Lok Sabha Question No. 2466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-09
Subject: Decline in Revenue Account Transfers to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2466 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 9 th  March, 2018 [18 Phalguna, 1939 (SAKA)]

'Decline in Revenue Account Transfers to States'

## No. 2466, Shri B. Vinod Kumar:

Will the MINISTER OF FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of revenue account transfers to the States and the Gross revenue receipts of the Centre in each of the years 2012-13 to 2017-18, State/year-wise;
- (b) the details of proportion of revenue account transfers to States to gross revenue receipts of the Centre in each of the years 2012-13 to 2017-18, State/year-wise;
- (c) whether  there  has  been  any  decline  in  the  revenue  account  transfers  to  States  as  a proportion of Centre's gross revenue receipts and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps proposed to be taken to avoid such decline?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a to d): Year-wise details of States' share of Union Taxes and Duties devolved to States, Gross revenue  receipts of the Centre and  proportion of States share to gross revenue receipts of Centre from 2012-13 to 2017-18 are as under:

( ` in crore)

|                        | Actual 2012-13   | Actual 2013-14   | Actual 2014-15   | Actual 2015-16   | Actual 2016-17   | RE 2017-18   |
|------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
| States' Share Devolved | 291546.62        | 318229.60        | 337808.45        | 506192.96        | 608000.31        | 673005.29    |
| Gross Tax Revenue      | 1036234.25       | 1138733.74       | 1244884.53       | 1455648.11       | 1715822.40       | 1884788.15*  |
| State's Share to GTR   | 28.14%           | 27.95%           | 27.14%           | 34.77%           | 35.43%           | 35.70%       |

State  /  year-wise  details  of  States'  share  devolved  to  States  and  year-wise  Gross  revenue receipts of the Centre from 2012-13 to 2017-18 are enclosed as Annexure 'A'.

It may be seen from the table above that devolution of States' share of Union Taxes and Duties as a proportion of Centre's gross revenue receipts has been increasing over the past 3 years.

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Annexure - A Statement showing year-wise releases of States' Share of Union Taxes and Duties made to the State Governments

(Rs. in Crore)

|         |                   | Actual    | Actual    | Actual    | Actual    | Actual    | RE        |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No. | State             | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 20270.77  | 22131.88  | 13692.42  | 21893.79  | 26263.88  | 29001.25  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 957.94    | 1045.85   | 1109.98   | 7075.58   | 8388.30   | 9238.79   |
| 3       | Assam             | 10601.26  | 11574.52  | 12283.71  | 16784.88  | 20188.64  | 22301.52  |
| 4       | Bihar             | 31900.39  | 34829.12  | 36963.07  | 48922.68  | 58880.59  | 65083.19  |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 7217.60   | 7880.22   | 8363.03   | 15716.47  | 18809.16  | 20754.83  |
| 6       | Goa               | 777.21    | 848.53    | 900.54    | 1923.76   | 2299.20   | 2544.27   |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 8886.10   | 9701.93   | 10296.35  | 15690.43  | 18835.39  | 20782.34  |
| 8       | Haryana           | 3062.12   | 3343.24   | 3548.09   | 5496.22   | 6597.47   | 7297.53   |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 2282.02   | 2491.52   | 2644.17   | 3611.17   | 4343.70   | 4801.27   |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3870.37   | 4142.10   | 4477.23   | 7813.48   | 9488.60   | 11911.66  |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 8187.62   | 8939.32   | 9487.01   | 15968.75  | 19141.92  | 21143.64  |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 12647.14  | 13808.28  | 14654.25  | 23983.34  | 28759.94  | 31751.99  |
| 13      | Kerala            | 6840.65   | 7468.68   | 7926.29   | 12690.67  | 15225.02  | 16833.07  |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 20805.16  | 22715.27  | 24106.99  | 38397.84  | 46064.10  | 50853.06  |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 15191.95  | 16586.70  | 17602.97  | 28105.95  | 33714.90  | 37203.32  |
| 16      | Manipur           | 1317.83   | 1438.79   | 1526.95   | 3142.42   | 3757.13   | 4154.29   |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 1192.45   | 1301.96   | 1381.69   | 3276.46   | 3911.05   | 4323.15   |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 785.96    | 858.08    | 910.67    | 2348.11   | 2800.63   | 3097.04   |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 917.14    | 1001.27   | 1062.69   | 2540.72   | 3032.63   | 3353.09   |
| 20      | Odisha            | 13964.94  | 15247.09  | 16181.21  | 23573.75  | 28321.49  | 31272.03  |
| 21      | Punjab            | 4058.81   | 4431.47   | 4702.97   | 8008.90   | 9599.73   | 10616.96  |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 17102.84  | 18673.07  | 19817.14  | 27915.93  | 33555.86  | 37028.03  |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 698.48    | 762.62    | 809.33    | 1870.28   | 2233.30   | 2470.52   |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 14519.69  | 15852.76  | 16824.03  | 20353.86  | 24537.76  | 27099.72  |
| 25      | Telangana         |           |           | 9795.40   | 12350.72  | 14876.61  | 16420.06  |
| 26      | Tripura           | 1493.18   | 1630.25   | 1730.13   | 3266.02   | 3909.12   | 4322.54   |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 57497.85  | 62776.68  | 66622.91  | 90973.66  | 109427.46 | 120940.10 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 3272.88   | 3573.38   | 3792.30   | 5333.19   | 6411.57   | 7084.90   |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 21226.27  | 23175.02  | 24594.93  | 37163.93  | 44625.16  | 49321.13  |
|         | TOTAL             | 291546.62 | 318229.60 | 337808.45 | 506192.96 | 608000.31 | 673005.29 |