Lok Sabha Question No. 658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: CRIF and EI&ISC
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  salient  features  of  Central  Road  and  Infrastructure  Fund (CRIF)  and  Economic  Importance  and  Inter  State  Connectivity (EI&ISC) scheme;
- (b) the details of Cess collected under CRIF in the country including district Satna, Madhya Pradesh during the last three years;
- (c)  the  details  of  available  unspent  balance  of  previous  year's accrual/  allocation  and  the  release  of  funds/  expenditure  incurred for both CRIF and EI&ISC schemes allowed on first-come-first-serve basis during the last three years;
- (d)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  CRIF  is  also  earmarked  for  various Sanitation,
- infrastructure sectors such as Energy, Water and Communication, Social and Commercial Infrastructure etc.; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  expenditure incurred thereon in the State of Madhya Pradesh including district Satna during the last three years?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 658 ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## CRIF AND EI&ISC

658.  SHRI GANESH SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The Central Road Fund (CRF) Act, 2000 was amended by the Finance  Act,  2018  to  the  Central  Road  and  Infrastructure  Fund (CRIF) Act, 2000 and further, amended by the Finance Act, 2019.

As per amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 in July, 2018, the subject matter pertains to the Ministry of Finance.

The  Ministry  finalized  the  criteria  for  allocation  of  funds  for development  of  State  Roads  [for  CRIF  and  Economic  Importance and  Inter  State  Connectivity  (EI  &  ISC)  Schemes]  under  the  CRIF Act, 2000 in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and circulated the  same  to  all  State  Governments  and  Union  Territories  (UTs)  in January, 2020. These criteria inter-alia provides for: -

- i. Allocation of funds based on 30 percentage weightage to fuel consumption and 70 percentage weightage to geographical area of the State/ UT.
- ii. Total cost of the schemes to be approved to be limited to the  bank  of  sanctions  of  generally  three  times  of  the annual  accrual/  allocation,  except  for  hill  States  and North-East  States  (where  working  season  is  limited)  for which  this  is  to  be  generally  four  times  of  the  annual accrual/ allocation for the year for the State/ UT.
- iii. Finalization of list of projects by the Ministry in consultation with State Governments/ UTs.
- iv. Administrative Approval of projects (included under finalized lists) by concerned State Governments/ UTs.
- v. Technical  Approval  and  Financial  Sanction  (TA&FS)  of projects  administratively  approved  by  State/  UT  Public Works Departments (PWDs), Road Construction Departments/ Corporations, etc.
- vi. Permissible  excess  cost  of  upto  10  percentage  over administratively approved cost.
- vii. Maintaining  a  revolving  balance  of  one  third  of  accrual/ allocation  for  the  States/  UT  for  the  year  with  State/  UT while releasing funds.
- viii. Release of funds to States/  UTs  in  Quarterly  instalments linked to submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs).
- ix. Further  release  of  funds  by  State  Governments/  UTs  to concerned executive agencies (e.g. PWDs, Road Construction Department/ Corporation, etc.) within 7 days of release of funds by the Ministry.
10. (b) The details of Cess collected under CRF/ CRIF in the country (including in district Satna, Madhya Pradesh) during last three years are as follows: -
11. (c) The  total  accrual/  allocation  of  funds  and  releases  made/ expenditure incurred during last three years for State Roads under CRF/  CRIF  and  EI&ISC  schemes  along-with  the  unspent  balance available with States/ UTs as on 01.04.2020 are as below:-

| Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Financial Year        | Amount                |
| 2017-18               | 83,116.42             |
| 2018-19               | 1,10,847.17           |
| 2019-20 (provisional) | 1,21,824.32           |

## (i) CRF/CRIF accrual and release of funds for States: -

| Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore              | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Scheme                | Unspent Balance as on 01.04.2020 | 2017-18               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2019-20               |
|                       |                                  | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               |
| CRF/ CRIF             | 4,335.49                         | 6,666.13              | 6,341.72              | 6,891.00              | 6,763.97              | 6,871.49              | 6,683.03              |

The  releases  made  under  CRF/  CRIF  schemes  of  States  on  firstcome-first-serve basis during a financial year are allowed subject to the  condition  that  the  overall  release  made  does  not  exceed  the accrual  of  funds  under  CRF/  CRIF  scheme  of  the  State  during  the year  and  its  unspent  balance  at  any  point  of  time  within  overall available budgetary allocation for States.

## (ii) CRF/CRIF accrual and release of funds for UTs: -

| Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore              | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Scheme                | Unspent Balance as on 01.04.2020 | 2017-18               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2019-20               |
|                       |                                  | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               | Accrual/ Allocation   | Release               |
| CRF/ CRIF             | 1,202.90                         | 98.35                 | 25.40                 | 107.92                | 20.52                 | 346.91                | 185.63                |

Release of funds for UTs are made based on accrual / allocation of funds  made for the  particular  UT  during  a  financial  year  including funds  allocated  from  available  unspent  balance  of  previous  years' for the UT. However, release of funds are not made for UTs on firstcome-first-serve basis.

