Lok Sabha Question No. 3717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Street Lighting in Villages
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3717

ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019

## STREET LIGHTING IN VILLAGES

## 3717. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government provides funds to Gram Panchayats for street lighting in villages, if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Government has demanded a utilisation certificate of funds from the concerned authorities and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any actual target for fund utilization has been fixed for the said purpose, if so, the details thereof and the achievements made thereon, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (d) whether any time-frame has been fixed for providing street lights in all the villages in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  the  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  (FFC)  award for  the  period  of  2015-2020, grants to the tune of Rs. 2,00,292.20 crore are allocated to Gram Panchayats (GPs) constituted under Part IX of the Constitution in 26 States including Maharashtra. The grant is provided to GPs  for  delivering  basic  services  including  street-lighting.  State-wise  status  of  allocation  and release of FFC grants for the last three years and the current year is given at Annexure. Funds are not directly provided to Gram Panchayats in Union Territories for the purpose.
- (b) Release  of  subsequent  installments  of  the  grants  under  FFC  award  is  subject  to submission of utilization certificates for the previous installments drawn along with compliance of other stipulated conditions.
- (c) to  (e)    The  GPs  incur expenditure on basic services as per their approved Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) based on local felt needs and priorities.

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## Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3717  answered  on 16.07.2019.

Status  of  allocation  and  release  of  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  grants  to  the  States  for  Gram Panchayats during the last three years and the current year (as on 12.07.2019).

(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    | 0.00      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 138.66     | 138.45    | 159.82     | 70.57     | 184.49     | 0.00      | 248.44     | 0.00      |
| 3         | Assam             | 915.98     | 915.98    | 1055.80    | 467.80    | 1218.82    | 0.00      | 1641.19    | 0.00      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3554.23    | 3142.08   | 4096.80    | 3630.39   | 4729.38    | 4199.71   | 6368.25    | 0.00      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 886.82     | 886.82    | 1022.18    | 1022.18   | 1180.02    | 1047.86   | 1588.94    | 0.00      |
| 6         | Goa               | 22.62      | 22.62     | 26.07      | 23.10     | 30.10      | 0.00      | 40.53      | 0.00      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1460.18    | 1460.18   | 1683.08    | 1683.08   | 1942.96    | 1725.36   | 2616.26    | 1165.67   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 656.72     | 656.72    | 756.98     | 756.98    | 873.86     | 775.99    | 1176.68    | 524.27    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 306.05     | 306.05    | 352.76     | 312.60    | 407.24     | 361.63    | 548.36     | 244.32    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 585.73     | 474.41    | 675.15     | 470.972   | 779.40     | 0.00      | 1049.49    | 0.00      |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1022.53    | 1022.53   | 1178.63    | 1044.45   | 1360.62    | 1208.24   | 1832.12    | 0.00      |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1570.77    | 1547.66   | 1810.55    | 1784.26   | 2090.10    | 1841.54   | 2814.39    | 1251.86   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 679.40     | 679.39    | 783.12     | 693.96    | 904.03     | 802.78    | 1217.30    | 542.37    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2292.46    | 2292.46   | 2642.40    | 2341.57   | 3050.41    | 2708.78   | 4107.48    | 1830.07   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 2542.61    | 2542.61   | 2930.76    | 2597.10   | 3383.28    | 3004.37   | 4555.70    | 0.00      |
| 16        | Manipur           | 34.84      | 34.84     | 40.16      | 40.16     | 46.36      | 20.59     | 62.43      | 0.00      |
| 17        | Odisha            | 1496.64    | 1496.64   | 1725.11    | 1528.71   | 1991.48    | 1768.44   | 2681.59    | 1194.77   |
| 18        | Punjab            | 691.84     | 386.04    | 797.45     | 0.00      | 920.58     | 0.00      | 1239.58    | 0.00      |
| 19        | Rajasthan         | 2305.52    | 2305.52   | 2657.47    | 2657.47   | 3067.80    | 2724.22   | 4130.90    | 1840.51   |
| 20        | Sikkim            | 25.11      | 25.11     | 28.95      | 28.95     | 33.41      | 29.67     | 44.99      | 0.00      |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 1484.31    | 1484.31   | 1710.90    | 1516.12   | 1975.07    | 876.93    | 2659.50    | 0.00      |
| 22        | Telangana         | 908.99     | 908.99    | 1047.75    | 928.47    | 1209.53    | 1071.59   | 1628.68    | 0.00      |
| 23        | Tripura           | 56.76      | 56.76     | 65.43      | 65.43     | 75.53      | 67.07     | 101.71     | 45.32     |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     | 6050.02    | 6034.33   | 6973.57    | 6179.65   | 8050.34    | 7148.74   | 10840.04   | 4829.74   |
| 25        | Uttarakhand       | 318.37     | 318.37    | 366.97     | 325.19    | 423.64     | 376.19    | 570.44     | 254.16    |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 2399.91    | 2319.48   | 2766.26    | 2369.18   | 3193.39    | 2740.69   | 4300.01    | 1851.63   |
|           | Total             | 33870.52   | 32912.40  | 39040.97   | 34214.22  | 45069.16   | 35359.38  | 60687.13   | 15574.65  |