Lok Sabha Question No. 160 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Fund Allocation to Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.160 ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## FUND ALLOCATION TO GRAM PANCHAYATS

- *160. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any criteria for allocation of funds to Gram Panchayats in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly in Telangana; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 160 ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019 REGARDING FUND ALLOCATION TO GRAM PANCHAYATS

(a)  to  (c)  Yes.  Under  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  (FFC),  grants  to  the  tune  of  Rs. 2,00,292.20  crore  for  the  period  from  2015-16  to  2019-20  have  been  allocated  to  Gram Panchayats constituted under Part IX of the Constitution,   amounting to an assistance of Rs. 488 per capita per annum at an aggregate level for 26 States. The grants are allocated among the  States  using  the  criteria  of  population  and  area  in  the  weightage  of  90:10  respectively. Details of grants allocated   to   26   States   including Telangana is   given at Annexure.  States further  distribute      the      FFC  Grants  amongst  Gram  Panchayats  on  the  basis  of      formula prescribed   by   the latest State Finance Commission (SFC) or in its absence using the FFC formula of 90 per cent weight for population and 10 per cent weight for area.

Funds are inter-alia devolved to the Gram Panchayats in the Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep based on  recommendations  of  the  UT  Finance  Commission,  request  received  from  Panchayats, manpower availability with the Gram Panchayats and geographical conditions  .

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  LokSabha  Starred  Question  No.160 answer on 02.07.2019

## Allocation of Fourteenth Finance Commission grants to the States for Gram Panchayats

(Rs in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/Year        |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |    934.34 |   1463.45 |   1686.85 |   1947.32 |   2622.13 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |     88.52 |    138.66 |    159.82 |    184.49 |    248.44 |
| 3         | Assam             |    584.8  |    915.98 |   1055.8  |   1218.82 |   1641.19 |
| 4         | Bihar             |   2269.18 |   3554.23 |   4096.8  |   4729.38 |   6368.25 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |    566.18 |    886.82 |   1022.18 |   1180.02 |   1588.94 |
| 6         | Goa               |     14.44 |     22.62 |     26.07 |     30.1  |     40.53 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |    932.25 |   1460.18 |   1683.08 |   1942.96 |   2616.26 |
| 8         | Haryana           |    419.28 |    656.72 |    756.98 |    873.86 |   1176.68 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |    195.39 |    306.05 |    352.76 |    407.24 |    548.36 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |    373.96 |    585.73 |    675.15 |    779.4  |   1049.49 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |    652.83 |   1022.53 |   1178.63 |   1360.62 |   1832.12 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |   1002.85 |   1570.77 |   1810.55 |   2090.1  |   2814.39 |
| 13        | Kerala            |    433.76 |    679.4  |    783.12 |    904.03 |   1217.3  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |   1463.61 |   2292.46 |   2642.4  |   3050.41 |   4107.48 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |   1623.32 |   2542.61 |   2930.76 |   3383.28 |   4555.7  |
| 16        | Manipur           |     22.25 |     34.84 |     40.16 |     46.36 |     62.43 |
| 17        | Odisha            |    955.52 |   1496.64 |   1725.11 |   1991.48 |   2681.59 |
| 18        | Punjab            |    441.7  |    691.84 |    797.45 |    920.58 |   1239.58 |
| 19        | Rajasthan         |   1471.95 |   2305.52 |   2657.47 |   3067.8  |   4130.9  |
| 20        | Sikkim            |     16.03 |     25.11 |     28.95 |     33.41 |     44.99 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        |    947.65 |   1484.31 |   1710.9  |   1975.07 |   2659.5  |
| 22        | Telangana         |    580.34 |    908.99 |   1047.75 |   1209.53 |   1628.68 |
| 23        | Tripura           |     36.24 |     56.76 |     65.43 |     75.53 |    101.71 |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     |   3862.6  |   6050.02 |   6973.57 |   8050.34 |  10840    |
| 25        | Uttarakhand       |    203.26 |    318.37 |    366.97 |    423.64 |    570.44 |
| 26        | West Bengal       |   1532.21 |   2399.91 |   2766.26 |   3193.39 |   4300.01 |
|           | Total             |  21624.5  |  33870.5  |  39041    |  45069.2  |  60687.1  |