Lok Sabha Question No. 186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Financial Assistance to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  †186 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 14 th  September, 2020/23 Bhadrapada, 1942 (SAKA)

## Financial Assistance to States

## †186. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) the financial assistance provided by the Government to the States particularly Maharashtra to safeguard themselves against covid-19;
- b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  more  central  financial  assistance  to  the States in view of the increasing cases of Covid-19 in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether the State Governments have requested for more financial assistance;
- d) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- e) the details of the financial assistance provided by the Union Government  for safeguarding against covid-19; State and amount-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (e) In  the  view  of  unprecedented  COVID-19  pandemic,  the  Department  of Expenditure has released the central share of  State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to the States including Maharashtra in the first week of April 2020. A total amount of Rs.11,565.93 crore was released to the States including Rs.1611 cores to the State of Maharashtra. State wise SDRF funds released for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020) is at Annex-I .

Further, to provide additional resources to States to fight against COVID-19 pandemic and considering the request of the States for relaxation of the existing Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) limit of 3 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), additional borrowing limit of up to 2 percent of GSDP has been allowed to States for the year 2020-21. Out of the additional borrowing limit of 2 percent of GSDP allowed to States, consent of 0.50 percent of GSDP amounting to Rs. 1,06,830 crore has already been issued to the States including the consent of Rs.15,394 crores to the State of Maharashtra to raise Open Market Borrowing (OMB) during the year 2020-21 . State-wise and amount-wise details of additional borrowing consent of 0.50 percent of GSDP issued to the States for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020) are at Annex-II .

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## Annex-I referred to in part (a) to (e) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. †186 for 14.09.2020

## Funds released to State under SDRF for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Amount (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                  559.5  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                  125    |
| 3         | Assam             |                  386    |
| 4         | Bihar             |                  708    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                  216    |
| 6         | Goa               |                    6    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                  662    |
| 8         | Haryana           |                  245.5  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                  204.5  |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |                  284    |
| 11        | Karnataka         |                  791    |
| 12        | Kerala            |                  157    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |                  910    |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |                 1611    |
| 15        | Manipur           |                   21    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |                   33    |
| 17        | Mizoram           |                   23.5  |
| 18        | Nagaland          |                   20.5  |
| 19        | Orissa            |                  802    |
| 20        | Punjab            |                  325.93 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |                  740.5  |
| 22        | Sikkim            |                   25    |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |                  510    |
| 24        | Telangana         |                  224.5  |
| 25        | Tripura           |                   34    |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |                  966.5  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |                  468.5  |
| 28        | West Bengal       |                  505.5  |
|           | Total             |                11565.9  |

Annex-II referred to in reply of part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. †186 for 14.09.2020

## Details of additional borrowing permission of 0.50 percent of GSDP issued to the States for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Amount (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 5,051.00                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 143.00                  |
| 3         | Assam             | 1,869.00                |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3,231.00                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1,792.00                |
| 6         | Goa               | 446.00                  |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 8,704.00                |
| 8         | Haryana           | 4,293.00                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 877.00                  |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 1,765.00                |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 9,018.00                |
| 12        | Kerala            | 4,522.00                |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 4,746.00                |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 15,394.00               |
| 15        | Manipur           | 151.00                  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 194.00                  |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 132.00                  |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 157.00                  |
| 19        | Odisha            | 2,858.00                |
| 20        | Punjab            | 3,033.00                |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 5,462.00                |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 156.00                  |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 9,627.00                |
| 24        | Telangana         | 5,017.00                |
| 25        | Tripura           | 297.00                  |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9,703.00                |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 1,405.00                |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 6,787.00                |
|           | Total             | 1,06,830.00             |