Lok Sabha Question No. 1250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Development of Roads under CRIF
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi, Sunil Kumar Pintu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1250 ANSWERED ON 09 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS UNDER CRIF

†1250. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI GHANSHYAM SINGH LODHI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all the districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana are included for financial assistance from Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF);
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  district-wise  including  districts  of Sitamadhi and Sonipat; and
- (c) the targets set for development and maintenance of roads in the
- country including the said States during the next three years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a ) & (b) Financial assistance under CRIF is  released State wise and not district wise. The details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred for development and maintenance of State roads under CRIF in States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana during each of the last three years and current year, are at Annexure. Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways in the country. Ministry  allocates  funds  for  State  Governments  /  Union  Territories (UTs) for development and maintenance of National Highways State wise and not district wise.
- (c) Ministry envisages to construct 13,000 km of NHs during the next financial year 202324 as part of Ministry's vision to construct 60,000 km of NHs during the period from 2019-20 to 2023-24. However, Statewise target for the same have so far not been fixed. The targets for the years 2024-25 and 2025-26 have not yet been fixed.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b)  OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1250 FOR 09.02.2023 ASKED BY  SHRI RAMESH  CHANDER  KAUSHIK,    SHRI  GHANSHYAM  SINGH  LODHI, SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU REGARDING ' DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS UNDER CRIF '

The State/UT wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred under CRIF during last three years and current year

| State         | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022)   | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022)   |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|               | Accrual   | Release*  | Accrual   | Release*  | Accrual   | Release*  | Accrua l                    | Release                     |
| Bihar         | 210.35    | 223.16    | 195.3     | 425.93    | 201.16    | 447.06    | 243.03                      | 205.35                      |
| Haryana       | 185.1     | 200.77    | 167.7 3   | 78.54     | 177.05    | 163.71    | 212.19                      | 0.00                        |
| Uttar Pradesh | 624.31    | 541.09    | 582.6 9   | 576.36    | 616.59    | 616.29    | 753.78                      | 636.91                      |

*Funds have  been  released  more  than  the  accrual  of  a  State  from  the  unspent balance of previous years of that State. *****