CSR Spending in Maharashtra: Data & Trends (FY2025)
Nov 14 2026
In short: Maharashtra is India’s largest CSR recipient by far – ₹8,631 crore in FY2024-25, about 21% of the entire national CSR pool, roughly as much as the next two states combined. Home to Mumbai and the country’s deepest concentration of corporate head-offices, Maharashtra leads on supply, not need – and even here, the money still has to be verified where it actually lands, from Mumbai to the farm belts of Vidarbha and Marathwada.
At a glance – CSR in Maharashtra
FY2024-25: ₹8,631 crore · 21.2% of national CSR (rank 1) · 6.0x growth in a decade · source: MCA National CSR Portal
Govt data, reconciledField reach across MaharashtraIndependent verification
If CSR in India has a capital, it is Maharashtra. With Mumbai as the country’s financial centre and Pune a major industrial hub, more corporate CSR is booked here than anywhere else – more than a fifth of the national total. But a large share of supply is not the same as a large share of need met: much of that money is reported against head-office projects, while the state’s own rural and drought-prone districts are a different story on the ground. Here is what the Government’s National CSR Portal shows for Maharashtra. For the national picture, see our CSR spending in India hub.
How much CSR does Maharashtra receive?
Maharashtra’s CSR has risen from ₹1,446 crore in FY2014-15 to ₹8,631 crore in FY2024-25 – a 6x increase, and it has held the No. 1 position throughout the decade.
Maharashtra CSR spend
₹1,446 Cr → ₹8,631 Cr
Maharashtra CSR expenditure, FY2014-15 to FY2024-25 (₹ crore).
Maharashtra is No. 1 of 37 states and UTs, and the gap to the rest is wide – its ₹8,631 crore is nearly double second-placed Gujarat.
Rank
State
CSR FY2024-25 (₹ Cr)
Share
1
Maharashtra
8,631
21.2%
2
Gujarat
4,549
11.2%
3
Karnataka
3,395
8.3%
4
Delhi
2,753
6.7%
5
Tamil Nadu
2,738
6.7%
This concentration is the central fact of India’s CSR map: a handful of states capture most of the money because that is where companies are based. See how every state compares in our CSR spending by state analysis, or explore it in the interactive dashboard.
Why the biggest CSR state still needs field verification
The scale that makes Maharashtra No. 1 is exactly what makes its programmes hard to verify. A single large company may run CSR across dozens of districts, from Mumbai’s urban projects to agricultural and water programmes in Vidarbha and Marathwada. Under Rule 8(3) of the CSR Rules, those large projects must be independently assessed by an agency that is not the implementer – and covering Maharashtra’s spread means reaching the rural interior, not just the metros.
Being the biggest CSR state is a supply story. Whether a water-conservation or farmer programme in a drought-hit taluka actually performed is a field story – and that is the gap Anaxee’s geo-tagged, timestamped verification is built to close.
Field reach across Maharashtra – verification from the metros into the rural and drought-prone interior. See our field services in Maharashtra.
Independent by design – Anaxee does not run the programmes it verifies, as Rule 8(3) requires.
Geo-tagged evidence – timestamped, photo-backed capture auditors and boards can rely on.
Running a CSR programme in Maharashtra? Let’s put independent, district-level field verification behind it – for impact assessment, plantation or farmer-programme verification.
Maharashtra received ₹8,631 crore in CSR in FY2024-25 – about 21% of the national total and the most of any state, up from ₹1,446 crore in FY2014-15. (Source: MCA National CSR Portal.)
Which state spends the most on CSR in India?
Maharashtra, by a wide margin – its ₹8,631 crore in FY2024-25 is nearly double second-placed Gujarat and about 21% of all CSR nationally.
Why does Maharashtra get the most CSR?
Mumbai and Pune host the deepest concentration of corporate head-offices in India, and companies report CSR against where they operate – so supply pools in Maharashtra regardless of where need is greatest.
Has Maharashtra’s CSR grown?
Yes – about 6x over the decade, from ₹1,446 crore in FY2014-15 to ₹8,631 crore in FY2024-25, holding the top rank throughout.
Where does the Maharashtra CSR data come from?
From the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ National CSR Portal (csr.gov.in), built from company disclosures under Section 135. Figures are state-wise reported CSR expenditure.
Data note. Maharashtra figures (FY2014-15 to FY2024-25) are from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ National CSR Portal (csr.gov.in), state-wise reported CSR expenditure. All amounts in ₹ crore. Compiled and field-verified by Anaxee Digital Runners.
Govind Agrawal is the Founder & CEO of Anaxee Digital Runners — India’s Reach Engine. He writes on last-mile reach across Bharat, go-to-market, field data and climate-tech execution.
