Lok Sabha Question No. 2398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Financial Assistance for Checking Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2398

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHECKING CRIMES

2398. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to provide financial assistance to the States  for  setting  up  police  post  in  each  village  to  stop  the  increasing criminal  incidents  including  theft,  assault,  murder  and  other  crimes  in  the villages of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise including Bihar; and
- (c)  the  time  by  which  financial  assistance  is  likely  to  be  provided  to  the States including Bihar?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a)  to  (c):              'Police'  is  a  State  subject  and  the  primary  responsibility  of providing for policing, including policing in villages, lies with the States. The Government  of  India  on  its  part  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State Government  by  providing central assistance under the sub-scheme  of 'Assistance to States for Modernisation of Police' under the umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces. Under this sub-scheme central assistance is provided for purchase of weaponry, equipment for surveillance, communication etc. to all  the  States  including  Bihar.  For  the  year  2017-18, Bihar has allocation of Rs.33.73 crore out of which Rs.3.78 crore is for supply through Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Rs. 29.95 crore is for release as central assistance to the State for items approved under the State Action

## LS.US.Q.No.2398 FOR 02.01.218

Plan 2017-18. However, as per guidelines, States have to furnish Utilization Certificates (UCs) in respect of funds released till the financial year prior to the previous year. As such, UCs for 2015-16 were required to be furnished by the States by 31.12.2017. Since, State Government of Bihar has pending UCs for amount more that the current year allocation, no central assistance could be  released  to  Bihar  during  the  current  financial  year.  The  details  of Allocation, Release and Utilization Certificates(UCs) pending of various State Governments under Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) Scheme during 201516 to 2016-17 and the current year 2017-18 is at Annexure.

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## Allocation, Released and Utilization Certificates(UCs) pending to various State Governments under Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) Scheme during 2014-15 to 201617 and the current year 2017-18.

Rs. in crore

| Name of State            | 2015-16                   | 2015-16   | 2016-17          | 2016-17       | Current year 2017-18   | UCs pending upto 2015-16   |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------|------------------|---------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| Name of State            | Allocation Released 22.68 | 32.56     | Allocation 22.68 | Released 41.1 | Allocation 29.87       | 0.00                       |
| Andhra Pradesh Arunachal | 3.64                      | 3.05      | 3.64             | 2.69          | 4.79                   | 3.12                       |
| Assam                    | 24.47                     | 3.29      | 24.47            | 4.68          | 32.23                  | 164.24                     |
| Bihar                    | 25.62                     | 26.57     | 25.62            | 19.15         | 33.73                  | 41.14                      |
| Chhattisgarh             | 9.01                      | 14.24     | 9.01             | 1.73          | 11.87                  | 9.51                       |
| Goa                      | 0.95                      | 0.13      | 0.95             | 0.18          | 1.25                   | 1.36                       |
| Gujarat                  | 23.72                     | 23.75     | 23.72            | 43.22         | 31.24                  | 0.00                       |
| Haryana                  | 10.64                     | 14.74     | 10.64            | 19.29         | 14.01                  | 1.37                       |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 3.25                      | 0.44      | 4.88             | 5.58          | 4.28                   | 0.44                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir          | 37.00                     | 35.88     | 37.00            | 34.54         | 48.73                  | 17.22                      |
| Jharkhand                | 8.54                      | 22.44     | 8.54             | 1.64          | 11.24                  | 10.56                      |
| Karnataka                | 35.58                     | 39.45     | 35.58            | 72.04         | 46.85                  | 6.70                       |
| Kerala                   | 14.94                     | 2.01      | 14.94            | 11.09         | 19.68                  | 4.70                       |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 25.14                     | 26.8      | 25.14            | 21.86         | 33.11                  | 4.57                       |
| Maharashtra              | 43.69                     | 50.88     | 43.69            | 12.8          | 57.54                  | 81.98                      |
| Manipur                  | 8.85                      | 7.79      | 8.85             | 8.37          | 11.66                  | 6.91                       |
| Meghalaya                | 3.48                      | 0.47      | 3.48             | 0.67          | 4.58                   | 1.35                       |
| Mizoram                  | 4.43                      | 5.41      | 4.43             | 8.12          | 5.83                   | 0.00                       |
| Nagaland                 | 9.96                      | 13.78     | 9.96             | 18.05         | 13.12                  | 0.00                       |
| Orissa                   | 14.47                     | 19.46     | 14.47            | 26.22         | 19.05                  | 4.97                       |
| Punjab                   | 15.23                     | 20.67     | 15.23            | 27.6          | 20.05                  | 6.52                       |
| Rajasthan                | 28.99                     | 34.18     | 28.99            | 34.54         | 38.17                  | 0.02                       |
| Sikkim                   | 1.64                      | 0.22      | 1.64             | 1.96          | 2.17                   | 0.00                       |
| Tamil Nadu               | 32.31                     | 63.9      | 32.31            | 89.24         | 42.54                  | 32.93                      |
| Tripura                  | 7.28                      | 7.00      | 7.28             | 1.4           | 9.58                   | 13.71                      |
| Telangana                | 16.22                     | 16.32     | 16.22            | 29.4          | 21.35                  | 0.00                       |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 58.59                     | 69.99     | 58.59            | 35.8          | 77.16                  | 53.84                      |
| Uttrakhand               | 3.12                      | 3.74      | 4.68             | 8.53          | 4.11                   | 1.49                       |
| West Bengal              | 26.80                     | 35.52     | 26.80            | 12.31         | 35.3                   | 75.77                      |
| Total                    | 520.25                    | 594.68    | 523.43           | 593.80        | 685.09                 | 544.42                     |
| Contingency Reserve      | 29.75                     |           | 29.75            |               | 38.45                  |                            |
| Mega City Policing       | 45.00                     |           | 41.82            |               | 45.00                  |                            |
| PMU                      |                           |           |                  | 0.22          | 0.45                   |                            |
| G/Total                  | 595.00                    |           | 595.00           | 594.02        | 769.00                 |                            |

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