Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (STARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Fund Allocation to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *15

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 8, 1943 (SAKA)

## Fund Allocation to States

## *15  DR. SANJAY JAISWAL

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of the funds allocated by the Union Government to States including Bihar for various schemes during the last five years;
- (b) the amount of funds spent by States so far;
- (c)   whether the Government has an existing auditing mechanism to look into the amount of funds not utilised so far along with the reasons for non-utilisation of the entire funds;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   the steps taken by the Government to ensure timely utilisation of the entire funds by States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FINANCE (SMT . NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN PART (A) TO (E) OF THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *15  BY  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL  REGARDING  'FUND ALLOCATION TO STATES' DUE FOR ANSWER ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2021.

(a):  The  Union  Government  provides  resources  to  States  including  the  State  of  Bihar  through Ministries/Departments under the heads Tax Devolution, Finance Commission  Transfers, Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS),  Central  Sector  Schemes  (CS),  ACA  for  EAPs,  Special Assistance etc. Summarized details of 'Transfer of Resources to States' during the last five years 2015-16 to 2019-20 are as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Items                                        | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Tax Devolution to States                     | 506193    | 608000    | 673005    | 761454    | 656046    |
| 2         | Transfers to States excluding Tax Devolution | 323151    | 372562    | 408292    | 425985    | 466648    |
|           | Of which                                     |           |           |           |           |           |
| (a)       | Centrally Sponsored Scheme                   | 188235    | 225848    | 262043    | 271478    | 275428    |
| (b)       | Central Sector Schemes                       | 2606      | 2407      | 15964     | 13629     | 12864     |
| (c)       | Finance Commission Transfers                 | 84579     | 95550     | 92244     | 93704     | 123710    |

Source: Union Budgets 2017-18 to 2021-22

(b)  to  (e):  As  per  the  extant  practice,  release  of  funds  to  the  States  under  various  programmes including Schemes/Programmes mandated by the Finance Commission are governed by prescribed guidelines of the respective Schemes/Programmes, submission of Utilization Certificates for funds released  as  per  General  Financial  Rules  (GFRs)  and  funds  that  remain  unutilized  are  adjusted towards the Grants-in-Aid payable during the next years. The Ministries/Departments of the Union Government conduct regular  evaluation  of  the  Schemes  being  implemented  by  them.  The  NITI Aayog also conducts concurrent evaluation of the selected Programmes/Schemes.

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