FY 2024-25

In FY 2024-25 Axis Bank Limited spent ₹286.92 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹425.92 crore, and set aside ₹139.65 crore for ongoing projects.

Period: Apr 2024 - Mar 2025.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹425.92 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹286.92 crore (projects ₹284.86 crore, admin overheads ₹1.73 crore, impact assessment ₹0.33 crore)
• Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹139.65 crore
• Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
• Spent above this year's obligation (money set aside counts as spent): ₹0.65 crore
• Environment spend: not disclosed

Main programmes

• Axis DilSe expanded to Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh: school transformation and Teacher Training & Skill Academy at Mechuka (Sunbird Trust)
• Block transformation programme with Tata Steel Foundation extended to six more blocks (three in Odisha, three in Jharkhand)
• Teacher capacity building with Sri Aurobindo Society: 300+ Kendriya Vidyalaya and 80+ state government schools in 6 states
• Mantra Social Services education programme in five districts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand
• Plaksha University Future Tech building, faculty chair and PhD/post-doctoral fellowships
• Cancer care partnerships: National Cancer Grid (Tata Memorial Centre), Indian Cancer Society, St Jude India Childcare Centres
• Sports (new theme): Olympic Gold Quest support to 224 athletes; Judo Development Program in Manipur with Inspire Institute of Sport
• Flood relief in Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Manipur; Axis Bank Foundation livelihoods reached 0.39 million participants (2.05 million cumulative, 32 states/UTs)

Trees and greening

• ~3.27 million saplings planted cumulative across 7 geographies by 31 March 2025, achieving the 2 million trees by 2027 target; work also reduces human-animal conflict near protected forests

States: Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra.

Implementing agencies: Axis Bank Foundation, Sunbird Trust, Tata Steel Foundation, Sri Aurobindo Society, Mantra Social Services, Plaksha University, Olympic Gold Quest, Inspire Institute of Sport.

Source: S2 Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 (Annexure 4 CSR, MD&A CSR, note 2.12), pages PDF pp 229-230, 269-270, note 2.12