Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) carries out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects conforming to provisions in Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013 and the CSR Rules and its amendments, mainly in the periphery of steel townships and mines. The thrust areas are promotion of education and health, women empowerment, sustainable income generation through self-help groups, assistance to divyangjan (people with special abilities), access to water and sanitation facilities, village development, environment sustenance, sports coaching, promotion of traditional art and culture. The details of SAIL’s CSR expenditure, thrust area-wise during the last three years is as follows: -

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No.	SAIL CSR Thrust Area-wise Expenditure	21-22	22-23*	23-24*	24-25 (H1)
1	Healthcare, Drinking Water, Sanitation & Social Security (Sr. Citizens & PwDs)	6648	4676	3592	357
2	Education	850	3041	4398	1157
3	Livelihood Generation/Skills Development and Women Empowerment	333	1574	1739	92
4	Sports, Art & Culture	213	2695	3288	124
5	Rural Development & Environment Sustenance	1211	3616	2885	98
6	Administrative Overheads, etc.	169	644	291	9
	Total	9424	16246*	16193*	1837

*(includes Rs.51.73 cr. in FY 22-23 & Rs.78.26 cr. in FY 23-24 w.r.t. ongoing CSR projects)

SAIL has undertaken CSR projects in the aspirational districts namely Kanker, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon Districts in the state of Chhattisgarh; Bokaro, West Singhbhum and Ranchi Districts in the state of Jharkhand, and Banka District in the state of Bihar in the year 2023-24. In the state of Bihar, SAIL has taken three projects under CSR in the year 2023-24.

To evaluate the overall impact of the CSR Programmes/Projects carried out by SAIL in terms of its alignment with the needs of society and the CSR policy of SAIL, impact assessment survey is undertaken for select projects.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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