CSR Projects in Health Care Initiatives in India; Here are the 10 Large CSR Projects in the Year 2020-21

Due to the emergence of the pandemic, CSR is perhaps playing a far more crucial role in ensuring the stability of our health system along with their usual business which too is coping with such a challenging time. Below are the top 10 Health Care projects through CSR in India based on the CSR funds allocation of each company in the Financial Year 2020-21.

1. Reliance Industries Limited:

Source: Reliance Industries Limited
Sub Thematic Area: Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG:SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: PAN India

Name of the Initiate: COVID 19 Relief Activities

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 140 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 884 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 922 Cr.

The company contributed to CSR towards COVID-19 - Mission Covid Suraksha. Under its project, Mission COVID Suraksha (Protection from COVID), Reliance provided over 81 lakh masks and safety advisory material to communities. Reliance provided more than 5.5 lakh litres of free fuel to over 14,000 emergency vehicles across 249 districts in 18 states to deliver uninterrupted COVID-19 services. The Jio Health Hub, a telemedicine portal developed by Reliance Jio, allowed patients to connect with healthcare professionals, overcoming the limitations of social distancing during COVID-19.

Implementing Partner: CSR Foundation

Brief about the Company:

Reliance Industries is an Indian conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company operates in five major segments: exploration and production, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail, and telecommunications. 

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2. Hindustan Zinc Limited:

Source: Hindustan Zinc Limited CSR

Sub Thematic Area: 

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: PAN India

Name of the Initiate: COVID Initiatives

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 116.36 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 196.5 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 214.03 Cr.

HZL aimed ensuring its community’s health security while also supporting the Children, Youth, Farmers & Women of its communities across 189 villages in 6 districts of Rajasthan & Pantangar. Some of the actions taken under the COVID-19 initiatives are: –

1) Ensured Food Security at the Grassroots: Sakhi Self-help groups & Samadhan Farmers have become enablers for providing basic resources for their community. With huge number of daily wage earners losing their livelihoods and food supply getting disrupted in some areas, SHGs & Samadhan farmers have collectively set up grain banks, pooling in grains from their households & fields. Over 14,000 Kg grains have been collected thus far.

2) Ensured Health Security: 30 lacs cloth masks & few Full body suits has been stitched by Sakhi SHG women. INR 8+ lacs income has been generated for 130+ SHG members.

Implementing Partner: Direct Implementation

Brief about the Company: 

Hindustan Zinc Limited was incorporated from the erstwhile Metal Corporation of India on 10 January 1966 as a Public Sector Undertaking. They are India's largest and the world's second largest integrated zinc-lead producer; and also, one of the lowest cost zinc-lead producers in the world. 

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3. Cadila Healthcare Limited:

Source: Cadila Healthcare Limited CSR

Sub Thematic Area: Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: Gujarat

Name of the Initiate: Financing and refinancing of construction of hospital building

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 78.54 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 25.44 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 78.54 Cr.

Implementing Partner: CSR Foundation

With the mission to serve and cater to the needs of the patients and to provide best in the world medical education to the rural interiors of Gujarat, Zydus Foundation has set up the Zydus Medical College and Hospital at Dahod. In the new hospital building, 5 modular OTs are ready and equipment and instruments of OTs and ICUs are being procured. It also offers separate hospital residential quarters. The dialysis centre will be started soon and all the equipment and instruments have been procured and installation work is underway. In association with the Wishing Factory NGO IRCTC, a Thalassemia Centre at ZMCH have been set up and the number of beds for Sickle Cell and Haemophilia have been increased. In the relentless battle against the Coronavirus, the Zydus Hospital, Dahod increased the number of beds at the quarantine facility to 306 of which 100 are ICU beds and 206 are oxygen beds. It was started as a 100-bed quarantine facility in 2020.

Brief about the Company: 

Zydus Cadila, a leading Indian Pharmaceutical company is a fully integrated, global healthcare provider. From formulations to active pharmaceutical ingredients and animal healthcare products to wellness products, Zydus has earned a reputation amongst Indian pharmaceutical companies for providing comprehensive and complete healthcare solutions.

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4. Hindustan Unilever Limited:

Source: Hindustan Unilever Limited CSR

Sub Thematic Area: COVID work, Healthcare Donations (Ambulance, Equipment, Money Etc.), Hunger & Malnutrition

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: PAN India

Name of the Initiate: Covid-19 Relief Work

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 61.58 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 161.7 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 165.08 Cr.

The Company was one of the first corporates to commit INR 100 crores towards societal work to complement Government’s work on dealing with Covid-19. Their contribution to the pandemic was beyond donations to COVID relief activities.

