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This study intends to analyze the financial performance and the pattern of CSR spendings of selected pharmaceutical companies India. The study focuses on a set of seven BSE listed companies. Data has been meticulously gathered from published statements of selected companies covering a span of seven years from 2015-16 to 2021-22. The primary financial performance metric considered in the study is Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). To ascertain the association among CSR expenditure and firm performance, we applied correlation analysis. The findings of the study indicates that higher CSR expenditure is correlated to lower ROCE in Abbott India and Divi’s Laboratories. KEYWORDS: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR Expenditure, Financial Performance Pharmaceutical Companies.
Khatoon et al. (Wed,) studied this question.