Lok Sabha Question No. 2718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Development Grant for Aspirational Districts
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shiromani Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2718

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

2718.  SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the development grant released for agriculture sector of the aspirational districts of the country including Shravasti and Balrampur districts in Uttar Pradesh, year-wise;
- (b) whether any funds are still due from the Union Government for the said development grant of aspirational districts; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): Government  implements  various  schemes/  programmes  for  development  in Agriculture  Sector  as  well  as  welfare  of  farmers  in  the  country.  These  are  implemented uniformly  throughout  the  country  in  all  States/  UTs  and  districts  including  in  all  aspirational districts.  The  details  of  amounts  allocated  and  released  for  various  centrally  sponsored schemes during 2021-22 are enclosed at Annexure .  These  amounts  are  released  to  State Governments only.

## State wise allocation & release in respect of Centrally Sponsored Schemes of DA&FW*

|    | State/UT          |   (Rs. in crores) |
|----|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    |            834.72 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |            124.67 |
| 3  | Assam             |            442.44 |
| 4  | Bihar             |            413.35 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |            408.13 |
| 6  | Goa               |             27.33 |
| 7  | Gujarat           |            795.11 |
| 8  | Haryana           |            380.07 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  |            194.09 |
| 10 | J&K               |             88.98 |
| 11 | Jharkhand         |            212.67 |
| 12 | Karnataka         |           1088.46 |
| 13 | Kerala            |            151.74 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    |            941.91 |
| 15 | Maharashtra       |           1067.17 |
| 16 | Manipur           |            148.28 |
| 17 | Meghalaya         |             83.97 |
| 18 | Mizoram           |            158.23 |
| 19 | Nagaland          |            180.06 |
| 20 | Odisha            |            429.93 |
| 21 | Punjab            |            266.65 |
| 22 | Rajasthan         |            786.87 |
| 23 | Sikkim            |            123.19 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        |           1018.58 |
| 25 | Telangana         |            379.69 |
| 26 | Tripura           |            130.75 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     |           1085.7  |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       |            247.68 |
| 29 | West Bengal       |            446.93 |
| 30 | Delhi             |              1.11 |
| 31 | Puducherry        |              9.64 |
| 32 | A&N Islands       |              8.31 |
| 33 | Chandigarh        |              0.13 |
| 34 | D & N Haveli      |              0.45 |
| 35 | Daman & Diu       |              0.91 |
| 36 | Lakshadweep       |              0.5  |
| 37 | Ladakh            |             40.25 |
|    | Others            |              0    |

Allocation  and  release  of  funds  in  respect  of  beneficiary  oriented  centrally  sponsored  schemes  of  DA&FW  such  as  Sub  Mission  on Agriculutural  Mechanization,  National  Food  Security  Mission-  Crops,  National  Food  Security  Mission  (Oil  Seeds  &  Oil  Palm),  Sub Mission on Agricultural Extention, Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana, Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, Per Drop More Crop  & Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Soil Health Management, Soil Health Card and Rain fed Area Development.

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## Annexure