Lok Sabha Question No. 269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Funds Released for Panchayati Raj
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: S. Jothimani, Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 269 ANSWERED ON 20.07.2021

## FUNDS RELEASED FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## 269.       MS. S. JOTHIMANI

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the budgetary outlay for Panchayati Raj institutions made for Financial Year 2020-2021;
- (b) the details of funds released for Panchayati Raj in the Financial Year 2019- 2020 and 20202021, State-wise;

(c) whether there are dues pending in the allocation of funds to the State of  Tamil Nadu; and (d) if so, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a)  A sum of Rs.690.00 crore (Revised Estimate) was provided to Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) for the year 2020-21, out of which Rs.546.94 crore was allocated for strengthening Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  and  incentivisation  for  their  developmental  works  under  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme-Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) and Incentivisation of Panchayats, a Central component of RGSA.  Under the Fifteenth Finance Commission Award, an amount of Rs.60750 crore was allocated to Panchayati Raj Institutions during 2020-21.

(b)    The State-wise release of funds under the schemes of Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) and out of awards of Fourteenth Finance Commission and Fifteenth Finance Commission are given at Annexure.

(c)  No  prior  allocation  of  funds  is  made  to  any  States  under  the  Schemes  of  Ministry  of Panchayati Raj. The funds under the RGSA Scheme is released based on the annual action plan submitted  by  the  State  concerned  including  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  funds  under  the scheme of Incentivisation of Panchyats is released to the best performing Panchayats selected through a national competition for the National Panchayat Awards of various categories.    For the State of Tamil Nadu, dues of Central Finance Commission Grants are not pending as the award period 2015-20 of Fourteenth Finance Commission (XIV FC) is already over and the

Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants have been released upto the first installment of Basic (Untied) Grants for FY 2021-22. (d) Does not arise in view of (c) above.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.269 Answered on 20.07.2021 regarding 'Funds Released for Panchayati Raj'

## State-wise release of funds under the Scheme Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan during 2019-20 and 2020-21

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs               | 2019-20 (Rs. in crore)   |   2020-21 (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 0                        |                 22.339   |
| 2         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                        |                  0       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 39.59                    |                  0       |
| 4         | Assam                    | 23.22                    |                 26.1159  |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 0                        |                  0       |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh             | 0                        |                  4.0395  |
| 7         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                        |                  0       |
| 8         | Daman &Diu               | 0                        |                  0       |
| 9         | Goa                      | 0                        |                  0       |
| 10        | Gujarat                  | 0                        |                  0       |
| 11        | Haryana                  | 0                        |                  9.89    |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh         | 10                       |                 22.098   |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 6.19                     |                 25       |
| 14        | Jharkhand                | 0                        |                  2.34    |
| 15        | Karnataka                | 0                        |                  0.439   |
| 16        | Kerala                   | 0                        |                  8.12955 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep              | 0                        |                  0       |
| 18        | Ladakh                   |                          |                  2.1485  |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh           | 85.48                    |                 71.42    |
| 20        | Maharashtra              | 8.44                     |                 66.76    |
| 21        | Manipur                  | 4.54                     |                  3.4127  |
| 22        | Meghalaya                | 2.63                     |                  3.967   |
| 23        | Mizoram                  | 0.5                      |                 21.185   |
| 24        | Nagaland                 | 3.94                     |                  3.7217  |
| 25        | Odisha                   | 0                        |                  2.937   |
| 26        | Punjab                   | 0                        |                 13.45    |
| 27        | Rajasthan                | 0                        |                 12.981   |
| 28        | Sikkim                   | 5.1                      |                  4.7475  |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu               | 5.3                      |                 56.875   |
| 30        | Telangana                | 0                        |                 12       |
| 31        | Tripura                  | 0                        |                  2.5304  |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh            | 169.92                   |                 32.54    |
| 33        | Uttarakhand              | 23.79                    |                 26.751   |
| 34        | West Bengal              | 44.10                    |                 33.52    |
|           | Total                    | 432.74                   |                491.338   |

