FY 2021-22

In FY 2021-22 Grasim Industries Limited spent ₹42.47 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹35.97 crore, and set aside ₹4.75 crore for ongoing projects.

Period: Apr 2021 - Mar 2022.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹35.97 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹42.47 crore (projects ₹41.06 crore, admin overheads ₹1.41 crore)
• Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹4.75 crore
• Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
• Excess from earlier years set off against this year's obligation: ₹0 crore
• Environment spend: ₹0.86 crore

Spending by area

Area	Amount
Healthcare, sanitation, safe drinking water (i)	₹13.64 crore
Education and employment-enhancing vocational skills (ii)	₹8.18 crore
Traditional handicrafts promotion - handloom (v)	₹6.5 crore
Rural development projects (x)	₹2.96 crore
Sustainable livelihood (iv)	₹1.85 crore
Environmental sustainability, agro-forestry (iv)	₹0.86 crore
Gender equality, women empowerment (iii)	₹0.4 crore
Relief fund contribution (viii)	₹0.13 crore
Rural and Olympic sports training (vii)	₹0.08 crore

Main programmes

• Total 42.47 cr: 38.40 cr mandatory and 4.07 cr voluntary; 4.75 cr moved to Unspent CSR Account in April 2022 as ongoing projects
• Ongoing: medical equipment at Pune via Grasim Jana Seva Trust (0.98 cr spent, 2.25 cr transferred)
• Ongoing: MPower mental health programme across Mumbai, Pune, Kalyan, Goa, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Pilani, Hyderabad via Aditya Birla Education Trust (5.50 cr spent, 2.50 cr transferred)
• Handloom (Ikat, Jamdani, Banarasi) artisan promotion, Mumbai: 6.50 cr
• Healthcare, sanitation and drinking water across Gujarat, MP, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, UP, Karnataka, Maharashtra: 13.64 cr
• Education and vocational skills across the same districts: 8.18 cr
• Rural development projects: 2.96 cr
• COVID-19 relief: medical equipment, oxygen concentrators, masks, testing kits, medical camps

Trees and greening

• Environmental sustainability and agro-forestry: 0.86 cr at Ujjain, Haveri, Bharuch, Gir Somnath, Palamu; no tree count given

States: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Rajasthan, Telangana.

Implementing agencies: Grasim Jana Seva Trust, BCCL Jan Seva Trust, Aditya Birla Jan Seva Trust, Jan Seva Trust, Indo Gulf Jan Seva Trust, Aditya Birla Education Trust.

Source: S5 Integrated Annual Report 2021-22, pages pdf 91-96 (printed 143-148)