Lok Sabha Question No. 1456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Street Light for Villages
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1456

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## STREET LIGHT FOR VILLAGES

## †1456 DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government provides funds to Gram Panchayats for street lighting in villages, if so, the details thereof for the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  demanded  a  utilisation  certificate  of  funds  from  the  concerned authorities, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any actual target is fixed for this purpose, if so, the details thereof and the achievements made thereon, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether any timeframe has been fixed for providing street lights in all villages in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) : Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award, grants to the tune of Rs. 2,00,292.20 crore for the period 2015-2020 are being devolved to Gram Panchayats (GPs) constituted under Part IX of the Constitution  in  26  States  including  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  grant  is  provided  to  GPs  for  delivering  basic services  including  street-lighting.  Under  the  13th  Finance  Commission  award  for  the  period  2010-15, untied grants were disbursed to Panchayats. State-wise status of allocation and release of grants for the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 under the 13th Finance Commission award and for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 (upto 21.11.2016) under the FFC award are given at Annexe-I & II.

(b) : Release of subsequent installments of the grants under the FFC award is subject to  submission of utilization  certificates  for  the  previous  installments  drawn  along  with  compliance  of  other  stipulated conditions.

(c) : No, Madam. The GPs incur expenditure on basic services as per their approved participatory Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP) based on local felt needs and priorities.

- (d) : No, Madam.

(e) : Does not arise.

*****

## (Referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1456  answered  on 24.11.2016)

## Allocation and Release of Local Bodies Grants for PRIs under 13th Finance Commission for the years 2013-14 and 2014-15

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl.   | State             | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   |
|-------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| No.   |                   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 1357.07    | 1585.56   | 828.11     | 1744.40   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 70.52      | 21.24     | 77.02      | 36.33     |
| 3     | Assam             | 420.66     | 304.13    | 458.07     | 352.76    |
| 4     | Bihar             | 1275.19    | 1528.59   | 1392.65    | 1254.70   |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 472.21     | 574.00    | 511.83     | 393.28    |
| 6     | Goa               | 23.29      | 1.66      | 25.43      |           |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 629.36     | 591.13    | 684.68     | 527.04    |
| 8     | Haryana           | 279.60     | 325.35    | 305.41     | 238.36    |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 143.86     | 177.24    | 157.06     | 151.78    |
| 10    | J&K               | 236.41     | 157.81    | 258.19     | 199.11    |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 460.32     | 443.00    | 496.27     | 380.36    |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 1159.42    | 1553.77   | 1266.22    | 976.48    |
| 13    | Kerala            | 501.87     | 708.36    | 548.10     | 527.44    |
| 14    | M.P               | 1111.96    | 1285.46   | 1209.51    | 757.38    |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 1431.15    | 1092.32   | 1561.52    | 1787.82   |
| 16    | Manipur           | 59.93      | 32.84     | 65.12      | 129.98    |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 89.70      | 28.78     | 97.12      | 20.73     |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 55.49      | 32.29     | 60.27      | 14.27     |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 86.51      | 7.53      | 93.74      | 17.97     |
| 20    | Odisha            | 710.07     | 476.58    | 771.50     | 454.73    |
| 21    | Punjab            | 289.63     | 301.99    | 316.31     | 416.04    |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 1020.92    | 1188.78   | 1114.30    | 872.96    |
| 23    | Sikkim            | 47.46      | 30.66     | 51.83      | 38.36     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        | 793.72     | 529.68    | 866.84     | 668.48    |
| 25    | Telangana         |            |           | 652.88     | 895.16    |
| 26    | Tripura           | 80.20      | 51.45     | 87.15      | 66.10     |
| 27    | U. P              | 2519.32    | 3821.02   | 2751.40    | 2121.81   |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 152.13     | 140.74    | 166.15     | 98.81     |
| 29    | W. Bengal         | 1069.92    | 652.33    | 1168.18    | 1068.32   |
|       | Total             | 16547.89   | 17644.29  | 18042.86   | 16210.96  |

(Referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1456  answered  on 24.11.2016)

## State-wise allocation and releases of grants under Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) for years 2015-16 and 2016-17

(as on 21-11-2016 )

(Rs. in crore)

| FFC Grants   | FFC Grants        | FFC Grants        | FFC Grants     | FFC Grants        | FFC Grants     |
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.      | States            | 2015-16           | 2015-16        | 2016-17           | 2016-17        |
|              |                   | Annual Allocation | Total Releases | Annual Allocation | Total Releases |
| (1)          | (2)               | (3)               | (4)            | (5)               | (6)            |
| 1            | #Andhra Pradesh   | 934.34            | 928.41         | 1463.45           | 642.77         |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh | 88.52             | 88.52          | 138.66            | 0              |
| 3            | Assam             | 584.8             | 292.4          | 915.98            | 0              |
| 4            | Bihar             | 2269.18           | 2269.18        | 3554.23           | 0              |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh      | 566.18            | 566.18         | 886.82            | 391.99         |
| 6            | Goa               | 14.44             | 7.22           | 22.62             | 0              |
| 7            | Gujarat           | 932.25            | 932.25         | 1460.18           | 645.43         |
| 8            | Haryana           | 419.28            | 419.28         | 656.72            | 290.29         |
| 9            | Himachal Pradesh  | 195.39            | 195.39         | 306.05            | 270.56         |
| 10           | #Jammu& Kashmir   | 373.96            | 367.72         | 585.73            | 0              |
| 11           | Jharkhand         | 652.83            | 652.83         | 1022.53           | 451.98         |
| 12           | #Karnataka        | 1002.85           | 972.36         | 1570.77           | 1368.2         |
| 13           | Kerala            | 433.76            | 433.76         | 679.4             | 0              |
| 14           | Madhya Pradesh    | 1463.61           | 1463.61        | 2292.46           | 1013.31        |
| 15           | Maharashtra       | 1623.32           | 1623.32        | 2542.61           | 1123.88        |
| 16           | Manipur           | 22.25             | 22.25          | 34.84             | 15.4           |
| 17           | Odisha            | 955.52            | 955.52         | 1496.64           | 1323.09        |
| 18           | Punjab            | 441.7             | 441.7          | 691.84            | 0              |
| 19           | Rajasthan         | 1471.95           | 1471.95        | 2305.52           | 2038.17        |
| 20           | Sikkim            | 16.03             | 16.03          | 25.11             | 11.1           |
| 21           | Tamil Nadu        | 947.65            | 947.65         | 1484.31           | 656.1          |
| 22           | Telangana         | 580.34            | 580.34         | 908.99            | 401.79         |
| 23           | Tripura           | 36.24             | 36.24          | 56.76             | 25.09          |
| 24           | #Uttar Pradesh    | 3862.6            | 3852.6         | 6050.02           | 2667.29        |
| 25           | Uttarakhand       | 203.26            | 203.26         | 318.37            | 281.45         |
| 26           | #W. Bengal        | 1532.21           | 735.43         | 2399.91           | 0              |
|              | Total             | 21624.46          | 20475.4        | 33870.52          | 13617.89       |

Note: Information has been compiled based on the release orders issued by Ministry of Finance.

#released on pro-rata basis on the basis of information provided by the State Government.

*****