Public Awareness Campaigns: HUL also created #VirusKiKadiTodo (Break the Chain) campaign in association with UNICEF. The campaign reached over 600 million people across India, including small towns and rural areas through television and digital platforms. India Protectors Alliance: The Company established the India Protectors Alliance (IPA) as a founding member in association with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and RBL Bank. IPA is a corporate-led alliance established to protect frontline workers including doctors, nurses, sanitation workers who have been the protectors of society amidst the pandemic. Joined by over 25 other private sector leaders including IKEA India and Crompton Greaves.

Implementing Partner: Direct Implementation

Brief about the Company: 

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company with a heritage of over 80 years in India and touches the lives of two out of three Indians. They are a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. 

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5. ITC Limited:

Source: ITC Limited CSR

Sub Thematic Area: Healthcare Donations (Ambulance, Equipment, Money Etc.), Sanitation, Swachh Bharat, Hygiene Awareness

Relevant SDG: SDG 6. Clean Water and Sanitation

Intervention area: West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu

Name of the Initiate: Health & Sanitation Program

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 46.5 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 352.84 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 365.43 Cr.

The Company contributed to the CSR by contributing towards Health & Sanitation Program. The company continues to adopt a multi-pronged approach towards improving public health and hygiene. To promote a hygienic environment through prevention of open defecation and reduce incidence of water-borne diseases, 640 Individual Household Toilets (IHHTs) were constructed in 28 districts of 15 states in collaboration with the respective State Governments/District sanitation departments taking the total to 38,153 IHHTs constructed so far in your Company’s catchment areas. In addition, 23 community toilets were constructed/renovated in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu in the year, taking the cumulative to 104 community toilets. Along with sanitation infrastructure development, special focus was given to awareness campaigns to create demand and drive behavioural change. 

Implementing Partner: Academy of Gandhian Studies, Adarsh Yuva Samiti, Assocham Foundation For Corporate Social Responsibility, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Bitan Institutte For Training , Awareness & Networking , Daya Society, Deepam Rural Development Charitable Trust, Sree Foundation, Exnora International Foundation, Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health Society, Forum For Organized Resource Conservation And Enhancement, FXB India Suraksha, Indian Development Centre, Mamta Health Institute For Mother and Child, Modern Architects For Rural India, Myrada Kaveri Pradeshika Samsthe, New Concept Centre for Development Communication , Network For Enterprise Enhancement and Development Support, Outreach Association of Volunteers for Rural Development, Path Welfare Society, Ramakrishna Mission, Rural Development Organisation, Rotary Bangalore Peenya Trust, SAAHAS, Social Awareness Through Human Involvement , Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram, SEARCH-Socio Economic Alternatives Research and Resource Community for Humanity , Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled,  Support for Network and Extension Help Agency (SNEHA), Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institution (WASH Institute), Youthinvest Foundation

Brief about the Company: 

ITC Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. Established in 1910 as the 'Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited', the company was renamed as the 'India Tobacco Company Limited' in 1970. 

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6. Infosys Limited:

Source: Infosys Foundation

Sub Thematic Area: Healthcare Donations (Ambulance, Equipment, Money Etc.), Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: PAN India

Name of the Initiate: Healthcare Promotion

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 37.29 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 372.39 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 325.32 Cr.

The company contributed to CSR towards Facilitating COVID-19 relief efforts, providing essential medical equipment and infrastructure to various hospitals and frontline workers, supporting daily livelihood requirements of the poor and needy. The relief work, which began with setting up of COVID-exclusive hospitals and wards, supply of medical equipment, PPE kits and sanitizers continued pan-India through 2020-21 and is continuing this year.

Implementing Partner: CSR Foundation

Brief about the Company: 

Infosys is a global leader in technology services and consulting. They enable clients in more than 50 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation. 

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7. Torrent Power Limited:

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Sub Thematic Area: Child Protection, Adolescent Girls Initiatives, Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation, Hunger & Malnutrition, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat, Hygiene Awareness, Tele Medicines & Healthcare Technology Support, COVID work, Empowerment of Economically Backward Groups, Girl's Education

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: Gujarat

Name of the Initiate: Project REACH

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 32.83 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 27 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 33.74 Cr.

