Lok Sabha Question No. 2006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Special Assistance Scheme
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Rajashree Mallick, Krupal Balaji Tumane, Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2006

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, March 14, 2022/Phalguna 23, 1943 (Saka)

## Special Assistance Scheme

## 2006.  SHRIMATI RAJASHREE MALLICK SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government provides additional financial assistance to  Odisha  under the Special Assistance Scheme/Backward Special Assistance Fund;
- (b) if  so,  the  eligibility  of  Odisha  for  the  same  along  with  amount  provided  to  the  State thereunder during the last five years, year-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the  Government also provides  additional  financial  assistance to Maharashtra under the Special Financial Assistance Scheme/Fund;
- (d) if so, the eligibility of Maharashtra thereunder and the funds sanctioned to them under the said Scheme during the last five years, year-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) and  the  names  of  the  States  which  are  also  covered  under  this  special  fund  scheme along  with  the  amount  of  funds  provided  to  them  thereunder  during  the  said  period, year- wise and state-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Yes Sir. The provision of 'Special Assistance' under Demands for Grants 'Transfers to  States'  is  earmarked  for  'spillover committed liabilities  for  which  budget  provision  is  not made' and 'other need based assistance to the States'. Further, the Union Government, under the  'Scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital  Expenditure'  provides  Special Assistance  (Loan)  to  States  in  the  form  of  50-year  interest  free  loan.  The  details  of  Special Assistance  (Loan) provided  to  the  States  of  Odisha  and  Maharashtra  as  on  08.03.2022  is  as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl.   | State       | Special Assistance (Loan) during the financial years 2020-22   | Special Assistance (Loan) during the financial years 2020-22   | Special Assistance (Loan) during the financial years 2020-22   | Special Assistance (Loan) during the financial years 2020-22   |
|-------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   |             | 2020-21                                                        | 2020-21                                                        | 2021-22                                                        | 2021-22                                                        |
|       |             | Allocation                                                     | Released                                                       | Allocation                                                     | Released                                                       |
| 1     | Odisha      | 471.50                                                         | 471.50                                                         | 561.00                                                         | 330.12                                                         |
| 2     | Maharashtra | 514.00                                                         | 514.00                                                         | 783.00                                                         | 771.73                                                         |

(e): The details of year-wise/State-wise 'Special Assistance' released in the last five years are provided in Annexure.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2006 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2022

ANNEXURE

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   1976.5  |      0    |     15.81 |     350   |   350     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |     33.99 |    309.73 |       0   |   328.772 |
| 3         | Assam             |    945.9  |    176.06 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 4         | Bihar             |   1329.4  |   3414    |    739.47 |       0   |   195.738 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 6         | Goa               |     70    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 7         | Gujarat           |   1258.8  |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 8         | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |      2.86 |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir*   |   2509.44 |      0    |     85    |     200   |     0     |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 12        | Karnataka         |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 13        | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |    215    |    759.53 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 16        | Manipur           |    150    |    126    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |      0    |     65.97 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 18        | Mizoram           |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 19        | Nagaland          |      0    |     53.75 |    226.8  |       0   |   219.15  |
| 20        | Odisha            |    367.93 |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 21        | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |      0    |      0    |    146    |       0   |     0     |
| 23        | Sikkim            |    500    |     36    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |    200    |    200    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 25        | Telangana         |    450    |    450    |    450    |       0   |   450     |
| 26        | Tripura           |    150    |    300    |   1500    |     698.7 |     0     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |     80    |    917.2  |   1200    |       0   |     0     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |    693.78 |    418    |      8    |     375   |   405     |
| 29        | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
|           | Total             |  10899.6  |   6950.5  |   4680.81 |    1623.7 |  1948.66  |

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## State-wise and Year-wise Details of 'Special Assistance' Released to States