New Delhi, March 22 -- South and West India have witnessed more Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending by the technology companies in India compared to other regions, with more companies spending beyond the mandate of 2 per cent, according to a report prepared jointly by Nasscom and BOD Consulting.

The report added that the leading areas of spending for major tech companies are in education (38.4 per cent) followed by environment and climate change (25.5 percent) and skilling (16 per cent).

Education, Healthcare, Poverty Eradication-Hunger Malnutrition, Environment and Sustainability were the leading segments where projects were initiated by the tech industry, the report observed.

According to the report, about 83 per cent tech...