Lok Sabha Question No. 557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Hill Area Development Programme (HADP)
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 557 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## HILL AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (HADP)

## 557. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the status and function of NITI Aayog's Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP) under which major part of Darjeeling region is included;
- (b) the details of allocation under special central financial assistance for HADP since 2014 till date; and
- (c) the details of projects undertaken, financial allocation, and their current status?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) to(c): The Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP) has been discontinued from Special  Central  Assistance  since  2015-16. As  per  the statement for 'Major  Programmes  under  Central  Assistance  for  State  Plans'  of  the  Union  Budget Documents for the year 2015-16, "the Special Central Assistance-Hill Area programme is delinked from Union Support and this programme will hence forth be either run by the States from their enhanced resources or they have been subsumed in the FFC award".

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## Major Programmes under Central Assistance for State Plans

In the spirit of 'Cooperation Federalism' Government has accepted the recommendations of Fourteenth Finance Commission to develop 42% of Union Taxes to States. To achieve the compositional  shift  in  fiscal  transfer  as  envisaged  by  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission, Central Assistance to State Plan has been restructured.

Despite pressure on Union Finances, Government has decided to run welfare programmes for poor and socially disadvantaged is an unchanged manner. Similarly legal/ constitutional obligation or Union and privilege available to Hon'ble Member's of Parliament for serving their constituents are fully protected.

On account of enhanced resources available with state some programmes will be run with a  changed  sharing  pattern.  Only  in  respect  of  some  programmes,  Union  support  will  be delinked. These Programmes have either become a part of devolution or States will continue (or not) with these programmes.

Major programmes under Central assistance to State Plan are as given in the list below:-

(In crore of Rupees)

|                                                                                  | 2014-2015 Revised   | 2015-2016 Budget   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| (A) Scheme to be fully supported by Union Government of which major items        |                     |                    |
| Additional Central Assistance for Externally Aided Projects                      | 11900.00            | 12500.00           |
| Additional Central Assistance for Externally Aided Projects                      | 3200.00             | 3500.00            |
| Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana                                                 | 9959.59             | 10100.00           |
| Roads and Bridges finance from Central Road fund                                 | 2607.06             | 2868.00            |
| Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS)                       | 3950.00             | 3950.00            |
| Grants from central Pool of Resources for North Eastern region and Sikkim        | 704.50              | 970.00             |
| Scheme of North Eastern Council                                                  | 549.00              | 740.00             |
| Special Package for Bodoland Territorial Council                                 | 30.00               | 50.00              |
| National Social Assistance Programme                                             | 7187.95             | 9000.00            |
| Assistance for schemes under proviso(i) to Article 275(1) of the Constitution    | 1134.88             | 1367.00            |
| Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan                                    | 1040.03             | 1250.00            |
| Umbrella Schemes for Education of ST Children                                    | 1065.85             | 1136.84            |
| Schemes financed from Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK)                              | 22249.26            | 27575.00           |
| Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)              | 32456.00            | 33700.00           |
| Multi Sectoral Development Programme for Minorities(MSDP)                        | 766.48              | 1232.00            |
| Various Scholarship programme for SC,ST and OBCs                                 | 3286.54             | 3291.00            |
| Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana                                                | 33.00               | 200.00             |
| Support to Educational Development inducing Teacher Training and Adult Education | 919.13              | 1012.50            |
| Border Area Development Programme                                                | 800.00              | 990.00             |
| Project Tiger                                                                    | 161.02              | 136.45             |
| Project Elephant                                                                 | 14.00               | 13.70              |
| Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)                                     | 358.40              | 400.00             |
| Social Security for Unorganized Workers Scheme                                   | 539.74              | 1290.52            |

## (B) Schemes to be run with the Changed Pattern

(In respect of these schemes Centre: States funding pattern will undergo a change in view of FFC award to ensure that the total resources for the programme are not changed. Thus total finances for the programme will not be undergo change.)

of which major items

| 1   | Krishonnati Yojana (State Plan) of which                                                                             |   14173.81 |   9000.00 |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|
| a.  | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana(RKVY)                                                                                  |    8444    |   4500    |
| b.  | National Food Security Mission                                                                                       |    1830    |   1300    |
| c.  | Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension                                                                                 |     470.08 |    450    |
| 2   | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana of which                                                                        |    5623.26 |   5300    |
| a.  | Per drop More crop (Micro Irrigation)                                                                                |      30    |   1800    |
| b.  | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (Watershed Component erstwhile Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) |    2312.7  |   1500    |
| c.  | Accelerated Irrigation Benefit and Flood Management Programme                                                        |    3276.56 |   1000    |
| d.  | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana                                                                                 |       4    |   1000    |
| 3   | Umbrella programme 'Swacha Bharat Abhiyaan (Includes Sanitation and Drinking Water                                   |   11938.5  |   6000    |
| 4   | Afforestation and development of Wildlife Habitats                                                                   |     545.62 |    299.39 |
| 5   | National AIDS and STD Control Programme                                                                              |     890.89 |    500    |
| 6   | Promotion of AYUSH                                                                                                   |     117.36 |    300    |
| 7   | National Health Mission                                                                                              |   17434    |  18000    |
| 8   | National Livelihood Mission                                                                                          |    2034.4  |   1800    |
| 9   | Secondary Education                                                                                                  |    3432.39 |   3493    |
| 10  | Higher Education                                                                                                     |    1411.42 |   1632.77 |
| 11  | Housing For All                                                                                                      |   12393.9  |  14000    |
| 12  | Urban Rejuvenation Mission-500 Habitation and Mission for Development of 100 Smart Cities                            |    2431.1  |   6000    |
| 13  | Integrated Child Development Services                                                                                |   16316    |   8000    |

## (C) Schemes delinked from Union Support

(These  programmes  will  hence  be  either  run  by  the  State  from  their  enhanced resources or they have been subsumed in the FFC award)

|   1. | National e-Governance Action Plan (NeGAP)                                                                    |   464.00 | …    |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|
|    2 | National Scheme for Modernisation of police and Other Forces                                                 |  1433.2  | …    |
|    3 | Scheme for setting up of 6000 Model Schools In Block Level as Bench Mark of Excellence                       |  1020.99 | 1.00 |
|    4 | Scheme for Central Assistance to the States for developing export infrastructure and other allied activities |   564.84 | …    |
|    5 | Tourism Infrastructure                                                                                       |   495    | …    |
|    6 | Backward Regions Grant Fund-State Component                                                                  |  3450    | …    |
|    7 | Normal Central Assistance                                                                                    | 26814    | …    |
|    8 | Other Additional Central Assistance                                                                          |  1780    | …    |
|    9 | Special Central Assistance                                                                                   | 10150    | …    |
|   10 | Special Central Assistance-Hill Areas                                                                        |   220    | …    |
|   11 | Special Plan Assistance                                                                                      |  7666    | …    |
|   12 | Backward Regions Grants Fund                                                                                 |  2837    | …    |