FY 2023-24

In FY 2023-24 Ambuja Cements spent ₹63.23 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹51.26 crore; the largest area was Social Inclusion (₹15.81 crore).

Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹51.26 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹63.23 crore (projects ₹61.95 crore, admin overheads ₹1.28 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): ₹11.97 crore
• Environment spend: not disclosed

Spending by area

Area	Amount
Sustainable livelihood - healthcare and others (company head, CSR expense claimed)	₹12.04 crore
Education (company head)	₹13.77 crore
Project planning, design and research (company head)	₹8.36 crore
Social Inclusion (company head)	₹15.81 crore
Administrative overheads	₹1.28 crore

Main programmes

• Water resource management: 444 rooftop rainwater systems, 158 drinking water sources rejuvenated, 83 check dams, 93 ponds, 798 farm ponds; 3,251 ha under micro-irrigation
• Pond revival in Inana, Didiya Kala and Kherwad villages, Nagaur, Rajasthan
• Agro-based livelihoods: 70,854 MT biomass via 3 FPCs; milk pasteurisation and packaging unit at Darlaghat with FPO Amrit Dhara; 16 FPOs with 8,369 members
• Ambujanagar drip irrigation: area rose from 378 ha (2018) to 1,869 ha (2023)
• Skill: 8,420 youth trained at 17 Skill and Entrepreneurship Development Institutes across 10 states; 77% placement
• 1,215 animal health camps treating 91,432 animals; 7,461 soil samples tested
• Impact assessments: water availability in Rajasthan (Taru Leading Edge) and livelihoods in Howrah, West Bengal (Thinkthrough Consulting)

Trees and greening

• 4,35,289 saplings planted across locations in 2023-24
• Oxygen park at Bhendavi, Chandrapur: 3,600 saplings

States: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal.

Implementing agencies: Ambuja Cement Foundation (55.13 cr), Ambuja Vidya Niketan Trust (3.82 cr), Ambuja Hospital Trust (3.00 cr).

Source: S3 Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 (NSE filing), pages PDF pp 65-67, 102-103 (CSR annexure), 187 (CSR note)