Question: Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether the undertakings and agencies under administrative control of the ministry have spent any funds to fulfil their corporate social responsibility;

(b) if so, the details of the funds utilised during the last three years, undertaking-wise;

(c) whether it is a fact that this fund has been spent arbitrarily by the officers;

(d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(e) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer: Minister of Defence (Shri A.K. Antony)

(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) The amount spent by the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities during the last three years, i.e. during 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, is given in Annexure.

(c) No, Madam.

(d) & (e) Do not arise, in view of reply to part (c) above.

Annexure

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