Lok Sabha Question No. 2360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Financial Assistance under Central Road Fund
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2360 ANSWERED ON 05 TH  MARCH, 2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER CENTRAL ROAD FUND

†2360.  SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government is providing financial assistance under Central Road Fund (CRF)/ Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) to improve the quality of roads in the country;

(b) if so, the details of such assistance given to Uttar Pradesh during the last three years;

(c) whether the amount was released as per the requests made by the State Government and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) whether the Union Government has received any request/proposal from Uttar Pradesh for the  upgradation  of  roads  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Union Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) With the amendment to the Central Road Fund (CRF) Act, 2000 by the Finance Act, 2018 the earlier Act has been replaced by the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) Act, 2000. The CRIF is earmarked for various infrastructure sectors such as Transport (Road and Bridges, Ports, Shipyards, Inland Waterways,  Airports, Railways, Urban  Public Transport), Energy, Water and Sanitation, Communication, Social and Commercial Infrastructure.  The  funds  for  various  infrastructure  sectors  are  to  be  earmarked  as  per  the provisions of the above-mentioned Act further amended by the Finance Act, 2019. As per amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 on 26.07.2018, the subject matter pertains to the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Ministry also allocates funds for State Roads under CRF/ CRIF and

Economic Importance & Inter State Connectivity (EI&ISC) schemes as per the provisions of the CRF/ CRIF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act from time to time.

(b) The details of funds accrued/ allocated and the funds released/ expenditure incurred under CRF/ CRIF and EI&ISC schemes for the State of Uttar Pradesh during last three years is as follows:-

| Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   | Amount Rs. in crore   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                       | 2016-17               | 2016-17               | 2017-18               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2018-19               |
| Scheme                | Accural / Allocation  | Release / Expenditure | Accural / Allocation  | Release / Expenditure | Accural / Allocation  | Release / Expenditure |
| CRF/ CRIF             | 569.23                | 219.71                | 552.01                | 890.24*               | 578.63                | 655.91*               |
| EI&ISC                | 5.00                  | 1.04                  | 115.00                | 103.29                | 90.00                 | 93.78#                |

* Funds have been released more than the accrual of the State from the unspent balance of previous years' allocation of the State.

# Expenditures were made on purely 'First-Come-First-Serve' basis for all States/ UTs subject to the condition  that,  the  total  overall  expenditure  does  not  exceed  the  total  allocation  made  during  that Financial Year for all the States/ UTs. Therefore, Expenditure incurred for the State was more than the allocation made for that State during that Financial Year.

(c) For works taken up under CRF/ CRIF scheme, one third of annual accrual/ allocation of the State/ UT, including for the State of Uttar Pradesh, is released for utilization against sanctioned works and this amount is maintained as a reserve by replenishing the expenditure from subsequent releases; subsequent releases of funds are made to the States/ UTs based on submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs) of previous releases subject to the condition that the  total  amount  released  for  any  State/  UT  during  the  year  does  not  exceed  the  total allocation  for  that  year  in  respect  of  that  State/  UT  and  the  amount  of  unspent  balance  of previous years, if any.

The funds for State Roads under EI & ISC Schemes are allocated keeping in view the committed liabilities, progress of works, inter-se priority, etc.

(d) The  proposals  not  considered  for  sanction  during  a  financial  year,  including  such proposals received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, are treated as unapproved and  not  considered  as  pending.  No  proposals  for  State  roads  have  been  received  from  the State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  CRIF  schemes  during  the  current  financial  year 2019-20.

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