Lok Sabha Question No. 1971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Street Lighting for Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1971

ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

## STREET LIGHTING FOR GRAM PANCHAYATS

†1971. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government provides funds for street lighting to Gram Panchayats;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Haryana during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time limit to provide street lights in all the villages of the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  total  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  where  street  light  facility  have  been  provided  in  the country, State-wise including Haryana?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award for the period of 2015-20, grants to the tune of Rs. 2,00,292.20 crore have been allocated to Gram Panchayats (GPs) constituted under Part  IX  of  the  Constitution  in  26  States  including  Haryana.  The  grant  is  provided  to  GPs  for delivering basic services including street-lighting. State wise status of allocation and release of FFC grant for the last three years and the current year is given at Annexure-I.
- (c)  No,  Sir.  The  GPs  incur  expenditure  on  basic  services  including  street  lighting as  per  their approved Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) based on local felt needs and priorities.
- (d)  State-wise details of geo-tagged assets related to basic services including street lights created out of Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants in the gram panchayats of the country including Haryana is given at Annexure-II.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  and  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1971 answered on 03.03.2020.

## State -wise status of allocation and release of FFC grants for the last three years and the current year (as on 26.02.2020)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2016-17    | 2016-17   | 2017-18    | 2017-18   | 2018-19    | 2018-19   | 2019-20    | 2019-20   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1463.45    | 1454.05   | 1686.85    | 1675.88   | 1947.32    | 858.99    | 2622.13    | 0         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 138.66     | 138.45    | 159.82     | 70.57     | 184.49     | 0         | 248.44     | 0         |
| 3         | Assam             | 915.98     | 915.98    | 1055.80    | 1055.80   | 1218.82    | 1082.32   | 1641.19    | 731.22    |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3554.23    | 3142.08   | 4096.80    | 3630.39   | 4729.38    | 4199.71   | 6368.25    | 5674.70   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 886.82     | 886.82    | 1022.18    | 1022.18   | 1180.02    | 1047.86   | 1588.94    | 1415.89   |
| 6         | Goa               | 22.62      | 22.62     | 26.07      | 26.07     | 30.1       | 26.73     | 40.53      | 0         |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1460.18    | 1460.18   | 1683.08    | 1683.08   | 1942.96    | 1725.36   | 2616.26    | 2331.33   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 656.72     | 656.72    | 756.98     | 756.98    | 873.86     | 775.99    | 1176.68    | 1048.53   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 306.05     | 306.05    | 352.76     | 312.60    | 407.24     | 361.63    | 548.36     | 488.64    |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 585.73     | 474.41    | 675.15     | 470.97    | 779.40     | 544.83    | 1049.49    | 0         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1022.53    | 1022.53   | 1178.63    | 1044.45   | 1360.62    | 1208.24   | 1832.12    | 1632.59   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1570.77    | 1547.66   | 1810.55    | 1784.26   | 2090.10    | 1841.54   | 2814.39    | 2504.13   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 679.40     | 679.39    | 783.12     | 773.54    | 904.03     | 802.78    | 1217.3     | 1084.73   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2292.46    | 2292.46   | 2642.40    | 2638.21   | 3050.41    | 2708.78   | 4107.48    | 3660.14   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 2542.61    | 2542.61   | 2930.76    | 2597.10   | 3383.28    | 3004.37   | 4555.7     | 4059.55   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 34.84      | 34.84     | 40.16      | 40.16     | 46.36      | 41.17     | 62.43      | 27.81     |
| 17        | Odisha            | 1496.64    | 1496.64   | 1725.11    | 1725.11   | 1991.48    | 1768.44   | 2681.59    | 2389.54   |
| 18        | Punjab            | 691.84     | 691.845   | 797.45     | 0         | 920.58     | 0         | 1239.58    | 0         |
| 19        | Rajasthan         | 2305.52    | 2305.52   | 2657.47    | 2657.47   | 3067.8     | 2724.22   | 4130.9     | 3681.01   |
| 20        | Sikkim            | 25.11      | 25.11     | 28.95      | 28.95     | 33.41      | 29.67     | 44.99      | 40.09     |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 1484.31    | 1484.31   | 1710.90    | 1516.12   | 1975.07    | 1753.87   | 2659.5     | 0         |
| 22        | Telangana         | 908.99     | 908.99    | 1047.75    | 1047.75   | 1209.53    | 1071.59   | 1628.68    | 1451.3    |
| 23        | Tripura           | 56.76      | 56.76     | 65.43      | 65.43     | 75.53      | 67.07     | 101.71     | 90.625    |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     | 6050.02    | 6034.33   | 6973.57    | 6179.65   | 8050.34    | 7148.74   | 10840.04   | 9659.47   |
| 25        | Uttarakhand       | 318.37     | 318.37    | 366.97     | 346.77    | 423.64     | 376.19    | 570.44     | 508.31    |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 2399.91    | 2319.48   | 2766.26    | 2369.18   | 3193.39    | 2740.687  | 4300.01    | 3703.25   |
|           | Total             | 33870.52   | 33218.205 | 39040.97   | 35518.67  | 45069.16   | 37910.78  | 60687.13   | 46182.87  |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1971 answered on 03.03.2020.

State-wise  details  of  geo-tagged  assets  related  to  basic  services  including  street  lights created out of Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants in the in the gram panchayats of the country including Haryana ( as on 26.02.2020)

| S. No.   | States            |   Geo Tagged Assets |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |               14602 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                   0 |
| 3        | Assam             |               39370 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                   0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |               24050 |
| 6        | Goa               |                  17 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |               72363 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                2392 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |               41641 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir |                 243 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |               53029 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |               46306 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                   0 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |               33605 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |               14341 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                1306 |
| 17       | Odisha            |                6152 |
| 18       | Punjab            |                  57 |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |               16320 |
| 20       | Sikkim            |                 528 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        |               79646 |
| 22       | Telangana         |               20946 |
| 23       | Tripura           |                3703 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       |               11410 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |              122352 |
| 26       | West Bengal       |                  33 |
|          | Total             |              604412 |

(Source: https://www.reportingonline.gov.in)