## (iii) EI & ISC allocation and expenditure to States/ UTs: -

| Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Scheme                | 2017-18               | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2019-20               |
|                       | Allocation            | Expenditure           | Allocation            | Expenditure           | Allocation            | Expenditure           |
| EI&ISC                | 759.20*               | 676.56*               | 500.00                | 474.82                | 466.00                | 399.98                |

Release of funds for projects under EI&ISC Schemes are limited to overall  allocation  of  funds  available  for  the  schemes  during  a financial  year.  The  expenditure  for  Projects  implemented  through States/ UTs has been allowed to be incurred under these Schemes on first-come-first-serve basis during a financial year irrespective of allocations of funds made for States/ UTs subject to the condition that  the  total  expenditure  incurred  is  within  the  total  available allocation of funds under the schemes.

- (d) The CRIF is earmarked for various Infrastructure Sectors such as Transport (Road and Bridges, Ports, Shipyards, Inland Waterways,  Airports,  Railways,  Urban  Public  Transport),  Energy, Water and Sanitation,  Communication,  Social  and  Commercial Infrastructure, etc., as per the provisions of CRIF  Act,  2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019.

## (e) Details of Ministry/ Department / Sector-wise funds transferred / amount utilized as per the CRF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2016 during 2017-18 were as follows: -

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Ministry / Department / Sector                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Amount Transferred/ Amount Utilised in financial year 2017- 18 (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (for National Highways (NHs) and State Roads under CRF and EI&ISC Schemes)                                                                                                                                                  | 43,663.00                                                                       |
|         2 | Department of Rural Development (For Rural Roads)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 14,894.00                                                                       |
|         3 | Ministry of Railways (Railway safety works including construction of road either under or over the railways by means of a bridge, erection of safety works at unmanned rail-road crossings, new lines, gauge conversion projects, electrification of railway lines) | 11,375.00                                                                       |
|         4 | Ministry of Defence (Misc.) (Border / strategic importance roads)                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 450.00                                                                          |

Details  of  Ministry/  Department  /  Sector-wise  funds  transferred  / amount utilized as per the CRIF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Acts  from  time  to  time  during  financial  year  2018-19  and  2019-20 were as follows: -

| Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Amount in Rs. crore                                           | Amount in Rs. crore                                           |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.               | Name of the Ministry / Department / Sector                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Amount Transferred/ Amount Utilised in financial year 2018-19 | Amount Transferred/ Amount Utilised in financial year 2019-20 |
| 1.                    | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (for National Highways (NHs) and State Roads under CRIF and EI&ISC Schemes)                                                                                                                                                 | 51,679.23                                                     | 54,538.65                                                     |
| 2.                    | Ministry of Railways (Railway safety works including construction of road either under or over the railways by means of a bridge, erection of safety works at unmanned rail-road crossings, new lines, gauge conversion projects, electrification of railway lines) | 13,000.00                                                     | 17,250.00                                                     |
| 3.                    | Department of Rural Development (For Rural Roads)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 11,129.00                                                     | 10,000.00                                                     |
| 4.                    | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (Pradhan Mantri Awas                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 6,505.00                                                      | 6,853.26                                                      |

| Amount in Rs. crore   | Amount in Rs. crore                                                                                    | Amount in Rs. crore                                           | Amount in Rs. crore                                           |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.               | Name of the Ministry / Department / Sector                                                             | Amount Transferred/ Amount Utilised in financial year 2018-19 | Amount Transferred/ Amount Utilised in financial year 2019-20 |
|                       | Yojana)                                                                                                |                                                               |                                                               |
| 5.                    | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Jal Jeevan Mission/ National Rural Drinking Water Mission)  | 5,391.32                                                      | 7,750.36                                                      |
| 6.                    | Department of Health and Family Welfare (Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana)                      | 3,825.00                                                      | 3,990.00                                                      |
| 7.                    | Ministry of Power (Integrated Power development Scheme)                                                | 3,750.00                                                      | 5,280.45                                                      |
| 8.                    | Department of School Education and Literacy (Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti / Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) | 2,925.85                                                      | 8,080.00                                                      |
| 9.                    | Department of Telecommunications (Optical Fibre Cable based network)                                   | 2,500.00                                                      | 4,725.00                                                      |
| 10.                   | Ministry of Defence (Misc.) (Border / strategic importance roads)                                      | 1,950.00                                                      | 2,150.00                                                      |
| 11.                   | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (Pipeline Project)                                               | 1,206.60                                                      | 1,552.11                                                      |
| 12.                   | Ministry of Shipping (Sagarmala Project)                                                               | 125.00                                                        | 200.00                                                        |

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