Lok Sabha Question No. 1854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Capital Investment Scheme
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1854

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, December 19, 2022/Agrahayana 28, 1944 (Saka)

## CAPITAL INVESTMENT SCHEME

## 1854. SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  provided  special  assistance  to  the  State  Governments under capital investment scheme for 2022-23 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  put  States  into  different  groups  and  assistance  is provided to each State as per the group's eligibility and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total amount disbursed under the said scheme and the amount paid to each State as of date;
- (d) whether  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  has  submitted  its  proposal  under  the  said scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Yes  Sir.  The  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of  Finance  is  providing  50-year interest  free  loan  to  States  under  the  'Scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital Investment, 2022-23'. The Scheme includes an amount of Rs. 25,000 crore for incentivising State Governments for PM Gati Shakti related expenditure; supplemental funding for priority segments  of  PMGSY  including  States'  share  of  PMGSY;  digitisation;  capital  projects  on Optical  Fiber  Cable  (OFC);  urban  reforms;  and  disinvestment  of  State  Public  Sector Enterprises (SPSEs) & asset monetization. Out of the total budgetary allocation of Rs. 1 lakh crore  for  2022-23,  untied  amount  of  Rs.  80,000  crore  under  Part-I  of  the  Scheme  and  Rs. 5,000 crore under Part-II for PM Gati Shakti related expenditure have been allocated to States in  proportion  to  their  share  of  Tax  Devolution  for  2022-23.  The  rest  of  the  amount  is available to States based on meeting certain reform criteria.

(b): In case of Part-IV (Incentives for Digitization), Part-V (Optical Fibre Cable) and Part-VI (Urban Reforms), States have been divided into groups with different ceiling for maximum amount admissible on completion of reforms. However, there is no difference in eligibility criteria for different groups.

(c):  The  details  of  the  eligible  amount  that  can  be  availed  by  each  of  the  States,  approved amount of capital expenditure by States and released amount of special assistance (loan) to States under the Scheme for Special Assistance for Capital Investment, 2022-23 are provided in Annexure.

(d) and (e): Yes Sir. The State Government of Kerala vide letter No. PLG-A(R)/10/2022-FIN. dated 10.11.2022 has submitted proposals against untied allocation of Rs. 1,540 crore under Part-I and Rs. 96 crore under Part-II (PM Gati Shakti related expenditure) of the 'Scheme for Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital  Investment,  2022-23'.  After  examination  of  the proposal  and  considering  recommendations  of  the  Nodal  Department  i.e.  Department  for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), an amount of Rs. 1,636.00 crore has been approved and an amount of Rs. 866.00 crore has been released to the State. Further, based on recommendations  of  Department  of  Telecommunications,  Ministry  of  Communications, capital expenditure on the capital projects on OFC Network amounting to Rs. 85.00 crore has also  been  approved  and  released  to  the  State.  Moreover,  based  on  recommendations  of Ministry  of  Rural  Development  towards  supplemental  funding  for  priority  segments  of PMGSY including States' share of PMGSY, an amount of Rs. 44.45 crore has been released to the State of Kerala.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1854 FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 TH , 2022.

## ANNEXURE

Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23

(Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | Name of State     |   Maximum Eligible Amount for the State |   Approved Capital Expenditure |   Amount Released * |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 5561.38 |                        3795.75 |             2176.75 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 2679.77 |                        1483.75 |              770.38 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                 4346.54 |                        2658    |             1407    |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                10725.4  |                        8656.02 |             4555.79 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                 4843.86 |                        2172.56 |             1333.01 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                 1518.25 |                         378    |              223.5  |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                 5220.52 |                        3110    |             1575    |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                 2577    |                         994    |              512    |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 1925.99 |                         756    |              248.81 |
|       10 | Jharkhand         |                                 4464.32 |                        2895    |             1572    |
|       11 | Karnataka         |                                 5399.35 |                        3256    |             1797    |
|       12 | Kerala            |                                 3342.74 |                        1765.45 |              995.45 |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 8775.51 |                        6771.89 |             3631.89 |
|       14 | Maharashtra       |                                 7976.13 |                        5884.4  |             3297.63 |
|       15 | Manipur           |                                 1781.81 |                         659    |              361.75 |
|       16 | Meghalaya         |                                 1845.41 |                         684    |              377    |
|       17 | Mizoram           |                                 1597.51 |                         280.26 |              177.63 |
|       18 | Nagaland          |                                 1653.73 |                         483.43 |              255.93 |
|       19 | Odisha            |                                 5542.33 |                           0    |                0    |
|       20 | Punjab            |                                 3380.32 |                        1536    |              724.9  |
|       21 | Rajasthan         |                                 7072.96 |                        5297    |             2886.5  |
|       22 | Sikkim            |                                 1518.38 |                         379    |              224    |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu        |                                 5771.27 |                        3651    |             2019.5  |
|       24 | Telangana         |                                 4205.98 |                        2280.74 |             1477.07 |
|       25 | Tripura           |                                 1799.45 |                         651    |              301.34 |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                17628.9  |                       15492.9  |             7654.57 |
|       27 | Uttarakhand       |                                 2565.92 |                        1000    |              423.09 |
|       28 | West Bengal       |                                 8700.73 |                           0    |                0    |

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