Lok Sabha Question No. 412 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Funds under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 412

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## FUNDS UNDER RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAN

## 412.  SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  transferred  any  funds  under  the  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) during the year 2020-21;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and total funds transferred there under to the States, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether there is any pending amount due to be paid under the abhiyan;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) whether the Government has issued guidelines for the release and utilization of grant to the Gram Panchayats and local bodies under the 14th Finance Commission Award for Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) State/UT-wise details of funds released under the scheme during the year 2020-21 including Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure .
- (c) & (d) The scheme was demand driven in nature and funds were released to States/ Union Territories  including  Andhra  Pradesh  on  the  basis  of  approved  Plans,  submission  of requisite documents viz. Utilization Certificate, Auditor's Report etc. and compliance of other  directions  as  and  when  issued  by  Government  of  India.  States/  Union  Territories including State of Andhra Pradesh have been advised to submit the requisite documents and compliance of directions for release of fund. During the financial year 2020-21 an amount of Rs. 22.339 cr. has been released to State of Andhra Pradesh.
- (e)  Yes Sir. Government  of  India has issued guidelines for the implementation of recommendation  of  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  (FX-XIV)  with  regard  to  Local Bodies Grant (Rural Local Bodies and Urban Local Bodies). It provides Panchayat for incurring expenditure on basic services within the function devolved by them under the State  specific  laws.  The  Gram  Panchayat  was  required  to  prepare  Gram  Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP) towards utilisation of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FX-XIV) Grants.

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## Annex refer to in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 412 answered on 19/7/2022

## Details of fund released to States/ UTs during the year 2020-21 (Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State                              |   Funds Released |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |         22.339   |
| 2         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |          0       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |          0       |
| 4         | Assam                              |         26.1159  |
| 5         | Bihar                              |          0       |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                       |          4.0395  |
| 7         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |          0       |
| 8         | Goa                                |          0       |
| 9         | Gujarat                            |          0       |
| 10        | Haryana                            |          9.89    |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                   |         22.098   |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |         25       |
| 13        | Jharkhand                          |          2.34    |
| 14        | Karnataka                          |          0.439   |
| 15        | Kerala                             |          8.12955 |
| 16        | Lakshadweep                        |          0       |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                     |         71.42    |
| 18        | Maharashtra                        |         66.76    |
| 19        | Manipur                            |          3.4127  |
| 20        | Meghalaya                          |          3.967   |
| 21        | Mizoram                            |         21.185   |
| 22        | Nagaland                           |          3.7217  |
| 23        | Odisha                             |          2.937   |
| 24        | Punjab                             |         13.45    |
| 25        | Rajasthan                          |         12.981   |
| 26        | Sikkim                             |          4.7475  |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu                         |         56.875   |
| 28        | Telangana                          |         12       |
| 29        | Tripura                            |          2.53045 |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh                      |         32.5407  |
| 31        | Uttarakhand                        |         26.751   |
| 32        | West Bengal                        |         33.52    |
| 33        | Ladakh                             |          2.1485  |
| 34        | Puducherry                         |          0       |
|           | Total                              |        491.33    |