Acquiring serious approach towards works to be carried out with the funds earmarked for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the Raigarh district administration has directed industrial units to deposit CSR amount by February 5 this year.
As per information received, the district administration has issued a directive to industrial units operational in the district to deposit amount fixed under CSR by February 5 so that 45 works to be carried out with CSR fund could be expedited when commissioned.
In the current financial year, the district administration has proposed to carry out 45 works to the tune of over `9.73 crore under the CSR fund. In this connection, the administration has also fixed agencies to perform the task.
To figure out further course of action in this regard, District Collector Alarmelmangai D recently held a meeting which was attended by CSR cell In-charge of various industrial units.
Meanwhile, the Collector informed representatives of industrial units that industries could only spend CSR fund with the permission from the district administration.
Moreover, the Collector also made it clear that CSR fund will only be utilized for carrying out public interest works and instructed the units to submit CSR work plan.
Besides, the industrial units have been directed to ensure submission of funds with CSR cell by February 5.
During the meeting Assistant Commissioner (Tribal Development) C l Jaiswal informed that JSPl (Patrapali) has been directed to deposit `3.94 crore for carrying out developmental works proposed under CSR followed by JPl (`67.50 lakh), NTPC lara (Rs 11 lakh), Monnet (`58 lakh), SECl (` 89.47 lakh), NTPC coal mining Talaipali (`2.87 crore), Korba west (`7.50 lakh), SKS Power Generation (`32.40 lakh) and MSP (`25 lakh).