## State-wise release of funds under the Scheme of Incentivization of Panchayats during 2019-20 and 2020-21

## (Amount Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs              |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      0.05 |      0.18 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           |      2.2  |      2.47 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |      0.5  |      0.15 |
| 4.        | Assam                    |      0.97 |      1.59 |
| 5.        | Bihar                    |      0.25 |      2.76 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh             |      1.55 |      1.54 |
| 7.        | Dadra &Nagar haveli      |      0    |      0.7  |
| 8.        | Daman &Diu               |      0    |      0.35 |
| 9.        | Goa                      |      0    |      0    |
| 10.       | Gujarat                  |      0.05 |      3.62 |
| 11.       | Haryana                  |      0.05 |      2.86 |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh         |      1.33 |      1.54 |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir           |      0.05 |      0.6  |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                |      1.36 |      1.52 |
| 15.       | Karnataka                |      1.63 |      0.1  |
| 16.       | Kerala                   |      0.25 |      1.75 |
| 17.       | Ladakh                   |      0    |      0    |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep              |      0    |      0.05 |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh           |      2.35 |      0.05 |
| 20.       | Maharashtra              |      0    |      2.31 |
| 21.       | Manipur                  |      0.78 |      0.25 |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                |      0.05 |      0    |
| 23.       | Mizoram                  |      0    |      0    |
| 24.       | Nagaland                 |      0    |      0.26 |
| 25.       | Odisha                   |      0    |      2.97 |
| 26.       | Punjab                   |      1.62 |      1.64 |
| 27.       | Rajasthan                |      1.34 |      1.83 |
| 28.       | Sikkim                   |      0.81 |      0.86 |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu               |      0.05 |      3.56 |
| 30.       | Telangana                |      0.05 |      2.91 |
| 31.       | Tripura                  |      1.06 |      1.36 |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand              |      0.05 |      2.96 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh            |      4.7  |      4.79 |
| 34.       | West Bengal              |      1.6  |      1.65 |
| Total     | Total                    |     24.7  |     49.18 |

State-wise  releases  made  out  of  awards  of  of  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  and Fifteenth Finance Commission Grants to the States for Gram Panchayats during 201920 and 2020-21 respectively.

| SL. No.   | State             | Release (Rs. in crore)   |         |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------|
| SL. No.   | State             | 2019-20                  | 2020-21 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2336.56                  | 2625.00 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 221.38                   | 231.00  |
| 3         | Assam             | 1462.45                  | 1604.00 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 5674.7                   | 5018.00 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1415.89                  | 1454.00 |
| 6         | Goa               | 36.12                    | 37.50   |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 2331.33                  | 3195.00 |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1048.53                  | 1264.00 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 488.64                   | 429.00  |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir#   | -                        |         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1632.59                  | 1689.00 |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 2504.1309                | 3217.00 |
| 12        | Kerala            | 1084.73                  | 1628.00 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3660.14                  | 3984.00 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 4059.55                  | 5827.00 |
| 15        | Manipur           | 55.63                    | 177.00  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | *                        | 91.00   |
| 17        | Mizoram           | *                        | 93.00   |
| 18        | Nagaland          | *                        | 62.50   |
| 19        | Odisha            | 2389.54                  | 2258.00 |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1104.58                  | 1388.00 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 3681.01                  | 3862.00 |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 40.09                    | 42.00   |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 1821.106                 | 3607.00 |
| 24        | Telangana         | 1451.3                   | 1847.00 |
| 25        | Tripura           | 90.625                   | 191.00  |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9659.47                  | 9752.00 |

| 27   | Uttarakhand   |   508.31 |   574.00 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|
| 28   | West Bengal   |  3703.25 |     4412 |
|      | Total         | 52461.7  |    60559 |