The main purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the financial
performance of few Indian Commercial Banks listed on stock exchange, for a period of 5 years from FY2015-16 to FY2019-20.
Design: This research is basically a causal study and Cross sectional models are employed to identify the impact of CSR
expenditure. Financial indicators such as ROE, PAT, ROA, EPS, Operating profit margin, will analyze bank’s financial
performance and later it will be correlated with the CSR score assigned to the selected banks.
Findings: This research paper shows that there is a positive relationship between the CSR expenditure and the financial
performance indicators of bank. The results reveal that CSR has a positive and significant influence on Operating profits of the
banks. However, CSR shows only a slight correlation but no significant influence with Earnings per Share, Return on Equity
and Return on Assets of the banks.
