Lok Sabha Question No. 1553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Grant-in-aid to Rural Local Bodies
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1553 ANSWERED ON 20.09.2020

## GRANT-IN-AID TO RURAL LOCAL BODIES

## † 1553.  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry of Finance has provided grant-in-aid to the rural local bodies as per the recommendations of 15 th  Finance Commission; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)  & (b) The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) in its report for 2020-21 has recommended grants for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in 28 States. The grants have been recommended for all tiers of the Panchayati Raj and also to the Fifth and Sixth schedule areas. The grants are provided in two parts, namely, (i) Basic (Untied) Grants and (ii) Tied Grants in the ratio of 50:50. The basic grants are  untied  and  can  be  used  by  RLBs  for  location-specific  felt  needs,  except  for  salary  or  other establishment expenditure. The tied grants can be used for the basic services of (a) sanitation and maintenance of Open-Defecation Free (ODF) status and (b) supply of drinking water, rain water harvesting and water recycling. The RLBs shall, as far as possible, earmark one half of these Tied Grants each to these two critical services.  However, if any RLB has fully saturated the needs of one category, it can utilize the funds for the other category. The total size of the XV FC Grants allocation recommended  is  Rs.60,750  crore  in  2020-21.  Grants  to  RLBs  are  to  be  released  in  two  equal installments.

XV FC Basic (Untied) Grants and Tied Grants of Rs. 15187.50 crores each were released to the  States  by  the  Ministry  of  Finance  on  17.6.2020  and  15.07.2020  respectively.  State-wise allocations and release of the XV FC Grants is as per Annexure.

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(Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1553 answered on 20.09.2020)

State-wise allocations and release of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during F.Y. 2020-21

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Allocation for   | XV FC 1 st installments released by MoF   | XV FC 1 st installments released by MoF   | Total Release   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|           |                   | 2020-21          | Basic(Untied) Grants                      | Tied Grants                               |                 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2625             | 656.25                                    | 656.25                                    | 1312.5          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 231              | 57.75                                     | 57.75                                     | 115.5           |
| 3         | Assam             | 1604             | 401                                       | 401                                       | 802             |
| 4         | Bihar             | 5018             | 1254.5                                    | 1254.5                                    | 2509            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1454             | 363.5                                     | 363.5                                     | 727             |
| 6         | Goa               | 75               | 18.75                                     | 18.75                                     | 37.5            |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 3195             | 798.75                                    | 798.75                                    | 1597.5          |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1264             | 316                                       | 316                                       | 632             |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 429              | 107.25                                    | 107.25                                    | 214.5           |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 1689             | 422.25                                    | 422.25                                    | 844.5           |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 3217             | 804.25                                    | 804.25                                    | 1608.5          |
| 12        | Kerala            | 1628             | 407                                       | 407                                       | 814             |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3984             | 996                                       | 996                                       | 1992            |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 5827             | 1456.75                                   | 1456.75                                   | 2913.5          |
| 15        | Manipur           | 177              | 44.25                                     | 44.25                                     | 88.5            |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 182              | 45.5                                      | 45.5                                      | 91              |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 93               | 23.25                                     | 23.25                                     | 46.5            |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 125              | 31.25                                     | 31.25                                     | 62.5            |
| 19        | Odisha            | 2258             | 564.5                                     | 564.5                                     | 1129            |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1388             | 347                                       | 347                                       | 694             |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 3862             | 965.5                                     | 965.5                                     | 1931            |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 42               | 10.5                                      | 10.5                                      | 21              |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 3607             | 901.75                                    | 901.75                                    | 1803.5          |
| 24        | Telangana         | 1847             | 461.75                                    | 461.75                                    | 923.5           |
| 25        | Tripura           | 191              | 47.75                                     | 47.75                                     | 95.5            |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9752             | 2438                                      | 2438                                      | 4876            |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 574              | 143.5                                     | 143.5                                     | 287             |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 4412             | 1103                                      | 1103                                      | 2206            |
|           | Total             | 60,750           | 15,187.5                                  | 15,187.5                                  | 30,375          |