Lok Sabha Question No. 447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: BRGF in Madhya Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 447

ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019

## BRGF IN MADHYA PRADESH AND JAMMU KASHMIR

## †447.  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

## SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a)      the  names  of  the  districts  in  Jammu  Kashmir  and  Madhya  Pradesh  which  have  been included under the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) by the Government;
- (b)   the details of funds released to the above mentioned State Governments under this fund during the last three years and the current year;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  any  amendments  in  the  guidelines  for including the backward areas especially in Jammu-Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  the  District  component  of  Backward  Regions  Grant  Fund  (BRGF) Programme implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj from 2006-07 to 2014-15, five (5) districts of Jammu & Kashmir and thirty (30) districts of Madhya Pradesh were covered. The names of these districts are at Annexure .
- (b) As  the  BRGF  (District  component)  was  under  implementation  during  the period 2006-07 to 2014-15, no fund has been released to the State Governments under this Programme during the last three years and the current year.
- (c) & (d) No Sir. Consequent upon the implementation of the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, share of States in the net proceeds of the Union taxes has been significantly enhanced from 32% to 42% of the Centre's net tax receipts. Hence, BRGF Programme has been delinked from the budgetary support of the Central Government since 2015-16.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 447 answered on 19.11.2019

## Districts of Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh covered under BRGF Programme

| Sl.No.   | State          |   Sl.No. | Name of the Districts   |
|----------|----------------|----------|-------------------------|
| 1.       | Jammu &Kashmir |        1 | Doda                    |
| 1.       | Jammu &Kashmir |        2 | Kishtwar                |
| 1.       | Jammu &Kashmir |        3 | Kupwara                 |
| 1.       | Jammu &Kashmir |        4 | Poonch                  |
| 1.       | Jammu &Kashmir |        5 | Ramban                  |
| 2.       | Madhya Pradesh |        1 | Alirajpur               |
|          |                |        2 | Anuppur                 |
|          |                |        3 | Ashoknagar              |
|          |                |        4 | Balaghat                |
|          |                |        5 | Barwani                 |
|          |                |        6 | Betul                   |
|          |                |        7 | Burhanpur               |
|          |                |        8 | Chhattarpur             |
|          |                |        9 | Chhindwara              |
|          |                |       10 | Damoh                   |
|          |                |       11 | Dhar                    |
|          |                |       12 | Dindori                 |
|          |                |       13 | Guna                    |
|          |                |       14 | Jhabua                  |
|          |                |       15 | Katni                   |
|          |                |       16 | Khandwa                 |
|          |                |       17 | Khargone                |
|          |                |       18 | Mandla                  |
|          |                |       19 | Panna                   |
|          |                |       20 | Rajgarh                 |
|          |                |       21 | Rewa                    |
|          |                |       22 | Satna                   |
|          |                |       23 | Seoni                   |
|          |                |       24 | Shahdol                 |
|          |                |       25 | Sheopur                 |
|          |                |       26 | Shivpuri                |
|          |                |       27 | Sidhi                   |
|          |                |       28 | Singrauli               |
|          |                |       29 | Tikamgarh               |
|          |                |       30 | Umaria                  |