Torrent Group’s flagship CSR programme of the Group REACH – Reach EAchCHild was initiated with three major pillars: (a) SHAISHAV (b) JATAN and (c) MUSKAN.

a) SHAISHAV – GRASSROOT INTERVENTIONS: Medical camps were conducted and children identified with malnourishment were provided with therapeutic food, free of cost. To overcome the challenges of the children not consuming food due to monotony of taste, alternate diet biscuits called Mauji were introduced through in-house research, keeping the same energy and protein constituents. These biscuits also have longer shelf life and sustaining nutritional values. b) JATAN – GREENFIELD ACTIONS: It's a day care paediatric centres were established at locations; providing free specialist consultation, basic laboratory services and branded medicines to the underprivileged. These centres are closer to the beneficiaries especially in remote areas having inadequate healthcare facilities. c) MUSKAN: To help in developing increased confidence as well as self-esteem among adolescent girls, we have conducted mass awareness programmes on health and hygiene in 125 camp villages, covering more than 5,000 adolescent girls. Free sanitary pads were provided on a monthly basis along with health and hygiene related information and counselling to gradually eradicate psychological and social taboos.

Implementing Partner: NGO- Tornascent Care Institute

Brief about the Company:

Torrent Power is one of the leading brands in the Indian power sector, promoted by the Rs. 21000 Crore Torrent Group – committed to its mission of transforming life by serving two of the most critical needs - healthcare and power. It is an integrated power utility and is one of the largest private sector players in India having interests in power generation, transmission, distribution and manufacturing and supply of power cables.

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8. Grasim Industries Limited:

Source: Grasim Industries Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat, Hygiene Awareness

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka

Name of the Initiate: Promoting Healthcare

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 20.26 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 45.06 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 84.67 Cr.

At their various locations, the company operate six hospitals with a combined capacity of 370 beds. In FY21, 2,12,000 patients underwent various treatments at their medical facilities. 1,00,088 Children immunised against various diseases. 1,912 Patients treated under homeopathy camps. 1,122 Patients screened under nine multi-specialty camps conducted. 1,450 People reached through HIV awareness. 23,305 Patients screened under nine multi-specialty camps conducted. 1,429 Women and girl children reached through health and hygiene awareness. 980 Patients screened under nine multi-specialty camps conducted. Plus, 292 Dermatology patients were treated. 

Apart from their operations under healthcare facilities, their CSR has helped establish 1,490 Individual toilets. 265/298 Villages are open defecation free (ODF), with the rest on the ODF journey promoting health, sanitation and hygiene.

Implementing Partner: Grasim Jana Seva Trust, BCCL Jan Seva Trust, Aditya Birla Jan Seva Trust, Jan Seva Trust, Indo Gulf Jan Seva Trust

Brief about the Company: 

Grasim Industries Limited is the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. It is also the largest cement producer and diversified financial services (NBFC, Asset Management and Life Insurance) player in India through its subsidiaries UltraTech Cement and Aditya Birla Capital.

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9. Brittannia Industries Limited:

Source: Britannia Industries Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG: SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Intervention area: Maharashtra

Name of the Initiate: Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children (BJWHC)

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 16.95 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 32.44 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 32.44 Cr.

Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children and Research Centre strongly focuses on providing preventive healthcare to women & children in rural, semi-urban and urban communities. In partnership with UNICEF, BJWHC is also addressing child survival and development with equity among the most deprived by providing a state-of-the-art advanced Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre for children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Implementing Partner: Direct Implementation

Brief about the Company: 

Britannia Industries is one of India’s leading food companies with a 100-year legacy and annual revenues in excess of Rs. 9000 Cr. Britannia products are available across the country in close to 5 million retail outlets and reach over 50% of Indian homes. 

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10. Bajaj Auto Limited:

Source: Bajaj Auto Limited CSR

Sub Thematic Area: Empowerment of Economically Backward Groups, Rural Development/Community Development, Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG: SDG 1. No Poverty

Intervention area: PAN India

Name of the Initiate: Various other initiatives

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 13.74 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 126.91 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 128.25 Cr.

Under their health care thematic area of practice, it largely focuses on health services for the tribal and underserved communities. It adopts a community-based approach to improve health and nutritional status and to reduce deaths of tribals. Apart from them, it has initiated integrated rural and urban development programs which involves upgradation of facilities at Kamalnayan Bajaj laser centre for dermatology, hostel and residential quarters at Shiksha Mandal – Bajaj Institute of Technology etc. (expenditure on above projects is below INR 2 crore per project)

Implementing Partner: NGO Partners: Basic Healthcare Services Trust, MAHAN Trust, JBGVS, KEM Hospital, Shiksha Mandal

Brief about the Company: 

The Bajaj Group is amongst the top 10 business houses in India. Their flagship company, Bajaj Auto, is ranked as the world's fourth largest three and two-wheeler manufacturer and the Bajaj brand is well-known across several countries in Latin America, Africa, Middle East, South and South East Asia. 

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