The details of item-wise spending of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) amount by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) during last five years are as following:-

                                                                                                               (Rs.in lakh)

Sl.No.	SAIL CSR Projects Undertaken under	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21 (upto Dec.)
1	Education	874	765	1203	883	188
2	Healthcare	334	511	484	810	2810
3	Livelihood Generation	286	354	271	133	65
4	Women Empowerment	90	75	47	51	12
5	Drinking Water	95	144	3	47	10
6	Sanitation	150	47	73	28	33
7	Sports	91	79	79	124	35
8	Art and Culture	202	112	539	352	41
9	Rural Development	268	207	184	156	248
10	Social Security (Sr. Citizens and Persons with disabilities)	26	33	35	33	17
11	Environment Sustainability	368	220	162	105	2
12	Capacity Building of Personnel	121	23	38	34	18
Total		2905	2570	3118	2756	3479

Spending of CSR amount is governed by  the  provisions under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.

This Information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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