India's Top PSUs 2021

21 The following table represents the activity-wise break-up of the CSR expenditure undertaken by CPSEs during FY20: - Activities Actual Expenditure ( ` million) Eradicating hunger and poverty, healthcare and sanitation 16.73 Education and skill development 16.48 Contribution to funds set up by Central Government 5.32 Rural development 5.13 Environmental sustainability 4.06 Empowerment of women and other economically backward sections 1.20 Sports 0.66 Arts and culture 0.61 Slum area development 0.35 Armed forces welfare 0.26 Contribution to technology incubators 0.70 Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2019-20, Department of Public Enterprises About 28% of Total Procurement of CPSEs in FY20 was from MSEs The public procurement policy for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) was first introduced for CPSE with effect from 1st April 2012. The objective of the policy was the promotion and development of MSEs by supporting them in marketing of products and services. After several rounds of amendments through since it was introduced, the amendment inNovember 2018 directed an increase in the minimum annual procurement from MSEs from 20% to 25% and also mandated procuring 3% fromMSEs owned by women, in addition to 4% to be procured fromMSEs owned by SC/ ST entrepreneurs. In FY20, the total procurement of CPSEs decreased by 34% y-o-y to ` 13,334 billion. The procurement from MSEs also decreased, albeit by a modest 1%. On a positive note, the procurement from MSEs as a percentage of total procurement of CPSEs rose significantly from around 19% in FY19 to 28% in FY20. Cognate Groups Total Procurement ( ` billion) Procurement from MSEs ( ` billion) Procurement from MSEs (%) Petroleum (Refinery & Marketing) 507.5 147.0 29.0 Heavy & Medium Engineering 227.7 72.3 31.8 Crude Oil 122.5 33.7 27.5 Power Generation 87.3 26.3 30.2 Transport & Logistic Services 55.0 23.2 42.1 Others (incl. CPSEs under construction) 334.3 73.2 21.9 Total 1,334.3 375.7 28.2 During FY20, the aggregate value of CPSEs procurement from MSEs stood at ` 13,334 billion. The Petroleum (Refinery &Marketing), Heavy &Medium Engineering and Crude Oil cognate groups collectively accounted for 64% of the total MSE procurement during the year. Dun & Bradstreet