Data recap: High dividends, laptop curbs, CSR spends

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Every Friday,PlainFacts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. Indian companies doled out record high dividends of ₹4 trillion in the last fiscal year, registering a 28% rise. From 1 November, India will restrict the import of laptops and computers in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing. Meanwhile, Indian companies' spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) remained flat in 2021-22. Home-made laptops To boost domestic manufacturing, India is all set to curb imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers among other...