Lok Sabha Question No. 2000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Assistance under RIDF
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

Answered on

## LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No. 2000 Monday, March 14,2022/Phalguna 23, 1943 (Saka)

DR NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Assistance under RIDF

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) the details of the programmes being implemented by the Government for development of rural infrastructure in the country;
- b) the details of the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) assistance provided for the development of rural infrastructure during each of the last three years, State-wise; and
3. the year-wise and district-wise details of rural development works undertaken in Jharkhand, especially Santhal Pargana, with the help of RIDF during the last three years and the current financial year?

## Answer

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FNNANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

- (a): Some   important schemes   implemented by Ministry of Rural  Development in the Government of India for the development of rural infrastructure in the country are as follows:
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY): Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna was started in the year 2000 with the objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations. The implementation of the ongoing PMGSY has helped immensely in lifting the socio-economic condition for rural masses by providing them access to the various services and   facilities, market   place and   employment opportunities in various forms.
- (ii) Gramin (PMAY-G): To achieve the objective of "Housing for All" by 2022,the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna- Gramin has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 Crore Pucca houses with basic amenities by March; 2022.

In addition, the following are some important schemes implemented by the NABARD for the development of critical rural infrastructure in the country:

- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF): The Government of India had set up Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) in NABARD 1995-96, with the objective of providing loans to the States to enhance public investments in rural infrastructure projects prioritized by the State Governments The 39 eligible activities under RIDF are broadly classified under three categories as () Agriculture and related sector; (ii) Social sector and (iii) Rural Connectivity: during
- (ii) Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF): Term Irrigation Fund   (LTIF) was operationalized in NABARD since 2016-17 for fast tracking completion of Gol identified medium and major irrigation projects. Under LTIF, NABARD provides loan to National Water Development Agency (NWDA); a SPV of Gol, towards Central Share (CS) and to participating States towards State Share (SS) Long Long
- (iii) Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF): Micro Irrigation Fund with a corpus of Rs.5000 crore has been operationalized from 2019-20 in NABARD with an objective to facilitate State Govts  efforts in mobilizing additional resources for expanding coverage under micro irrigation and incentivizing its adoption beyond provisions of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana Per More (PMKSY-PDMC): The corpus under MIF has been augmented by another Rs. 5000 crore, as announced in Union Budget 2021-22. Drop Crop
- (iv) Dairy processing and Infrastructure Fund (DIDF): DIDF was created in NABARD pursuant to an announcement made in Union budget 2017-18. The objective of the fund is to modernize the infrastructure in cooperative sector to enhance the efficiency in milk processing and will ensure better realization to the farmers. dairy dairy price
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Fund (FIDF): Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF); launched in 2018-19, envisages infrastructure support to State Governments for development of fish harbors, fish landing centre, modernized fish seed farms, modern fish markets, disease diagnostic laboratories etc.
- (b): The state and UT wise details of amount sanctioned under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund during the last three financial years, are given in Annexure I
- (c)= The year-wise and district-wise details of amount sanctioned under RIDF for Jharkhand (including districts of Santhal Paragana Division) during the last three years and the current financial year; are given in Annexure II:

Annexure I RIDF State-wise sanctions during the last Three Years and Current Year

