Lok Sabha Question No. 2308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: World Bank Assistance for Agricultural Sector
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT  OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2308

TO BE ANSWERED ON IVIONDAY, JULY 08, 201g/ASHADHA 17  , 1941 (SAKA)

## WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL  SECTOR

## 2308. SHRI B. Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

Willthe Minister of FINANCE  be pleased to state

- (a) the details of the World Bank assistance provided  for the agricultural  sector during each of the last three years;
- (b) whether  the agricultural sector is not getting the entire benefit o:i the said assistance;
- (c) if so, the details  thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry into under-utilisation of the World Bank assistance in the agricultural  sector;
- (e) if so, the details and the outcome  thereof;  and
- (0 if not, the reasons  therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): The World Bank assisted projects being implemented  at the national and/or the state level in various sectors including agriculture sector, have twin obrjectives  of reducing poverty  and building shared prosperity.  The loan assistance  from the World Bank is provided to the concerned Central Ministry / Department or the State Government based on the demands posed by them. All sectors including agriculture sector  get the intended benefits of the above loan assistance. The details of World Bank assisted projects implemented in agriculture  sector for last three years i.e. from 2016-17 lo2018-19 (as on 31 .03.2019) is atannexure.  The assistance provided by World Bank for agriculture sector is utilised for development of agriculture and allied activities, which helps in increasing farm productivity and family incomes along with creating  infrastructure,  and improving physical access to market and social welfare services.  The project monitoring and concurrent  evaluation is carried out periodically, however, the final developmenUeconomic  impacts of the each project arer assessed after completion of the project in form of 'Project Completion Report'.

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| sl. No.   | Sector (Central/ State)   | Name of the Project                                                     | Name of Ministry/State Government            | Loan Signing Date   | Loan Amount (Net of Cancellat ion) in XDR million   | Disbursement (in XDR million)   | Disbursement (in XDR million)   | Disbursement (in XDR million)   | Disbursement (in XDR million)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| sl. No.   | Sector (Central/ State)   | Name of the Project                                                     | Name of Ministry/State Government            | Loan Signing Date   | Loan Amount (Net of Cancellat ion) in XDR million   | 2016- 2017                      | 2017- 2018                      | 2018- 2019                      | 20t9- 2020                      |
| 1         | State                     | UP Sodic Land Reclamation Project III                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                | 20.07.2009          | 127.30                                              | 9.18                            | 18.60                           | 0.50                            | 0.00                            |
| 2         | State                     | Maharashtra Agriculture Competitiveness Proiect                         | Maharashtra                                  | 02.1 1.2010         | 57.96                                               | 7.43                            | 9.79                            | 9.64                            | 0,00                            |
| J         | State                     | Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Proiect                                     | Rajasthan                                    | 24.05.2011          | 76.98                                               | 22.53                           | 20.35                           | 3.54                            | 0.00                            |
| 4.        | Central                   | National Rural Livelihoods Project                                      | Ministry of RuraI Development                | 18.07,201 I         | 334.00                                              | 65.1 6                          | 78.22                           | 14.30                           | 0.00                            |
| 5         | Central                   | North East Rural Livelihoods Project                                    | Ministry of Development of North East Region | 20.01.2012          | 80.80                                               | 12.26                           | 20.93                           | 13.32                           | 5.07                            |
| 6.        | Central                   | National Dairy Support Project                                          | Ministry of Agriculture                      | 13.04.2012          | 155.87                                              | 30.03                           | 20.12                           | 2s.98                           | 10.43                           |
| 7         | State                     | Rajasthan Agriculture Competitiveness Proiect                           | Rajasthan                                    | 13.04.2012          | 56.57                                               | 2.32                            | 7.06                            | t2.29                           | 3.60                            |
| 8         | State                     | Additional Financing for HP Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Proiect | Himachal Pradesh                             | 20.fi.2012          | 24.60                                               | 5.21,                           | 3.52                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 9         | State                     | Karnataka Development II Watershed                                      | Karnataka                                    | tr.02.2013          | 28.78                                               | 4.64                            | 5.41                            | 7.32                            | 2.01                            |
| 10.       | State                     | Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Dev II                              | Uttarakhand                                  | 30.05.2014          | 78.80                                               | 7.41                            | t2.12                           | 13.41                           | 6.87                            |

| sl.   | Sector (Central/   | Name of the Project                                         | Name of Ministry/State Government   | Loan Signing Date   | Loan Amount (Net of Cancellat ion) in USD   | Disbursement USD   | Disbursement USD   | Disbursement USD   | Disbursement USD   |
|-------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| No.   | State)             |                                                             |                                     |                     | million                                     | 2016- 2017         | 20t7 - 2018        | 2018- 2019         | 2019- 2020         |
| I t,  | Central            | Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change    | Ministry of Rural                   | 13.02.20r5          | 8.00                                        | 1.88               | 0.s9               | 2.42               | 0.06               |
| 12    | State              | Andhra Pradesh Rural lnclusive Growh                        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 16. I 1.2015        | 7s.00                                       | 3. l6              | 17.30              | I 3.61             | 6.05               |
| l3    | Central            | National Watersheds Project (Neeranchal)                    | Ministry of Rural                   | 14.01.2016          | 178.50                                      | 0.06               | 0.17               | 0.00               | 0.83               |
| t4    | State              | HP Horticulture Development ect                             | Himachal Pradesh                    | 2t.06.2016          | 135.00                                      | 0.91               | 1.58               | 4.01               | 1.86               |
| l5    | State              | Transformative Bihar                                        | Bihar                               | t8.07.2016          | 290.00                                      | 14.7               | 38.17              | 42.5               | 18.21              |
| l6    | State              | Jharkhand Oppornrnities lbr Harnessing Rural Growth Proiect | Jharkhand                           | 28.07.2017          | 100.00                                      | 0.00               | 0.7 5              | 6.74               | 5.22               |
| t'7   | Central            | Education Pro National Agricultwal Higher                   | Ministry of                         | 16.10.2017          | 82.50                                       | 0.00               | 0.2r               | 8.66               | 6.06               |
| 18.   | State              | Transformation ect Assam Agribusiness & Rural               | Assam                               | 30. 10.20 r 7       | 200.00                                      | 0.00               | 0.50               | 3.94               | 4.12               |
| 19    | State              | Tamil Agriculture Nadu Irigated Modernization               | Tamil Nadu                          | 26.12.2017          | 318.00                                      | 0.00               | 0.80               | 31.53              | 16.53              |
| 20    | State              | Rural ect Transformation Tamil Nadu                         | Tamil Nadu                          | 30.01.2018          | 100.00                                      | 0.00               | 0.25               | 0.29               | 0.23               |
| 2l    | State              | Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient                    | Maharashtra                         | 06.04.2018          | 420.00                                      | 0.00               | 0.00               | 1.87               | 2.29               |
| 22.   | State              | and lnigation Pradesh Andhra Transformation Agriculture     | Andhra Pradesh                      | 05.11.2018          | 1',72.20                                    | 0.00               | 0.00               | 8.43               | 0.00               |