Annexure to the Directors' Report
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ANNEXURE-7

ANNUAL REPORT ON CSR ACTIVITIES

A brief outline of the Company's CSR Policy, including an overview of projects or programmes proposed to be undertaken and a reference to the web-link to the CSR Policy and projects or programmes:

  1. Overview:
    1. Outline of CSR Policy - As an integral part of our commitment to Good Corporate Citizenship, we at Tata Motors believe in actively assisting in improvement of the quality of life of people in communities, giving preference to local areas around our business operations. Towards achieving long-term stakeholder value creation, we shall always continue to respect the interests of and be responsive towards our key stakeholders - the communities, especially those from socially and economically backward groups, the underprivileged and marginalized; focused on inter alia the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the society at large. In order to leverage the demographic dividend of our country, Company's CSR efforts shall focus on Health, Education, Environment and Employability interventions for relevant target groups, ensuring diversity and giving preference to needy and deserving communities inhabiting urban India. CSR at Tata Motors shall be underpinned by 'More from Less for More People' philosophy which implies striving to achieve greater impacts, outcomes and outputs of our CSR projects and programmes by judicious investment and utilization of financial and human resources, engaging in like-minded stakeholder partnerships for higher outreach benefitting more lives.

      Weblink for Tata Motors India CSR Policy: (URL: www.tatamotors.com/investors/pdf/csr-policy-23july14.pdf)

    2. CSR Projects: The key CSR projects at Tata Motors include:

      Education (Vidyadhanam): Scholarships, Special Coaching Classes for Secondary education and IIT-JEE and Competitive Exams Coaching, Co-Curricular Activities and School Infrastructure improvement;

      Employability (Kaushalya): Training youth in technical & automotive trades, agriculture & allied trades and in other non-automotive trades;

      Health (Aarogya): Addressing malnutrition, Health awareness program for women, preventive and curative health services, Drinking Water projects;

      Environment (Vasundhara): Tree Plantation, Promotion of use of Renewable Energy, Creating Environmental Awareness.

  2. Composition of CSR Committee: The CSR Committee of the Board of the Company comprises (i) Dr Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Non-Executive, Independent Director [Chairman of the Committee]; (ii) Mr Satish B Borwankar, Executive Director (Quality) [Member of the Committee] and (iii) Ms Falguni S Nayar, Non-Executive, Independent Director [Member of the Committee]. Mr Ravindra Pisharody, Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles) is an Invitee to the Committee meetings.
  3. Average Net Profit of the Company for last three financial years: Loss of Rs. 180.40 crores
  4. Prescribed CSR Expenditure (two per cent of the amount as in item 3 above): Not Applicable in view of the loss
  5. Details of CSR Spend during the financial year: Rs. 18.62 crores spent towards various schemes of CSR as prescribed under Section 135 of the Act. The prescribed CSR expenditure required to be spent in Fiscal 2015 as per the Act is Nil, in view of net profit of the Company being negative under section 198 of the Act.
    1. Total amount to be spent for the Financial Year: Not Applicable
    2. Amount unspent, if any: Not Applicable
    3. Manner in which the amount spent during the Financial Year: Refer Table in ANNEXURE-A
  6. In case the Company has failed to spend the two per cent of the average net profit of the last three financial years or any part thereof, the Company shall provide the reasons for not spending the amount: Not Applicable
  7. A Responsibility Statement of CSR Committee of Board: The CSR Committee of the Company's Board states that the implementation and monitoring of CSR Policy, is in compliance with CSR objectives and Policy of the Company. The Company had engaged M/s KPMG India (Registered) for assurance on CSR spend by the Company under section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, Schedule VII.

Mr Ravindra Pisharody
Executive Director
(Commercial Vehicles)

Dr Raghunath A. Mashelkar
Non-Executive, Independent
Director (Chairman CSR Committee)

Mumbai, May 26, 2015

Annexure-A

# Impementation Agency Details

  1. Gram Vikas Kendra, Shiksha Prasar Kendra, Samaj Vikas Kendra, Vikas Samities, Society For The Upliftment of Villagers & Development of Himalayan Areas, Sambhav Foundation, Vigya Ashram -Indian Institute of Education, Dr Reddys Foundation, Chaitanya, Confederation of Indian Industry, Sanand Education Trust -KSB ITI, Ahmedabad District Co-op Milk Producers Union Ltd., Pratham Education Foundation, Vedanta Foundation, Don Bosco Technical School, Ramkrishna Mission, Prasad Chikitsa, SKIP, B-Able.
  2. Shiksha Prasar Kendra, Samaj Vikas Kendra, Action Aid India, Parayavarn Evam Jan Kalyan Samiti, Swaroopwardhinee, Samata Shikshan Sanstha, CYDA, Ganatar, Sree Shakti Kelavani Uttejak Trust, The Sanand Lions Foundation Trust, Ganatar, Catholic Church Sanand, Vidya Poshak, Childhelp Foundation, IIT Bombay Alumni Association, Avanti Fellows, Urmee Charitable Trust, ABCDE Foundation, Society for Human & Enviromental Development, Agastya International Foundation, Global Education Trust, Centre of Study for Social Change, Moinee Foundation, CMCA.
  3. Parivar Kalyan Sansthan, Nav jagrat Manav Samaj, Jan Parivar Kalyan Sansthan, Action Aid India, Sneh Foundation, Swadhar, Nehru Foundation for Development, Manav Seva Education Trust, Family Planning Association of India, Prasad Chikitsa, Center for Study of Social Change, Sumant Moolgaokar Development Foundation.
  4. Gram Vikas Kendra, TERI, Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust, Tree Public Foundation, Manav Seva Education Trust, Ganatar, Sarvodaya Maha Sangah-Maharashtra, Institue of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, Organization of Aware Saviours in Society, Bombay Natural History Society.

Mr Ravindra Pisharody
Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles)

Dr Raghunath A. Mashelkar
Non-Executive, Independent Director (Chairman CSR Committee)

Mumbai, May 26, 2015