Lok Sabha Question No. 4285 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Funds Transfer from Centre to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4285

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023/CHAITRA 6, 1945 (SAKA)

## FUNDS TRANSFER FROM CENTRE TO STATES

## 4285.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  funds  transferred  from  the  Centre  to  States  since  2017,  year,  State  and category-wise/item-wise; and
- (b) the  reasons  for  increase  or  decrease  in  the  transfer  of  funds  from  Centre  to  States, category/item-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a):  The  Union  Government  provides  resources  to  States  through  Ministries/Departments  under the heads Tax Devolution, Finance Commission Transfers, Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), Central Sector Schemes (CS), Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for Externally Aided Projects (EAPs), Special Assistance etc. Summarized details of 'Transfers  to  States' during  the last five years 2017-18 to 2022-23 are as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Items                                        | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (RE)   | 2022-23 (BE)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
| 1         | Tax Devolution to States                     | 673005    | 761454    | 650678    | 594997    | 744785         | 816649         |
| 2         | Transfers to States excluding Tax Devolution | 408292    | 425985    | 466648    | 674389    | 805094         | 739500         |
|           | Of which                                     |           |           |           |           |                |                |
| (a)       | Centrally Sponsored Scheme                   | 262043    | 271478    | 275428    | 308306    | 326240         | 333086         |
| (b)       | Central Sector Schemes                       | 15964     | 13629     | 12864     | 16143     | 45123          | 49026          |
| (c)       | Finance Commission Transfers                 | 92244     | 93704     | 123710    | 184063    | 211065         | 192108         |

Source: Union Budgets 2017-18 to 2022-23

The Year-wise and State-wise details of transfers to States under various heads by the Ministry of Finance since 2017-18 are provided in Annexure.

(b): The allocation/release of tax devolution to States has increased from 2017-18 to 2022-23 primarily due to higher accumulation of resources in the divisible pool of taxes and duties. Similarly, allocation/release of Finance Commission Transfers have increased from 2017-18 to 2022-23 due to implementation of recommendations of the 14 th Finance Commission and the  15 th Finance  Commission.  Further,  transfers to States  under  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes/Central Sector Schemes have increased due to higher allocation of funds under the Schemes/Programme by the Union Governments.

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## (a)  Devolution of Taxes:

| Sl. No.   |                   | 2017-18   |           |           | (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------|------------------|
|           | States            |           | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21          | 2021-22          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 29001.27  | 32787.03  | 28242.39  | 24460.59         | 35385.83         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 9238.79   | 10436.14  | 8987.57   | 10472.58         | 14643.90         |
| 3         | Assam             | 22301.54  | 25215.85  | 21721.44  | 18629.32         | 28150.55         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 65083.19  | 73602.96  | 63406.33  | 59861.41         | 91352.62         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 20754.81  | 23458.69  | 20205.84  | 20337.54         | 28570.86         |
| 6         | Goa               | 2544.26   | 2878.36   | 2479.85   | 2296.53          | 3356.98          |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 20782.29  | 23489.32  | 20232.09  | 20218.53         | 31105.78         |
| 8         | Haryana           | 7297.52   | 8254.60   | 7111.53   | 6437.59          | 9722.16          |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 4801.31   | 5429.77   | 4677.56   | 4753.92          | 7349.04          |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 11911.65  | 13989.80  | 6801.81   | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 21143.63  | 23906.13  | 20593.04  | 19712.23         | 27734.64         |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 31751.96  | 35894.83  | 30919     | 21694.11         | 33283.58         |
| 13        | Kerala            | 16833.08  | 19038.17  | 16401.05  | 11560.40         | 17820.09         |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 50853.06  | 57486.87  | 49517.61  | 46922.16         | 69541.50         |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 37203.30  | 42050.43  | 36219.64  | 36504.01         | 54318.06         |
| 16        | Manipur           | 4154.31   | 4698.59   | 4047.77   | 4271.97          | 6009.65          |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 4323.14   | 4889.07   | 4211.78   | 4551.63          | 6580.63          |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 3097.05   | 3502.96   | 3017.80   | 3010.55          | 4222.87          |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 3353.13   | 3792.41   | 3267.08   | 3409.25          | 4875.46          |
| 20        | Odisha            | 31272.03  | 35353.73  | 30453.25  | 27542.67         | 38144.79         |
| 21        | Punjab            | 10616.94  | 12008.95  | 10345.78  | 10638.21         | 15288.79         |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 37028.01  | 41852.35  | 36049.14  | 35575.77         | 54030.61         |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 2470.55   | 2794.67   | 2407.69   | 2308.47          | 3353.69          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 27099.70  | 30638.87  | 26392.40  | 24924.51         | 37458.60         |
| 25        | Telangana         | 16420.08  | 18560.88  | 15987.59  | 12691.62         | 18720.54         |
| 26        | Tripura           | 4322.58   | 4888.95   | 4211.78   | 4218.45          | 6077.52          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 120940.10 | 136766.46 | 117818.30 | 106687.01        | 160358.05        |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 7084.91   | 8011.59   | 6901.54   | 6568.72          | 9906.25          |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 49321.10  | 55775.72  | 48048.40  | 44737.01         | 65540.75         |

