FY 2022-23

In FY 2022-23 (Jan 2022 - Mar 2023, 15 months) Ambuja Cements Limited spent ₹73.28 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹45.57 crore.

Period: Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 (15 months). Note: this reporting period is not an April to March year, so it is not directly comparable with the other years.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹45.57 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹73.28 crore (projects ₹70.58 crore, admin overheads ₹2.7 crore, impact assessment ₹0 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): ₹27.71 crore
• Environment spend: not disclosed

Spending by area

Area	Amount
Sustainable livelihood - healthcare and others (company head, CSR expense claimed)	₹35.11 crore
Education (company head)	₹15.59 crore
Project planning, design and research (company head)	₹14.91 crore
Social Inclusion (company head)	₹4.97 crore
Administrative overheads	₹2.7 crore

Main programmes

• CSR run mainly through Ambuja Cement Foundation, active in 21 districts of 12 states; 5 schools via Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust; multi-specialty hospital at Ambujanagar via Ambuja Hospital Trust
• Impact assessment of Non-Communicable Diseases project at Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh), Darlaghat (Himachal Pradesh), Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Roorkee (Uttarakhand) by Soulace Consulting
• SROI study at Farakka, Murshidabad, West Bengal by CII CESD (average SROI 9.91)

States: Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

Implementing agencies: Ambuja Cement Foundation (63.62 cr), Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust (3.75 cr), Ambuja Hospital Trust.

Source: S4 Integrated Annual Report 2022-23 (15 months to 31 Mar 2023): Board report and financial statements, pages Board report Annexure 2 (CSR); CSR note incl. Dec 2021 comparatives in https://www.ambujacement.com/annual-reports2022/pdf/Financial-Statements.pdf