Lok Sabha Question No. 5182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Purchase of Buses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

- (c)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5182 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 27, 2018

## PURCHASE OF BUSES

No. 5182   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  provides  funds  to  various  State Governments for purchasing buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru
- National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM);
- (b) if so, the amount of funds allocated and released in this regard
- during each of the last three years;
- whether  the  State  Governments  have  utilized  the  allocated funds properly; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (d) Government of India provided financial assistance for procurement of buses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) in  the  form  of  Additional  Central  Assistance  (ACA)  to  various  State Governments  upto  31.03.2015.  Further,  funding  was  continued  under  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) upto 31.03.2017. During the last three years an amount of Rs.1236.94 crore was released to 18 States. Details of funds allocated, released and utilized are at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5182 FOR ANSWER ON 27.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND SAWANT

| Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   | Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   | Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   | Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   | Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   | Details of funds allocated, released and utilized   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     | (Rs. in crore)                                      |
| S. No.                                              | States                                              | Year-wise details of fund released                  | Year-wise details of fund released                  | allocated &                                         | Utilization Certificate received                    |
|                                                     |                                                     | 2014-15                                             | 2015-16                                             | 2016-17                                             | from State Governments                              |
| 1                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                      | 44.96                                               | 4.17                                                |                                                     | 36.66                                               |
| 2                                                   | Assam                                               | 54.99                                               |                                                     | 44.02                                               | 99.01                                               |
| 3                                                   | Bihar                                               | 44.92                                               |                                                     |                                                     | 44.92                                               |
| 4                                                   | Chandigarh                                          | 11.62                                               |                                                     |                                                     | 11.62                                               |
| 5                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                        | 24.57                                               | 10.42                                               |                                                     | 24.57                                               |
| 6                                                   | Goa                                                 | 7.21                                                |                                                     | 1.79                                                | 7.21                                                |
| 7                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                    | 90.93                                               | 72.75                                               | 3.57                                                | 163.68                                              |
| 8                                                   | Karnataka                                           | 194.28                                              |                                                     | 35.22                                               | 175.17                                              |
| 9                                                   | Kerala                                              | 74.47                                               |                                                     | 26.06                                               | 100.53                                              |
| 10                                                  | Maharashtra                                         | 137.74                                              | 18.34                                               | 28.20                                               | 125.84                                              |
| 11                                                  | Meghalaya                                           | 23.16                                               |                                                     | 20.19                                               | 43.35                                               |
| 12                                                  | Puducherry                                          | 7.77                                                |                                                     | 5.91                                                | 7.77                                                |
| 13                                                  | Punjab                                              | 1.59                                                |                                                     | 0.55                                                | 2.14                                                |
| 14                                                  | Rajasthan                                           | 30.79                                               |                                                     |                                                     | 0                                                   |
| 15                                                  | Sikkim                                              | 4.25                                                | 3.41                                                |                                                     | 7.66                                                |
| 16                                                  | Telangana                                           | 29.34                                               | 9.68                                                | 3.70                                                | 39.03                                               |
| 17                                                  | Tripura                                             | 12.19                                               | 9.75                                                |                                                     | 21.94                                               |
| 18                                                  | West Bengal                                         | 89.43                                               | 45.40                                               | 9.60                                                | 142.36                                              |
|                                                     | Total                                               | 884.21                                              | 173.92                                              | 178.81                                              | 1053.46                                             |