## (b) Finance Commission Transfers:

|   Sl. No. | States            |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |   6974.58 |   6553.04 |   6451.72 |  12233.2  |  21342.4  |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |    156.53 |    257.06 |    380.99 |    841.39 |    439.69 |
|         3 | Assam             |   1283.06 |   1121.18 |   4793.05 |  10578.3  |   8916.05 |
|         4 | Bihar             |   5888.53 |   4775.2  |   7896.78 |  10105.3  |   8116.52 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |   1509.54 |   1679.48 |   2044.75 |   2289.5  |   2379.79 |
|         6 | Goa               |     62.76 |     66.64 |    163.62 |     85.5  |    119.55 |
|         7 | Gujarat           |   3166.85 |   3313.36 |   5040.24 |   5672.5  |   5002.42 |
|         8 | Haryana           |   1316.68 |   1274.26 |   2005.74 |   2364    |   1493.43 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |   8951.81 |   9058.54 |   9135.88 |  12427    |  11044.3  |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |  11849    |  13534    |  10047.6  |      0    |      0    |
|        11 | Jharkhand         |   1583.03 |   1059.89 |   3154.6  |   3070    |   2318.8  |
|        12 | Karnataka         |   3621.22 |   4333.73 |   7578.19 |   6246.27 |   7862.34 |
|        13 | Kerala            |   3346.76 |   4551.07 |   2343.01 |  18048.8  |  22171.1  |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |   4363.71 |   4876.62 |   7788.13 |   9613.79 |   5946.4  |
|        15 | Maharashtra       |   6313.06 |   8585.41 |  14131.1  |  12275.1  |   8748.9  |
|        16 | Manipur           |   2399.64 |   2154.48 |   2168.54 |   3112    |   2674.38 |
|        17 | Meghalaya         |    499.96 |    337.11 |    175.45 |    708.51 |   1494.65 |
|        18 | Mizoram           |   2517.48 |   2616.68 |   2803.43 |   1606.98 |   1910.29 |
|        19 | Nagaland          |   3920    |   4217.08 |   4532.27 |   4051.78 |   4763.51 |
|        20 | Odisha            |   2405.55 |   3181.39 |   6857.43 |   5449    |   5056.77 |
|        21 | Punjab            |    355.69 |    719.54 |   2710.13 |  11481.2  |  12435.6  |
|        22 | Rajasthan         |   4870.17 |   3647.6  |   9281.14 |   6305.15 |  17210.7  |
|        23 | Sikkim            |     67.21 |    125.86 |     88.48 |    623.86 |    852.71 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu        |   2302.85 |   4605.77 |   5905.69 |   8930.37 |  10116.8  |
|        25 | Telangana         |   1225.94 |   1806.13 |   3219.03 |   3134.57 |   1850.93 |
|        26 | Tripura           |   1191.2  |   1360.04 |   1120.43 |   3576.88 |   4911.08 |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh     |   8968.9  |   9475.04 |  12964.8  |  16023    |  12306.4  |
|        28 | Uttarakhand       |    693.05 |    703.57 |    974.72 |   6864.93 |   9424.1  |
|        29 | West Bengal       |   5608.25 |   4189.11 |   6983.46 |  14600.7  |  23867.5  |

(Rs. in crore)

Total releases of FCD grants inclusive of NDRF grants and Grant to excluded Areas released by FCD.

(c) Grants-in-aid for Externally Aided Projects (EAPs):

