FY 2023-24

In FY 2023-24 UltraTech Cement Limited spent ₹136.09 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹136.09 crore.

Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹136.09 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹136.09 crore (projects ₹129.37 crore, admin overheads ₹6.6 crore, impact assessment ₹0.12 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): ₹0 crore
• Environment spend: not disclosed

Main programmes

• CSR obligation Rs 149.79 cr less Rs 13.70 cr earlier excess set off; full Rs 136.09 cr spent (programme amounts not disclosed)
• Education: 19,714 students benefitted; 295 Anganwadis supported (12,314 children); 31 Aditya Birla Public Schools with 18,500 students; Navodaya coaching centres at Hirmi, Rawan, Kharia, Sidhi
• Green school solar project (about 3 kW) at government schools near Panipat, 1,500 students
• Health: 4,80,980 beneficiaries; 1,22,463 children in immunisation programmes; Project Ojaswani for 120 girls at Maihar (MP); Project Dhanvantari at Manikgarh
• Drinking water: 22 new sources and refurbishment across 51 villages; water ATMs in Tadipatri, Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh) and Awarpur (Maharashtra)
• Sprinklers: 208 sets, 48 pumps and 7 solar irrigation sets at Rawan, Hirmi (Chhattisgarh) and Dalla (UP); 35,218 farmers supported
• Watershed with NABARD (executed by MYRADA) 11,011 ha near Rajashree Cement; 22 ponds excavated and 8 check dams built; check dam on Tamas River (Maihar) for 25,000 villagers
• Project Sarthi vocational training at Awarpur (Chandrapur): 156 youth trained, 43 employed; 5,32,327 people benefited from village infrastructure

Trees and greening

• Company-wide saplings planted at operational sites: 4,07,322 (survival 87.34% in table); not stated as CSR-funded
• Unit-level plantations in environment section, e.g. Bela Cement 6,000 trees, Dalla Cement 17,050 trees, Vikram Cement 5,875 trees

States: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat.

Implementing agencies: NABARD, MYRADA, Microsoft Philanthropy, Praveenlata Sansthan, Daraksha Foundation, Maihar Cement Seva Trust Hospital, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development (programme umbrella).

Source: S3 Integrated and Sustainability Report 2023-24, pages CSR annexure PDF 83-84; narrative PDF 54-58