- Tata Group (over 40 major Tata companies): Rs 438 crore (in 2004-05): 5.5 per cent of net profits after tax. Focus areas: Health, education and vocational training. Also biodiversity and conservation initiatives.
- ITC: Rs 56 crore (in 2004-05); 2.5 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: Agriculture-related development touching 4 million people in rural India spread over 12 states.
- Hindustan Lever LTD: Rs 24 crore (Jan-Dec 2004); 2 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: job creation, health education, female empowerment, water management in backward areas, special education for challenged children.
- Mahindra & Mahindra Group: Rs 19 crore (for fiscal 2006); 1 per cent of net PAT. Focus area: Education with special emphasis on the girl child.
- Infosys: Rs 13.25 crore (for 2006); around 1 per cent of annual profits go to the Infosys Foundation. Focus areas: rural/urban healthcare; has set up 12,500 libraries in rural schools; rehabilitation of the mentally challenged ; disaster relief.
- GMR Group: Rs 10 crore (annual average); 4-5 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: the gmr Varalakshmi Foundation focuses on community development, education, empowerment through entrepreneurial development and health services.
- Godrej Group: Rs 5-8 crore annually. The Pirojsha Godrej Foundation spends Rs 3-5 crore, group companies Rs 2-3 crore. Focus areas: environment/conservation.
- Lupin LTD: Rs 2 crore (annual average); 2.2 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: rural projects involving income generation, health and education, village infrastructure in over 2,000 villages in 4 states.
- JSW Steel LTD (O.P. Jindal group): Rs. 1.7 crore (in 2004-05); 0.2 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: health, vocational training and cultural activities.
- Thermax: Rs 1.23 crore (2005-06); 1 per cent of net PAT. Focus areas: energy and environment initiatives like water harvesting in rural areas.
Other Major givers (but unwilling to disclose CSR spend)
- Wipro: Spends a generous percentage of its net profits (Rs 2,070 crore after tax in 2005-06) through Wipro Cares (disaster relief—Rs 4.6 crore for tsunami relief—and education for the underprivileged); Wipro Applying Thought in Schools (improving education) and the Azim Premji Foundation (universal education).
- Bharat Petroleum: Rural development in 37 ‘adopted’ villages across India; social welfare schemes for rural SC/STs; rural AIDS intervention.
- ICICI: Partners with NGOs and the government to meet funding needs for projects, and to conduct research on how to solve social problems like infant and maternal malnutrition, and elementary education.
- Reliance (RIL Group): Community development, health and education programmes around its 16 steel plants.
- Aditya Birla Group: Refused to divulge any information.
