Lok Sabha Question No. 3061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Street Lighting of Villages
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3061

ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## STREET LIGHTING OF VILLAGES

## 3061. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

Will the Minister of Panchayati Raj be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided funds for steet Lighting of villages and if so, the details of fund allocated during each of the last five years, particulary in the State of Odisha;
- (b) the number of villages of the State of Odisha where streetlighting of villages have been completed and the number of villages yet to be completed, share district-wise list; and
- (c) whether there is any time-frame for providing steet lights in all the villages of the State, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission (XIV FC) award for the period of 20152020, grants to the tune of Rs. 2,00,292.20 crore were allocated to Gram Panchayats (GPs) in 26  States  including  Odisha.  The  grant  was  provided  to  GPs  for  delivering  basic  services including street-lighting. Under Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC), Grants to the tune of Rs. 60,750 crore are allocated for the interim period FY 2020-21 and Rs.2,36,805 Crore are allocated for the period FY 2021-26 to Panchayats in all the three tiers and Traditional Local Bodiesand SixthSchedule areas in 28 States. The Grants are in two parts namely Basic (Untied) Grants  and  Tied  Grants.  The  Untied  Grants  can  be  utilised  for  felt  needs  on  29  subjects enshrined under Schedule XI of the Constitution including street lighting. The details of fund allocated  under  Central  Finance  Commission  during  last  five  years  to  all  States  including Odisha is given at Annexure-I .

Further,  the  State  Government  of  Odisha  has  informed  the  allocation  of  following  funds towards installation of street lighting in villages during the last five years under State Finance Commission.

(Rs. in crore)

| F.Y.   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Funds  |     38.75 |     51.87 |        65 |     78.13 |     56.66 |

(Source: Information provided by the State Government of Odisha)

(b) District-wise details of street lighting completed villages in the state of Odisha are given in Annexure-II , as received from the State Government of Odisha.

(c) The State Government of Odisha has informed that time frame has been fixed for the financial year 2025-26 under the 5 th State Finance Commission for providing street lights in all villages of State of Odisha.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3061 answered on 22.03.2022

The details of fund allocated under Central Finance Commission for Rural Local Bodies during the last five years to all States including Odisha .

(Rs. In crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1463.45   | 1686.85   | 1947.32   | 2622.13   | 2625.00   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 138.66    | 159.82    | 184.49    | 248.44    | 231.00    |
| 3         | Assam             | 915.98    | 1055.80   | 1218.82   | 1641.19   | 1604.00   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3554.23   | 4096.80   | 4729.38   | 6368.25   | 5018.00   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 886.82    | 1022.18   | 1180.02   | 1588.94   | 1454.00   |
| 6         | Goa               | 22.62     | 26.07     | 30.1      | 40.53     | 75.00     |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1460.18   | 1683.08   | 1942.96   | 2616.26   | 3195.00   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 656.72    | 756.98    | 873.86    | 1176.68   | 1264.00   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 306.05    | 352.76    | 407.24    | 548.36    | 429.00    |
| 10        | *Jammu& Kashmir   | 585.73    | 675.15    | 779.40    | 1049.49   | -         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1022.53   | 1178.63   | 1360.62   | 1832.12   | 1689.00   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1570.77   | 1810.55   | 2090.1    | 2814.39   | 3217.00   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 679.40    | 783.12    | 904.03    | 1217.3    | 1628.00   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2292.46   | 2642.40   | 3050.41   | 4107.48   | 3984.00   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 2542.61   | 2930.76   | 3383.28   | 4555.70   | 5827.00   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 34.84     | 40.16     | 46.36     | 62.43     | 177.00    |
| 17        | #Meghalaya        | -         | -         | -         | -         | 182.00    |
| 18        | #Mizoram          | -         | -         | -         | -         | 93.00     |
| 19        | #Nagaland         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 125.00    |
| 20        | Odisha            | 1496.64   | 1725.11   | 1991.48   | 2681.59   | 2258.00   |
| 21        | Punjab            | 691.84    | 797.45    | 920.58    | 1239.58   | 1388.00   |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 2305.52   | 2657.47   | 3067.8    | 4130.90   | 3862.00   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 25.11     | 28.95     | 33.41     | 44.99     | 42.00     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 1484.31   | 1710.90   | 1975.07   | 2659.50   | 3607.00   |
| 25        | Telangana         | 908.99    | 1047.75   | 1209.53   | 1628.68   | 1847.00   |
| 26        | Tripura           | 56.76     | 65.43     | 75.53     | 101.71    | 191.00    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 6050.02   | 6973.57   | 8050.34   | 10840.04  | 9752.00   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 318.37    | 366.97    | 423.64    | 570.44    | 574.00    |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 2399.91   | 2766.26   | 3193.39   | 4300.01   | 4412.00   |
|           | Total             | 33870.52  | 39040.97  | 45069.16  | 60687.13  | 60750.00  |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3061 answered on 22.03.2022

District-wise status under Street Lighting System

| Sl. No.   | District       |   No. of Villages |   No. of villages completed |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Anugul         |              1889 |                         871 |
| 2         | Balangir       |              1792 |                         830 |
| 3         | Baleshwar      |              2938 |                        1311 |
| 4         | Bargarh        |              1214 |                         587 |
| 5         | Baudh          |              1188 |                         576 |
| 6         | Bhadrak        |              1321 |                         632 |
| 7         | Cuttack        |              1962 |                         902 |
| 8         | Debagarh       |               879 |                         447 |
| 9         | Dhenkanal      |              1213 |                         587 |
| 10        | Gajapati       |              1618 |                         757 |
| 11        | Ganjam         |              3234 |                        1446 |
| 12        | Jagatsinghapur |              1296 |                         622 |
| 13        | Jajapur        |              1794 |                         831 |
| 14        | Jharsuguda     |               356 |                         227 |
| 15        | Kalahandi      |              2258 |                        1026 |
| 16        | Kandhamal      |              2591 |                        1166 |
| 17        | Kendrapara     |              1549 |                         728 |
| 18        | Kendujhar      |              2132 |                         973 |
| 19        | Khordha        |              1562 |                         734 |
| 20        | Koraput        |              2049 |                         938 |
| 21        | Malkangiri     |              1058 |                         522 |
| 22        | Mayurbhanj     |              3970 |                        1745 |
| 23        | Nabarangapur   |               898 |                         455 |
| 24        | Nayagarh       |              1701 |                         792 |
| 25        | Nuapada        |               670 |                         359 |
| 26        | Puri           |              1713 |                         797 |
| 27        | Rayagada       |              2673 |                        1200 |
| 28        | Sambalpur      |              1321 |                         632 |
| 29        | Subarnapur     |               966 |                         483 |
| 30        | Sundargarh     |              1778 |                         824 |
| Total     | Total          |             51583 |                       24000 |