Lok Sabha Question No. 1893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Budget Allotted for PM POSHAN Scheme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1893

ANSWERED ON- 13.03.2023

## BUDGET ALLOTTED FOR PM POSHAN SCHEME

1893.SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Budget allocation for PM POSHAN Scheme for the Financial Year 2023-24 is nine per cent lower than the Revised Estimates for the Financial Year 2022-23;
- (b) if so, the reason therefor; and
- (c) the details of the disbursement for above scheme till 28/02/2023,  State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  to  (c):  pThe  budget  allocated  under  the  PM  POSHAN  Scheme  for  2022-23  is  Rs. 10,233.75 crore. During financial year 2021-22, 2 nd Installment could not be released/partially  released  to  several  States  and  UTs  resulting  in  committed  liabilities  in 2022-23.  Further,  material  cost  has  been  enhanced  @9.6%  over  and  above  the  existing material cost for the year 2022-23 w.e.f. 1 st October, 2022. Hence, more funds were required for  the  year  2022-23.  Therefore,  Ministry  of  Finance  has  approved  the  Revised  Estimate (RE) 2022-23 as Rs.12,800.00 crore against the Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs. 10233.75 crore which is sufficient to implement the scheme with existing norms during 2022-23. The BE for  the  financial  year  2023-24  is  allocated  as  Rs.  11600.00  crore  which  is  likely  to  be sufficient for implementation of the scheme with existing norms during 2023-24. The Statewise details of the funds released under the scheme till 28/02/2023 is given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1893 for  13.03.2023  raised  by  Shrimati Mala Roy, Hon'ble  MP  regarding  Budget  Allocated  for PM POSHAN Scheme.

## Details of Central Assistance Released under PM POSHAN Scheme during 2022-23

Rs. in lakh

|   S.No. | State             |   Fund Released (as on 28-02-2023) |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                           20871.6  |
|       2 | Chhattisgarh      |                           22524.1  |
|       3 | Goa               |                            1531.12 |
|       4 | Karnataka         |                           34175.7  |
|       5 | Kerala            |                           16737.9  |
|       6 | Madhya Pradesh    |                           36285    |
|       7 | Maharashtra       |                           63976    |
|       8 | Odisha            |                           27995.3  |
|       9 | Punjab            |                           18712.9  |
|      10 | Rajasthan         |                           39393.9  |
|      11 | Tamil Nadu        |                           25026.8  |
|      12 | Telangana         |                           16682.4  |
|      13 | Uttar Pradesh     |                           70010.7  |
|      14 | Arunachal Pradesh |                            1707.01 |
|      15 | Assam             |                           56197.2  |
|      16 | Manipur           |                            2763.32 |
|      17 | Meghalaya         |                            4795.97 |
|      18 | Mizoram           |                            1996.97 |
|      19 | Nagaland          |                            2218.87 |
|      20 | Sikkim            |                             828.97 |
|      21 | Tripura           |                            3046.93 |
|      22 | Bihar             |                           76399.1  |
|      23 | Gujarat           |                           26593.3  |
|      24 | Haryana           |                           15290.1  |
|      25 | Jharkhand         |                           35563.1  |
|      26 | West Bengal       |                           84237    |
|      27 | Himachal Pradesh  |                            5161.6  |
|      28 | Uttarakhand       |                            5012.3  |
|      29 | J&K               |                            8684.9  |
|      30 | Ladakh            |                             200.61 |
|      31 | A&N Islands       |                               0    |
|      32 | Chandigarh        |                            1019.53 |
|      33 | D&N H &DDiu       |                             722.06 |
|      34 | Delhi             |                            7429.07 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep       |                               0    |
|      36 | Puducherry        |                               0    |