FY 2023-24

In FY 2023-24 Reliance Industries Limited spent ₹900 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹840 crore; the largest area was education (₹531 crore).

Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024.

• Obligation (2% rule): ₹840 crore
• Spent in the year: ₹900 crore (projects ₹900 crore, admin overheads ₹0 crore, impact assessment ₹0.5 crore)
• Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹0 crore
• Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
• Excess from earlier years set off against this year's obligation: ₹0 crore
• Environment spend: ₹40 crore

Spending by area

Area	Amount
Education and Skill Development (ii)	₹531 crore
Healthcare (i)	₹186 crore
Rural Transformation - rural development (x)	₹107 crore
Environment, Ecology and Animal Welfare - environment sustainability (iv)	₹40 crore
Sports for Development - promoting sports (vii)	₹24 crore
Others incl. Disaster Management, Women Empowerment, Arts and Culture (xii, iii, v - mixed)	₹12 crore

Main programmes

• Education and Skill Development: 531 cr, the largest head (59% of spend); the approved-projects list names Jio Institute (Navi Mumbai), scholarships, early childhood and school programmes; 105 cr went to Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research
• Plant4Life launched on World Environment Day by Reliance Foundation: 70,000 employee volunteer hours, over 5,09,000 saplings of 40 indigenous species planted
• Health: 126 cr to Sir HN Hospital Trust and 11 cr to Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation; National Cancer Institute, Nagpur support and Drishti programme impact-assessed
• Community development at Shahdol and Kotma (Madhya Pradesh), Hazira (Gujarat) and Jamnagar (Gujarat) impact-assessed
• Reliance Foundation Sports grassroots programme impact-assessed (Sports 24 cr)
• Disaster management programme (geospatial hub, preparedness and response) and WomenConnect Challenge with USAID evaluated
• Grants for community infrastructure (roads, footpaths, solar installations) in multiple states evaluated; amounts not given

Trees and greening

• Plant4Life: over 5,09,000 saplings of 40 indigenous species planted (70,000 employee volunteer hours)
• Afforestation and mangrove restoration in Odisha and West Bengal, and Miyawaki method adoption through Reliance Foundation (no counts given)
• Company greenbelts of 6,500+ ha; over 5 lakh saplings in FY24, 2.44 crore cumulative (operations disclosure)

States: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal.

Implementing agencies: Reliance Foundation (223 cr), Jamnaben Hirachand Ambani Foundation (170 cr), Sir HN Hospital Trust, now Reliance Foundation Hospital Trust (126 cr), Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research (105 cr), Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (20 cr), Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation (11 cr), Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre (6 cr), Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani Public Charitable Trust (3 cr).

Source: S3 RIL Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 - Annexure III, Standalone note 31.2 (FY24 and restated FY23), pages printed 104-105 (Annexure III); PDF spread 24-25, 54-58, 88 (note 31.2)