|   Sl. No. | States            |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      1.29 |      0    |      7.35 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         3 | Assam             |    640.59 |    807.47 |    957.02 |   1050.09 |   1390.34 |
|         4 | Bihar             |      1.09 |      3.51 |      0.38 |      0    |      0    |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |      0.94 |      0.11 |     12.73 |     13.85 |      7.56 |
|         6 | Goa               |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         7 | Gujarat           |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         8 | Haryana           |      2.55 |      0.86 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |    736.84 |    611.32 |    644.95 |    624.51 |    762.23 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |    284.38 |     35.44 |     40.25 |     96.26 |      0    |
|        11 | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        12 | Karnataka         |     24.52 |     10.52 |      4.14 |      0.51 |      5.5  |
|        13 | Kerala            |      0.03 |      3.34 |     -3.36 |      0    |      0    |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |      4.67 |     15.15 |     19.7  |     20.76 |     18.42 |
|        15 | Maharashtra       |      7.34 |     35.05 |      9.71 |      4.79 |      0.62 |
|        16 | Manipur           |     80.63 |      0    |     74.95 |    316.18 |    373.44 |
|        17 | Meghalaya         |     60.02 |    150.77 |    142.05 |    333.75 |    204.98 |
|        18 | Mizoram           |     70.83 |    102.27 |     94.03 |    190.22 |     88.48 |
|        19 | Nagaland          |      2.99 |     35.83 |     63.45 |     69.6  |    153.03 |
|        20 | Odisha            |      2.3  |      0    |      8.45 |      1.75 |      3.81 |
|        21 | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        22 | Rajasthan         |      1.46 |      5.57 |      7.79 |      3.34 |      1.87 |
|        23 | Sikkim            |     24.39 |     51.53 |      6.43 |     36.97 |      7.21 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu        |      3.76 |      1.86 |      0    |      2.54 |      8.69 |
|        25 | Telangana         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        26 | Tripura           |     11.41 |      2.73 |      0.51 |     17.81 |     58.07 |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh     |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        28 | Uttarakhand       |   1029.21 |    949.14 |    617.42 |    647    |    774.8  |
|        29 | West Bengal       |      9.65 |      1.62 |      0    |      1.15 |      0    |

(Rs. in crore)

## (d) Special Assistance:

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. No. | States            |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |     15.81 |     350   |    350    |   2785.39 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |     33.99 |    309.73 |       0   |    328.77 |      0    |
|         3 | Assam             |    176.06 |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|         4 | Bihar             |   3414    |    739.47 |       0   |    195.74 |    250    |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|         6 | Goa               |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |    150    |
|         7 | Gujarat           |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |    431    |
|         8 | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        10 | Jammu& Kashmir    |      0    |     85    |     200   |      0    |      0    |
|        11 | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        12 | Karnataka         |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        13 | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |    759.53 |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        15 | Maharashtra       |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        16 | Manipur           |    126    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        17 | Meghalaya         |     65.97 |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        18 | Mizoram           |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        19 | Nagaland          |     53.75 |    226.8  |       0   |    219.15 |      0    |
|        20 | Odisha            |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        21 | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        22 | Rajasthan         |      0    |    146    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        23 | Sikkim            |     36    |      0    |       0   |      0    |    150    |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu        |    100    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        25 | Telangana         |    450    |    450    |       0   |    450    |      0    |
|        26 | Tripura           |    300    |   1500    |     698.7 |      0    |      0    |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh     |    917.2  |   1200    |       0   |      0    |      0    |
|        28 | Uttarakhand       |    418    |      8    |     375   |    405    |      0    |
|        29 | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |       0   |      0    |      0    |

## (e) Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment:

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2020-21 Released   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (till        |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States            |                    | Released  | Released 22.03.2023) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 688.00             | 501.79    | 5462.49              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 232.97             | 371.19    | 1564.10              |
| 3         | Assam             | 450.00             | 600.00    | 3975.85              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 843.00             | 1246.50   | 4555.79              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 286.00             | 423.00    | 2221.52              |
| 6         | Goa               | 97.66              | 111.04    | 572.75               |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 285.00             | 432.00    | 3076.52              |
| 8         | Haryana           | 91.00              | 135.00    | 595.00               |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 533.00             | 800.00    | 650.80               |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 277.00             | 246.00    | 2964.32              |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 305.00             | 451.50    | 1940.35              |
| 12        | Kerala            | 81.50              | 238.50    | 1842.74              |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1320.00            | 1512.36   | 7075.51              |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 514.00             | 771.73    | 3389.36              |
| 15        | Manipur           | 317.16             | 212.85    | 384.56               |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 200.00             | 281.20    | 1049.02              |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 200.00             | 299.99    | 297.50               |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 200.00             | 300.00    | 276.66               |
| 19        | Odisha            | 471.50             | 517.12    | 0.00                 |
| 20        | Punjab            | 296.50             | 223.50    | 798.22               |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 1002.00            | 692.41    | 5318.37              |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 200.00             | 300.00    | 551.36               |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00               | 505.50    | 3771.27              |
| 24        | Telangana         | 358.00             | 214.14    | 1477.07              |
| 25        | Tripura           | 300.00             | 118.54    | 349.79               |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 976.00             | 1483.00   | 7709.57              |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 675.00             | 263.92    | 936.01               |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 630.00             | 933.00    | 3655.92              |

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(Rs. In crore)