SOCIETAL INITIATIVES - A STUDY OF LEGAL COMPLIANCE OF CSR BY SELECTED MAHARATNA COMPANIES OF INDIA
The main purpose of this study is to know the CSR compliance obeyed by public sector enterprises in India. The data have been gathered from annual reports of the chosen five Maharatna Companies of India. The data of average profit prescribed CSR, and amount spent on CSR of company-wise have been tabulated and analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The study has been found that GAIL has maintained consistency in the amount spent for CSR, while the other selected Maharatna companies showing high variance during the period of study. Amongst these five, PGC has shown a tremendous increasing trend while the rest are showing decline or fluctuation in the amount spent on social and environmental wellbeing. This study also found that excess amount over and above mandatory requirement has been spent by SAIL, GAIL, and NTPC while BHEL and PGC show deficit in the amount spent which shows that still, these two companies haven’t spent full amount as per Companies Act for CSR.