Vedanta Limited: CSR spending FY 2021-22 to 2025-26
Vedanta Limited spent ₹618.5 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 2022-23
In FY 2022-23 Vedanta spent ₹124.88 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹112 crore; the largest area was Infrastructure development (₹55 crore).
Period: Apr 2022 - Mar 2023.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹112 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹124.88 crore (projects ₹123.33 crore, admin overheads ₹1.55 crore, impact assessment ₹0 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 |
|---|---|
| Health and sanitation | ₹19 crore |
| Infrastructure development | ₹55 crore |
| Education, sports and culture | ₹33 crore |
| National initiatives and others | ₹19 crore |
Main programmes
- Contributions to Anil Agarwal Foundation: Rs 62.88 crore in total (Oil & Gas 16.64, Iron Ore 10.93, Jharsuguda 22.43, Lanjigarh 12.88)
- Sports promotion (Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, corporate): Rs 7.27 crore; Jharsuguda marathon expenses Rs 2.52 crore
- Sesa Football Academy, Goa: Rs 3.76 crore; Sesa Technical School, Goa: Rs 1.56 crore
- MO School education initiative, Jharsuguda Rs 2.80 crore and Lanjigarh Rs 1.22 crore, Odisha
- Vedanta Hospital, Lanjigarh, Kalahandi: Rs 4.14 crore; Farm and non-farm livelihood, Kalahandi: Rs 0.88 crore
- Specialist doctor and sanitation, District Hospital Barmer: Rs 2.01 crore; Mobile Health Van, Rajasthan/Gujarat: Rs 2.09 crore
- Water and sanitation, Jharsuguda: Rs 1.56 crore; social infrastructure, Jharsuguda: Rs 1.85 crore
- Copper, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu: skilling Rs 2.01 crore, Tamira Surabhi health Rs 0.90 crore, Woman Resource Centre Rs 0.68 crore
Trees and greening
- Plantation, Jharsuguda, Odisha: Rs 0.57 crore
- Medicinal plantation, Dhenkanal, Odisha: Rs 0.10 crore
- Pasumai Thoothukudi (greening), Tamil Nadu: Rs 0.71 crore
States: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand.
Implementing agencies: Anil Agarwal Foundation, Sesa Community Development Foundation, Punaruthan Voluntary Organisation, Mahashakti Foundation, Dhara Sansthan, BAIF, Barmer Jan Sewa Samiti, Seeds, Vedanta Foundation.
Source: S4 Integrated Report and Annual Accounts 2022-23 (CSR annexure with project tables; note 41), pages pdf pp.132-139 (annexure, tables), p.355 (note)
Sources: Integrated Report and Annual Accounts 2025-26 (Directors Report CSR annexure, standalone note Nature of CSR expenses) – Vedanta Limited; Integrated Report and Annual Accounts 2024-25 – Vedanta Limited; Integrated Report and Annual Accounts 2022-23 (CSR annexure with project tables; note 41) – Vedanta Limited; Integrated Report and Annual Accounts 2021-22 (CSR annexure with project tables; note) – Vedanta Limited; BRSR FY2025-26 (NSE filing) – Vedanta Limited
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