FY 2023-24

In FY 2023-24 NHPC Limited spent ₹85.73 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹80.04 crore.

Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹80.04 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹85.73 crore (projects ₹81.55 crore, admin overheads ₹4.07 crore, impact assessment ₹0.11 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): ₹120.9 crore
• Environment spend: not disclosed

Main programmes

• Annual plan: Civic Amenity Building at Badrinath Dham for Shri Kedarnath Utthan Charitable Trust (Rs 9.29 cr planned)
• Funding for Engineering College at Takdah, Darjeeling WB (Rs 9.00 cr planned across two entries)
• Skill development training on smart metering for 6000 people through NSDC (Rs 3.13 cr planned)
• Balika Ashram at Chilli, Tissa, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh (Rs 3.00 cr planned); 30 government primary and 22 middle schools (Rs 2.68 cr and Rs 2.59 cr planned)
• Vivekanand Kendra Vidyalaya infrastructure (Rs 3.68 cr planned); Yatri Niwas at Purnagiri Temple, Champawat (Rs 2.50 cr planned)
• Expenditure on Kendriya Vidyalaya/other schools for outsiders at power stations (Rs 2.4 to 4.5 cr planned each)
• Waste-to-resource plant (Rs 0.45 cr planned); roof-top solar in Kullu government schools (Rs 0.37 cr planned)

Trees and greening

• Plantation in 10 hectare land at Kotera, Dharchula, Uttarakhand (listed in FY24 CSR plan and Exhibit-I)
• Solar street lights in UP, Rajasthan, J&K, Ladakh, Sikkim, Himachal (plan items)

States: Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana.

Implementing agencies: National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), NHPC (direct).

Source: S3 NHPC Annual Report 2023-24, pages pdf 116-125, 200-202