| S.NO.   | STATE             |   2018-19 | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   2021-22 (as on 02 March 2022) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|         | ANDHRA PRADESH    |   1309.62 | 1199.17   | 1793.60   |                         2641.22 |
|         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |    341.98 | 304.72    | 347.75    |                          237.76 |
| 3       | ASSAM             |   1397.72 | 1009.87   | 1149.09   |                         1930.33 |
| 4       | BIHAR             |   1631.64 | 1643.10   | 2399.53   |                         2724.56 |
| 5       | CHATTISGARH       |   1144.28 | 1038.80   | 1432.38   |                          891.54 |
| 6       | GOA               |    156.48 | 92.87     | 344.30    |                          505.51 |
| 7       | GUJARAT           |   2423.59 | 2678.60   | 2989.77   |                         2238.9  |
| 8       | HARYANA           |   1299.3  | 1295.22   | 1129.60   |                         1828.04 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |    544.21 | 752.47    | 844.22    |                         1007.89 |
| 10      | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |    453.46 | 462.63    | 786.95    |                         1386.33 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         |   1509.49 | 1868.46   | 2026.08   |                          941.49 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         |    809.75 | 836.69    |           |                         2084.21 |
| 13      | KERALA            |    726.56 | 549.84    | 534.74    |                          548.36 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH    |   2236.87 | 2464.50   | 2758.50   |                         3035.8  |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       |   2202.62 | 2083.01   | 1309.35   |                         1513.3  |
| 16      | MANIPUR           |      0    | 69.38     | 139.29    |                          197.98 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         |    210.97 | 204.76    | 209.55    |                          187.1  |
| 18      | MIZORAM           |    172.03 | 153.52    | 266.35    |                          220.81 |
| 19      | NAGALAND          |     17.87 | 21.19     | 27.53     |                            2.98 |
|         | ORISSA            |   2474.27 | 2573.86   | 3234.25   |                         3884.14 |
| 21      | PUDUCHERRY        |     18.04 | 0.00      | 55.36     |                            0    |
| 22      | PUNJAB            |    458.24 | 594.44    | 563.66    |                          823.06 |
| 23      | RAJASTHAN         |   1713.71 | 1556.31   | 1702.20   |                         2452.38 |
| 24      | SIKKIM            |     36.73 | 34.61     | 51.06     |                          145    |
| 25      | TAMIL NADU        |   2185.21 | 2243.39   | 2412.64   |                         3044.65 |
| 26      | TELANGANA         |   1325.03 | 1050.68   | 1142.55   |                         1308.35 |
| 27      | TRIPURA           |    152.22 | 221.92    | 304.46    |                          277.83 |
| 28      | UTTAR PRADESH     |   1606.95 | 1602.12   | 1709.27   |                          910.68 |
| 29      | UTTARAKHAND       |    670.96 | 561,335   | 429.81    |                          531.59 |
| 30      | WEST BENGAL       |   1267.35 | 1233.88   | 1659.62   |                         1836.81 |
|         | TOTAL             |  30497.2  | 30401.35  | 34829.78  |                        39338.6  |

RIDF District-wise sanctions during the last Three Years and Current Year

(Rs.crore \_

| Sr.No.   | District           |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22 (as on 02 March 2022)   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Multi district*    |      7.92 |     43.46 |      7.37 | 137.37                          |
| 2        | BOKARO             |     74.57 |      8.85 |     61.14 | 66.40                           |
| 3        | CHATRA             |    187.55 |      9.22 |      9.88 | 52.81                           |
|          | DEOGHAR            |      9.54 |    108.36 |    112.87 | 188.49                          |
| 5        |                    |    101.8  |     34.59 |      9.34 | 35.87                           |
| 6        | DUMKA              |     31.65 |     64.98 |    188.01 | 23.06                           |
|          | GARHWA             |     19.08 |    174.91 |   1078.34 | 89.80                           |
| 8        | GIRIDIH            |     93.58 |     50.45 |     48.86 | 29.35                           |
| 9        | GODDA              |     19.3  |     20.29 |     29.46 | 19.63                           |
| 10       | GUMLA              |    194.33 |     56.78 |     47.2  | 0.00                            |
| 11       | HAZARIBAG          |    125.94 |      7.94 |     47.34 | 11.77                           |
| 12       | JAMTARA            |      0    |      0    |      0    | 116.83                          |
| 13       | KHUNTI             |     72.88 |    318.11 |      7.97 | 1,38                            |
| 14       | KODERMA            |     68.54 |     94.45 |     39.21 | 12.71                           |
| 15       | LATEHAR            |      2.06 |    245.65 |     17.77 | 2.94                            |
| 16       | LOHARDAGGA         |      0    |     19.93 |     13.06 |                                 |
| 17       | PAKUR              |    169.89 |      7.67 |      8.59 | 0.00                            |
| 18       | PALAMAU            |      8.51 |    186.59 |     44.65 | 32.16                           |
| 19       | PASCHIMISINGHBHUM  |      0    |     79.27 |     24.13 | 2.64                            |
| 20       | PURBISINGHBHUM     |      0    |     57.59 |     46.7  | 2.27                            |
| 21       | RAMGARH            |     25.38 |     21.2  |     11.85 | 13.75                           |
| 22       | RANCHI             |    244.56 |     41.19 |     87.18 | 35.64                           |
| 23       | SAHEBGANJ          |      0    |     98.38 |     15.92 | 0.00                            |
| 24       | SERAIKELAKHARSAWAN |      9.52 |     54.91 |     40.31 | 11.69                           |
| 25       | SIMDEGA            |     42.91 |     63.71 |     28.94 | 13.63                           |
|          |                    |   1509.49 |   1868.47 |   2026.08 | 941.49                          |

Santhal Pargana division consists of Godda, Deoghar; Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur districts.