bank Limited spent ₹1,316.18 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹1,312.96 crore.
Period: Apr 2025 - Mar 2026.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹1,312.96 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹1,316.18 crore (projects ₹1,277.14 crore, admin overheads ₹29.28 crore, impact assessment ₹9.76 crore)
- Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹0 crore
- Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
- Excess from earlier years set off against this year's obligation: ₹0 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Spending by area
| Area | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rural development projects (item x) | not disclosed |
| Vocational training and livelihood enhancement / education / differently abled (item ii) | not disclosed |
| Environment sustainability (item iv) | not disclosed |
| Preventive, curative healthcare and sanitation (item i) | not disclosed |
| Contribution to incubators / research (item ix) | not disclosed |
| Training to promote sports (item vii) | not disclosed |
| Armed forces veterans (item vi) | not disclosed |
| Disaster management (item xii) | not disclosed |
Main programmes
- Approved-project list FY25-26 has 643 projects (no amounts): rural development (x) 136, livelihood (ii) 135, education (ii) 129, environment (iv) 127, healthcare (i) 96
- Incubator / research support (ix): 10 projects; sports (vii): 4; differently abled (ii): 3; veterans (vi): 1; disaster management (xii): 1
- Environment (iv) projects are mostly solar street lights / renewable energy plus tree-plantation and restoration projects
- Impact assessment studies completed in the year: 156
- CSR covered 28 states and 8 UTs (per annual report); 18 projects implemented directly
Trees and greening
- Natural Resources Restoration, Assam (Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Udalguri), approved FY25-26, ongoing; Balipara Tract and Frontier Foundation; amount not disclosed
- Miyawaki tree plantation and solar lights, Jamnagar (Gujarat), approved FY25-26, ongoing; Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India; amount not disclosed
- Tree Plantation Program across 10 states (22+ districts), approved FY25-26, ongoing; direct implementation; amount not disclosed
- About 29 tree-plantation/restoration project lines in the approved-project list (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Delhi NCR, Chandigarh) with agencies such as Enviro Creators Foundation, Yuva Unstoppable, Roopaantar, Diganta Swaraj Foundation, Round Table India Trust; amounts not disclosed
States: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Implementing agencies: BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development, Aroh Foundation, Doctors For You, Ambuja Cement Foundation, Ramky Foundation, Society for the Upliftment of Villagers & Development of Himalayan Areas (SUVIDHA), Gramin Vikas Trust, Watershed Organisation Trust, ISAP India Foundation, Pratham Education Foundation, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), National Agro Foundation, S M Sehgal Foundation, FXB India Suraksha.
Source: S1 HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (CSR annexure; Sch 18 CSR note), pages PDF 298-300 annexure; PDF 454 notes; S7 HDFC Bank - List of CSR projects approved FY 2025-26 (bank CSR website), pages 1-34 (plantation projects p.2-3, 33-34)
Sources: HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (CSR annexure; Sch 18 CSR note) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 (CSR annexure; Parivartan narrative) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2022-23 (Annexure 2 CSR; Sch 18 note 34; Parivartan narrative) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank Integrated Annual Report 2021-22 (Annexure 2 CSR with project tables; note 35) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank - List of CSR projects approved FY 2024-25 (bank CSR website) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank - List of CSR projects approved FY 2025-26 (bank CSR website) – HDFC Bank Limited; HDFC Bank CSR Policy – HDFC Bank Limited
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