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Our CSR Policy (‘Policy’) was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 17, 2014. The Policy is available on the Company’s website www.tatasteel.com The guidelines for our CSR activities are outlined in the Policy. Our CSR activities are in line with the Tata Group focus initiatives namely education, health, livelihood, rural and urban infrastructure. Our Company also undertakes other community-centric interventions in the areas of sports, disaster relief, environment and ethnicity.

To guide the CSR activities of the Company, we have in place a Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Committee of the Board that comprises Mr. Deepak Kapoor (Chairperson), Mr. O. P. Bhatt, Mr. D. K. Mehrotra, Mr. Koushik Chatterjee and Mr. T. V. Narendran.

We have a CSR Advisory Council comprising of eminent personalities from academia and the development sector. The members of the Advisory Council provide macro policy-level inputs to the apex CSR and Sustainability Committee and guide the Company in its approach towards CSR.

In terms of the Companies Act, 2013, companies are allowed to carry out their CSR activities through registered trusts and/or societies. We carry out our community centric interventions through a number of CSR delivery arms including the following:

Tata Steel Rural Development Society (‘TSRDS’), a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The principal aim and objective of the society is to undertake, promote, sponsor, assist or aid directly any activity/project/programme for the promotion and growth of the rural economy, rural welfare, socio-economic development and upliftment of the people in rural areas.

Tribal Cultural Society (‘TCS’), a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The principal objective of the society is to promote and undertake cultural activities, cultural education and training of various tribes.

Tata Steel Skill Development Society (‘TSSDS’), a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The principal aim and objective of the society is to provide facilities for technical and other skill enhancement trainings within the nation.

Tata Steel Family Initiatives Foundation (‘TSFIF’), a registered trust under Indian Trusts Act, 1882. The principal objective of the trust is to undertake projects/programmes on reproductive health, prevention of drug or alcohol addiction and empowerment of women through literacy and income generation.

Tata Steel Zoological Society (‘TSZS’), a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The principal objective of the society is to provide natural habitats to various animals suitable for their conservation and propagation. It also acts as a facilitator to spread the message of nature conservation by building awareness and conducting educational programmes.

Tata Steel Foundation (‘TSF’), a Section 8 Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013. The main objective of the formation of TSF is to strengthen the CSR deployment and governance system of Tata Steel’s CSR as well as create a distinct brand identity for it.

The manner in which the amount is spent on CSR activities undertaken during the year is given as an annexure to this report. Details of CSR projects undertaken during the year along with its impact is discussed in the Community Section of this Integrated Report.

We hereby affirm that the CSR Policy, as approved by the Board, has been implemented and the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Committee monitors the implementation of CSR Projects and activities in compliance with the CSR objectives and CSR Policy of the Company.

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DEEPAK KAPOOR
Chairman of CSR and Sustainability Committee
DIN: 00162957

Mumbai
May 16, 2018

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T. V. NARENDRAN
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
DIN: 03083605

Annexure to the Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report

Manner in which the amount spent during the financial year is detailed below:

(` crore)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Sl. No.	CSR project or activity identified	Sector in which the project is covered	Location of project (District & State)	Amount outlay	Amount spent on the projects or programmes during current reporting period	Cumulative amount spent on the projects or programmes upto current reporting period	Amount spent: Direct or through implementing agency
1	Promoting health care including preventive Healthcare and Sanitation	Health	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar, Sundargarh Maharashtra - Mumbai West Bengal - Kolkata	117.31	94.65	265.79	Direct, TSRDS, TCS, TSFIF
	Total			117.31	94.65	265.79
2	Making Available safe Drinking Water	Drinking Water	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar, Sundargarh West Bengal - Haldia	11.47	12.33	54.96	Direct, TSRDS
	Total			11.47	12.33	54.96
3	Promotion of education including special education	Education	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Ranchi Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar, Sundargarh, Puri Maharashtra - Tarapur	52.22	57.81	205.70	Direct, TSRDS TCS
	Total			52.22	57.81	205.70
4	Employment enhancing vocational skills especially to Women, Children, Differently abled	Livelihood	Jharakhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Ranchi Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar, Sundargarh	25.46	23.99	114.76	Direct, TSRDS, TCS , TSSDS
5	Livelihood enhancement projects	Livelihood		25.46	23.99	114.76	Direct, TSRDS, TCS , TSSDS
	Total			25.46	23.99	114.76
6	Environmental sustainability, protection of flora & fauna, agro forestry, animal welfare, resource conservation, maintaining quality of soil, air, water	Environment	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, Ramgarh Odisha - Jajpur, Kendujhar West Bengal - Burdwan	3.61	4.21	15.49	Direct, TSRDS, TSZS
	Total			3.61	4.21	15.49
7	Protection and restoration of national heritage, promotion of art, culture, handicrafts, setting up public libraries etc	Ethnicity	Jharakhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Ramgarh, Ranchi Odisha - Kendujhar, Jajpur	5.32	5.63	18.95	TCS
	Total			5.32	5.63	18.95
8	Promotion of Rural, Nationally recognised, Paralympic and Olympic sports especially training	Sports	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Ranchi Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar, Sundargarh	12.90	7.46	25.43	Direct, TSRDS
	Total			12.90	7.46	25.43
9	Rural development projects (infrastructure and other developments)	Rural & Urban Infrastructure	Jharkhand - East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Ramgarh Odisha - Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendujhar	17.42	14.51	61.91	Direct, TSRDS
	Total			17.42	14.51	61.91
	Total Direct expenses of projects & programmes (A)			245.71	220.59	762.99
	Overhead Expenses (restricted to the 5% of total CSR expenditure) (B)			12.29	11.03	38.16
	Total (A) + (B)			258.00	231.62	801.15

Note: Cumulative amount spent on the projects or programmes upto current reporting period has been calculated from Financial Year 2014-15 onwards.

Annual Report on Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
[Pursuant to Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014]

I. Overview of the Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) Policy

II. Composition of CSR and Sustainability Committee of the Board

III. CSR Advisory Council

IV. CSR Delivery Arms

V. Financial Details

VI. Responsibility Statement

Annual Report on Corporate Social Responsibility Activities [Pursuant to Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014]