CSR Ticket Size
A data series on India’s CSR project economics using National CSR Portal filings: why average cheque size stays flat, who concentrates vs sprays, and which sectors run fat or thin tickets.
By Dr. Hemant L. Patel · National CSR Portal filings, FY 2014-15 to FY 2024-25
Why India's CSR Cheque Size Won't Budge
Spend grew ~3× in a decade. The average project is still about ₹35 lakh. Five forces explain why Indian CSR scales by adding projects — not by raising ticket size.
Read part 1 →Concentrators vs Sprayers: Two CSR Strategies Hiding in the Same Data
The national average is produced by two portfolio geometries: rare concentrators with large rows, and common sprayers with many small tickets — same Section 135, opposite design.
Read part 2 →The CSR Sector Ticket League: Why “We Work in Education” Tells You Almost Nothing
Rank CSR by average cheque per sector — not total crore — and the podium changes. Education and health dominate spend but sit near the national mean; that is why ticket size will not budge.
Read part 3 →Part 4 — Geography of the Cheque: pan-India rows, Odisha vs Kerala, and why high-spend states are not always high-ticket states.