According to data from 2023-24 (FY24), India's four businessmen Family Tata, Ambani, Adani and Birla have a 20 percent contribution to the total corporate social responsibility (CSR) contribution made by companies run by the families of Tata, Ambani, Adani and Birla.
According to the India Flainpress Report 2025 prepared by Ben & Company with Dasra, these companies contributed an average of Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,000 crore per group. At the same time, the contribution of the top 2 percent of the business houses was recorded at 50 to 55 percent of the CSR expenditure. Under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs directed some businesses to contribute a minimum of 2 percent of their net profit in areas such as education, health care, rural development and environmental stability.
In FY 2022-23, a total of 24,392 companies spent crores of rupees in CSR activities in 14 areas such as sports, health and sanitation, slum development, art and culture and others. Today we are going to tell you through this news, the names of companies spending India's top CSR.
At the top of it is the leading bank HDFC, known for its CSR efforts that focus on rural development, livelihood growth, education, health care and financial literacy. Among the an auspicious net profit of Rs 41,165 crore, HDFC spent Rs 800 crore on CSR, making it one of the highest CSR spending companies in India.
Tata's CSR initiative focuses on future science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. TCS spent about Rs 774 crore on CSR on education, health care, hygiene and maritime conservation.
In the financial year 2022-23, Reliance Industries spent more than Rs 743 crore in CSR activities, affecting about 27 lakh people through rural change programs.
India's largest power utility company NTPC has allocated around Rs 320 crore for its CSR initiative. CSR efforts of NTPC have affected hundreds of villages and schools.
