Lok Sabha Question No. 3769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Release of Performance Grant
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3769 ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019

## RELEASE OF PERFORMANCE GRANT

3769. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received representation from the State Government of Tamil Nadu  for  release  of  the  pending  performance  grant  for  2017-18  and  2018-19  as  per  14th Finance Commission recommendations;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the details of the grant allocated to Tamil Nadu for rural development during the last five years; and

(d) the reasons for not releasing the performance grant on time as per the recommendation of the 14th Finance Commission?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b) Yes Sir. The details are provided at Annexure I . Holding election of local bodies in the  State  is  a  pre-condition  for  recommendation  for  release  of  the  Fourteenth  Finance Commission (FFC) Grants, this is pending for Tamil Nadu since October, 2016.

(c) The details are provided at Annexure II .

(d) In the absence of duly constituted Gram Panchayats by elections, FFC Performance Grant could not be recommended for release to the State of Tamil Nadu, after FY 2016-17.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3769 answered on 16.07.2019

Details of representations  received  from  Tamil  Nadu  Government  for  release  of Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) Performance Grant of Rural Local Bodies

|   Sl. No. | Letter Reference           | Received from                                                                            | Addressed to                          |
|-----------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|         1 | DO letter dated 5-6-2017   | Shri K.Shanmugam, Addl Chief Secretary (Finance) Tamil Nadu Government                   | Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
|         2 | DO letter dated 3-8-2017   | Shri K.Shanmugam, Addl Chief Secretary (Finance) Tamil Nadu Government                   | Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
|         3 | DO letter dated 28.2.2018  | Shri S.P.Velumani, Hon'ble Minister for Municipal Admn and Rural Development, Tamil Nadu | Hon'ble Minister of Panchayati Raj    |
|         4 | DO letter dated 21.3.2018  | Shri Edappadi K.Palaniswami Hon'ble Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu                           | Hon'ble Prime Minister                |
|         5 | DO letter dated 2.5.2018   | Shri Edappadi K.Palaniswami Hon'ble Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu                           | Hon'ble Prime Minister                |
|         6 | DO letter dated 28.8.2018  | Shri S.P.Velumani, Hon'ble Minister for Municipal Admn and Rural Development, Tamil Nadu | Hon'ble Minister of Panchayati Raj    |
|         7 | DO letter dated 1-11-2018  | Shri K.Shanmugam, Addl Chief Secretary (Finance) Tamil Nadu Government                   | Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
|         8 | DO letter dated 27.12.2018 | Shri S.P.Velumani, Hon'ble Minister for Municipal Admn and Rural Development, Tamil Nadu | Hon'ble Minister of Panchayati Raj    |
|         9 | DO letter dated 11.06.2019 | Shri S.P.Velumani, Hon'ble Minister for Municipal Admn and Rural Development, Tamil Nadu | Hon'ble Minister of Panchayati Raj    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3769 answered on 16.07.2019.

1.    Allocation  of  Finance  Commission  grants  to  the  rural  local  bodies  of  Tamil  Nadu during the last five years and current year

(Rs in crore)

| Years      |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Allocation |    866.84 |    947.65 |   1484.31 |    1710.9 |   1975.07 |    2659.5 |

2.  Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA), Capacity Building-Panchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (CB-PSA)  and  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan  (RGSA)  Schemes    to  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  last  five  years  and current year.

(Rs in crore)

| Years      |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Allocation |      54.1 |     18.26 |     55.48 |      53.7 |        96 |    158.65 |

3.    Allocation  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (MGNREGA),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay  - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self-Employment  Training  Institute  (RSETI)  and  National  Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

(Rs in crore)

| Year/Programme   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| MGNREGA          |   3781.33 |   5470.37 | 4552.78   | 5831.66   | 4951.66   |
| PMAY-G           |    291.72 |    230.69 | 1320.41   | 975.04    | 157.25    |
| PMGSY            |    239.65 |    205    | 309.58*   | 636.39*   | 619.14*   |
| DAY-NRLM         |     73.29 |     26.02 | 17.97     | 94.20     | 130.95    |
| DDU-GKY          |      0    |     43.9  | 25.91     | 0.00      | 52.91     |
| RSETI            |      0    |      3.17 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.09      |
| NSAP             |    438.9  |    730.18 | 486.73    | 632.19    | 636.11    |