Lok Sabha Question No. 4211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Devolution of Functions
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4211 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 19, 2020

## DEVOLUTION OF FUNCTIONS

NO. 4211.

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of devolution of functions under 12th schedule relating to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the percentage of the total funds as per Section 243X of the Constitution of India which came into existence through the 74th Amendment to the Constitution have been raised by ULBs themselves without having to depend on Central or State funds or grants-in-aid and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government intends to take measures to provide for empowerment of Urban Local Bodies and if so, the details of the proposed  measures  in  this  regard  and  if not, the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF

MINISTRY OFHOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)  The  devolution  of  functions  to  the  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs) comes  under  the  purview  of  the  State  Governments.  The  status  of devolution of functions, as available, is at Annexure 1.

- (b) As per the Article 243X of the Constitution of India, the powers to assign taxes, duties, tolls and fees to the Municipalities and providing grants-in-aid  to  the  Municipalities  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the States, are given to the State Governments. The details, as available, are at Annexure -2.
- (c) The Ministry has been advising and encouraging States to implement the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA) in letter and spirit so that there is proper devolution of powers vis-à-vis, functions, functionaries and funds to the ULBs.

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## Annexure 1

## Annexure in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4211 due for answer on 19.03.2020 regarding devolution of functions .

## Statement showing State-wise status of devolution of functions

|   S.No. | Name of the State/UT                   | No of functions devolved   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                         | 17                         |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 13 *                       |
|       3 | Assam                                  | 12                         |
|       4 | Bihar                                  | 7                          |
|       5 | UT of Chandigarh                       | 13 *                       |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh                           | 18                         |
|       7 | UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli             | 11                         |
|       8 | UT of Daman & Diu                      | 16                         |
|       9 | Delhi                                  | 13                         |
|      10 | Goa                                    | 10 *                       |
|      11 | Gujarat                                | 16                         |
|      12 | Haryana                                | 18                         |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                       | 16                         |
|      14 | UT of Jammu & Kashmir AND UT of Ladakh | 18                         |
|      15 | Jharkhand                              | 14                         |
|      16 | Karnataka                              | 17                         |
|      17 | Kerala                                 | 18                         |
|      18 | Maharashtra                            | 18                         |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 18 *                       |
|      20 | Manipur                                | 07 *                       |
|      21 | Meghalaya                              | 16 *                       |
|      22 | Mizoram                                | 12 *                       |
|      23 | Nagaland                               | 03 *                       |
|      24 | Odisha                                 | 18                         |
|      25 | Puducherry                             | 17                         |
|      26 | Punjab                                 | 18                         |
|      27 | Rajasthan                              | 18                         |
|      28 | Sikkim                                 | 06                         |
|      29 | Telangana                              | 18                         |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                             | 17                         |
|      31 | Tripura                                | 15 *                       |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh                          | 08                         |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                            | 14 *                       |
|      34 | West Bengal                            | 16 *                       |

## Annexure 2

Annexure in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4211 due for answer on 19.03.2020 regarding devolution of functions .

## Own Revenue as a % of Revenue Receipts of the ULBs

| S.No           |   State Name |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh |        64.68 |     70.28 |     72.91 |         1 |
| Assam          |        32.22 |     45.72 |     63.54 |         2 |
| Chhattisgarh   |        49    |     42.71 |     58.01 |         3 |
| Goa            |        47.04 |     50.63 |     64.32 |         4 |
| Gujarat        |        49.24 |     48.5  |     59.66 |         5 |
| Haryana        |        23.81 |     37.53 |     22.66 |         6 |
| Jharkhand      |        23.21 |     31.58 |     33.5  |         7 |
| Karnataka      |        53.71 |     42.92 |     29.75 |         8 |
| Kerala         |        36.61 |     36.82 |     42.57 |         9 |
| Madhya Pradesh |        31.87 |     29.75 |     26.57 |        10 |
| Maharashtra    |        42.18 |     39.19 |     41.03 |        11 |
| Manipur        |         5.43 |      6.82 |      9.98 |        12 |
| Mizoram        |         1.66 |      4.54 |     16.36 |        13 |
| Odisha         |        15.87 |     18.64 |     19.6  |        14 |
| Punjab         |        21.3  |     23.98 |     39.55 |        15 |
| Rajasthan      |        21.55 |     23.23 |     16.9  |        16 |
| Tamil Nadu     |        37.02 |     34.68 |     41.23 |        17 |
| Telangana      |        72.81 |     75.53 |     89.02 |        18 |
| Tripura        |        10.25 |      8.68 |     71.56 |        19 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |        17.01 |     21.39 |     24.93 |        20 |
| Uttarakhand    |        13.46 |     18.6  |     19.61 |        21 |
| West Bengal    |        36.29 |     36.12 |     35.88 |        22 |