What a ₹40 Lakh CSR Project Actually Produced
CSR Case Study
Cochin Shipyard Limited committed ₹40 Lakh to Bal Sansar Sanstha to build a community health centre in a village in Ajmer district. This is the record of how that money was spent and what it produced, including the parts that went wrong.
A building that exists
The Aarogyam Kendra is a 1,517 sq. ft. facility on land owned by Bal Sansar Sanstha at our Hathikhera campus: a hall for yoga, naturopathy sessions, health camps and awareness activities, a counselling room, a doctor's consultation room, a staff room, a store and washrooms, with electrical, water and sanitary fittings completed.
It was inaugurated on the 77th Republic Day, 26 January 2026, in the presence of the donor's representatives, BSS Board members, community members, and the students and parents of Bal Sansar Public School. Cochin Shipyard's support is permanently recorded on a stone board at the entrance.
The centre is designed to serve at least 1,000 families a year from Hathikhera and the surrounding villages.
Eighteen months, step by step
Every date below is documented in the project completion report submitted to Cochin Shipyard Limited.
- July 2024
- Concept note submitted to Cochin Shipyard Limited.
- October 2024
- CSL due diligence: the Head (CSR) and Manager (CSR) visited the Ajmer campus in person.
- 29 November 2024
- Partnership agreement signed.
- January 2025
- First grant tranche of ₹20 Lakh received.
- February 2025
- Bhumi Pujan and foundation marking; construction begins.
- March – May 2025
- Foundation, steel work, column fixing at 7.5 ft, footing and DPC / plinth level.
- July 2025
- Structure completed.
- 16 August 2025
- Second tranche of ₹14 Lakh received.
- August 2025
- CSL CSR team site visit: progress reviewed on site.
- Aug – Sep 2025
- Shuttering and RCC roof slab cast and cured.
- 26 January 2026
- Completed and inaugurated on the 77th Republic Day.
- By 31 March 2026
- Remaining ₹6 Lakh received. The audited balance sheet shows the full ₹40 Lakh grant.
We ran the construction ourselves
Not because it was easier, but because it gave us control over cost and quality.
The procurement decision
- Invited quotations from construction agencies and labour contractors
- Held several rounds of discussion with each, then visited their ongoing and completed sites in person
- Compared labour-rate and labour-plus-material options on cost and quality
- Engaged an experienced local labour contractor, and bought all materials directly from the local market
- Refined the building map by re-measurement, with detailed structural, electrical and sanitary design before work began
What went wrong
The work took longer than we estimated. A state-wide strike by suppliers of building materials, particularly bajri and stone, stopped supply, and labour shortages followed. Progress slowed through the middle of the year.
We report this because a partner is entitled to know how an implementing agency behaves when a project slips. The building was completed to the specified quality and handed over in time for the Republic Day inauguration, without reducing the specification, and the grant was utilised in full.
Where the ₹40 Lakh went
The approved budget, as submitted and as spent.
- Construction — 1,517 sq. ft. (design, civil engineering, labour contractor, materials)
- ₹34,89,100
- Electrical wiring, fans and lights, water and sanitary fittings
- ₹2,50,000
- Health centre furniture and fixtures
- ₹1,00,000
- Computer and printer
- ₹1,00,000
- Inauguration function
- ₹41,000
- Chartered Accountant, accountant fees and miscellaneous
- ₹20,000
- Total project cost
- ₹40,00,100
Cochin Shipyard Limited sanctioned ₹40 Lakh and released it in full: ₹20 Lakh in January 2025, ₹14 Lakh on 16 August 2025, and the remaining ₹6 Lakh, as the audited balance sheet as at 31 March 2026 shows. The Statement of Expenditure and Utilisation Certificate, together with the stage and completion report signed by the registered engineer and architect, were submitted to Cochin Shipyard Limited.
Photographed at every stage
The full construction sequence is in the FY 2025-26 Annual Report.
What this demonstrates
Compliance in place
- CSR-1 registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (CSR00058152)
- 80G and 12A approvals current; FCRA registered
- Accounts audited by a firm of Chartered Accountants and filed annually
- Registered under the Rajasthan Public Charitable Trust Act 1959
Reporting you can file
- Statement of Expenditure and Utilisation Certificate
- Stage and completion reports signed by a registered engineer and architect
- Photographic documentation at every construction stage
- Donor recognition displayed on site, using content the donor approves
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