Lok Sabha Question No. 232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Proposals for Financial Packages
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.232

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2021

## PROPOSALS FOR FINANCIAL PACKAGES

## 232. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  from  different  State  Governments  for special financial status during the last five years;
- (b) if  so,  the  proposal  and  financial  packages  asked  for  therein  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (c) grant-in-aid  assisted  to  Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh,  North  East  and  other  States  since  2019 therefor;
- (d) the recommendations and suggestion of the Niti Ayog to Government in post COVID mid term appraisal thereof.
- (e) the status of the mega Rs. 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by the Government in May 2020 therefor; and
- (f) the proposal of the Government on state's request on special economic package therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) The  Central  Government  has,  from  time  to  time,  received  requests  from  State Governments such as Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Telangana, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh for providing Special Category Status.
- (b) In order to address the special problems and facilitate development of certain States, special packages have been announced by the Centre during the last five years (201516  to  2019-20)  for  Andhra  Pradesh  (under  Andhra  Pradesh  Re-organisation  Act, 2014),  Bihar  (Prime  Minister's  Bihar  Package-2015),  erstwhile  State  of  Jammu  & Kashmir (Prime Minister's Development Package for Jammu & Kashmir-2015) and Telangana (special development package for 9 backward districts of Telangana).
- (c) State-wise details of Finance Commission grants released during the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 upto 28.01.2021 is placed at Annexure-I.
- (d) NITI Aayog has not conducted any post COVID mid-term appraisal.

(e)  to  (f)  On  May  12,  2020,  Government  of  India  announced  the  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat Package,  a  comprehensive  package  of  over  Rs.20  lakh  crore  with  the  aim  of  providing relief  from  COVID  pandemic  and  making  the  country  self-reliant.  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat Package  comprises  of  schemes/programmes/policy  measures  for  various  sectors  and sections  of  the  society  including  migrant  labour,  middle  class,  street  vendors,  farmers, fishermen, businesses including Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other industries.  Subsequently,  Government  of  India  announced  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat  Package 2.0  on  12 th October  and  AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package 3.0 on 12 th November 2020. The beneficiary  oriented  schemes  and  relief  measures  under  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat, interalia , include supply of free food grains and pulses to 81 crore beneficiaries under National Food Security Act; PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors; Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs; Production Linked incentive scheme for champion sectors; increase in  allocation  for  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS);  support for building and construction workers; reduction in EPF contributions, employment provision for migrant workers, etc. Structural reforms announced  as  part  of  the  AtmaNirbhar  Package  include  deregulation  of  the  agricultural sector;  change  in  definition  of  MSMEs;  new  policy  for  Public  Sector  Undertakings; commercialization of coal mining; higher FDI limits in defence and space sector; revamp of  Viability  Gap  Funding  scheme  for  social  infrastructure;  new  power  tariff  policy;  and allowing  States  to  borrow  additional  2  per  cent  of  GSDP  and  incentivizing  them  to undertake sector reforms. Measures have also been taken by the Reserve Bank of India to infuse  liquidity  into  the  economy  and  provide  credit  guarantees  for  the  stressed  sectors. Various  Ministries  and  Departments  concerned  are  implementing  the  announcements under  the  3  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat  Packages  and  the  progress  of  implementation  is  being reviewed and monitored regularly by the Ministry of Finance.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure to the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 232 raised by Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari due for answer on 03.02.2021regarding 'Proposals for Financial Packages'

## State-wise Releases under Finance Commission Grants

Rs. Crore

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2019-20 | 2020-21 as on 29.01.2021   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   5880.81 | 9802.20                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |    380.99 | 724.30                     |
| 3         | Assam             |   4604.07 | 8275.83                    |
| 4         | Bihar             |   6943.61 | 6387.50                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |   2044.75 | 1656.50                    |
| 6         | Goa               |    163.62 | 61.50                      |
| 7         | Gujarat           |   5040.24 | 4489.25                    |
| 8         | Haryana           |   2005.74 | 1743.50                    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |   8617.82 | 10360.08                   |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |  10047.6  | --                         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |   3154.6  | 1957.25                    |
| 12        | Karnataka         |   4369.91 | 3978.25                    |
| 13        | Kerala            |   2343.01 | 14539.17                   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |   6075.99 | 5767.00                    |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |   8941.73 | 8995.25                    |
| 16        | Manipur           |   2117.13 | 2505.33                    |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |     63.93 | 610.17                     |
| 18        | Mizoram           |   2778.73 | 1277.50                    |
| 19        | Nagaland          |   4289.56 | 3397.67                    |
| 20        | Odisha            |   3563.33 | 3039.00                    |
| 21        | Punjab            |   2710.13 | 9276.33                    |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |   7331.55 | 4341.50                    |
| 23        | Sikkim            |     88.48 | 464.83                     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |   5905.69 | 7046.17                    |
| 25        | Telangana         |   3219.03 | 2278.75                    |
| 26        | Tripura           |   1063.23 | 2919.92                    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |  12964.8  | 10628.00                   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |    974.72 | 5268.00                    |
| 29        | West Bengal       |   6025.13 | 9559.50                    |
|           | Total             | 123710    | 141350.24                  |

Source:  Finance  Commission  Division,  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of  Finance;  Note:  Finance Commission Grants include Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant, State Disaster Response Fund, Urban Local Body and Rural Local Body Grants.