Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Funds for Covid-19 Relief Operations
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240 Answered on August 02, 2021/Sravana 11, 1943 (Saka)

## 'Funds for Covid-19 Relief Operations'

## 2240. SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Ministry has allocated funds to various State Governments for Covid-19 relief operations in 2020-21 and 2021-22; and
- (b) If so, the details thereof during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &  (b):  The  Central  Government  provides  funds  for  meeting  the  expenditure  on  relief provided to the affected people under the State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF) to the States for the notified disasters, in accordance with the approved items and norms. Keeping in view the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the Central Government vide letter dated 14th March 2020, by way of a special one-time dispensation, decided to treat COVID-19 as a notified disaster for the purpose of providing assistance under SDRF towards containment measures in the States.

Consequently,  Central  Government  by  way  of  special  onetime  dispensation  allowed  the States to utilize up to 50% of their annual allocation of SDRF for containment measures of COVID-19 in conformity  with  approved  items  and  norms  for  the  FY  2020-21  and  further extended to the financial year 2021-22.

During  the  financial  year  2020-21,  an  amount  of  Rs  22,262.43  crore  was  released  to  the States  under  the  central  share  of  SDRF.  In  addition,  for  the  financial  year  2021-22,  first installment of Central share of SDRF amounting to Rs. 8873.60 crore has been released in advance to all States on 29 th April, 2021. State wise details of funds released under SDRF is at Annexure-I.

Moreover, during the financial year 2020-21, funds to the tune of Rs.8257.88 crore have been released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to the States/UTs towards the India COVID-19  Emergency  Response and  Health System  Preparedness  Package,  through  its

Agency  National  Health  Mission  (NHM).  This  amount  of  Rs.8257.88  crore  includes  Rs. 110.60 crore towards insurance of health workers. Details of which are given at Annexure-II. This amount is in addition to Rs.1113.21 crore provided to the States in the year 2019-20.

In addition, 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package: Phase-II' has also been approved by the Cabinet for 2021-22 with Rs 23,123 crores (with Rs. 15,000 crore as Central Component & Rs 8,123 crore as State component).

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2021 (Annex I & II).

Annexure-I

## Details of Central Share of State Disaster Response Fund released to the States.

| S.No   |                   | Central share of SDRF (Rs in crore)   | Central share of SDRF (Rs in crore)   |
|--------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State             | 2020-21                               | 2021-22 (First installment)           |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 1119.00                               | 447.60                                |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 250.00                                | 100.00                                |
| 3      | Assam             | 772.00                                | 308.80                                |
| 4      | Bihar             | 1416.00                               | 566.40                                |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 432.00                                | 172.80                                |
| 6      | Goa               | 12.00                                 | 4.80                                  |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 1324.00                               | 529.60                                |
| 8      | Haryana           | 491.00                                | 196.40                                |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 409.00                                | 163.60                                |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 568.00                                | 227.20                                |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 791.00                                | 316.40                                |
| 12     | Kerala            | 314.00                                | 125.60                                |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 1820.00                               | 728.00                                |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 3222.00                               | 1288.80                               |
| 15     | Manipur           | 42.00                                 | 16.80                                 |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 66.00                                 | 26.40                                 |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 47.00                                 | 18.80                                 |
| 18     | Nagaland          | 41.00                                 | 16.40                                 |
| 19     | Odisha            | 1604.00                               | 641.60                                |
| 20     | Punjab            | 573.43                                | 198.00                                |
| 21     | Rajasthan         | 1481.00                               | 592.40                                |
| 22     | Sikkim            | 50.00                                 | 20.00                                 |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu        | 1020.00                               | 408.00                                |
| 24     | Telangana         | 449.00                                | 179.60                                |
| 25     | Tripura           | 68.00                                 | 27.20                                 |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh     | 1933.00                               | 773.20                                |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 937.00                                | 374.80                                |
| 28     | West Bengal       | 1011.00                               | 404.40                                |
|        | Total             | 22262.43                              | 8873.60                               |

Annexure-II State/UT wise details of Central Release of Grants in aid through Agency NHM for management and control COVID-19 during  financial year 2020-21 and  2021-22

(Rs in Crore)

| S. No.   | State/UT                          |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          |     14.8  |      2.13 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                    |    422.67 |     62.69 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |     21.96 |     19.16 |
| 4        | Assam                             |    216.69 |    109.68 |
| 5        | Bihar                             |    193.94 |    154.93 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                        |     35.92 |      0.85 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                      |    109.21 |     56.41 |
| 8 9      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu |      4.67 |      1.43 |
| 10       | Delhi                             |    787.91 |      4.53 |
| 11       | Goa                               |     17.65 |      1.77 |
| 12       | Gujarat                           |    304.16 |     71.88 |
| 13       | Haryana                           |    187.71 |     27.36 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh                  |     54.48 |     32.48 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir                    |    194.58 |     38.65 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                         |     70.84 |     57.5  |
| 17       | Karnataka                         |    409.63 |     75.61 |
| 18       | Kerala                            |    573.96 |     26.08 |
| 19       | Ladakh                            |     44.77 |      9.38 |
| 20       | Lakshadweep                       |      0.79 |      0.22 |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh                    |    286.57 |    131.15 |
| 22       | Maharashtra                       |   1185.12 |    123.12 |
| 23       | Manipur                           |     19.92 |     11.6  |
| 24       | Meghalaya                         |     14.82 |     12.41 |
| 25       | Mizoram                           |      8.86 |      5.98 |
| 26       | Nagaland                          |     10.27 |      8.43 |
| 27       | Odisha                            |    146.44 |     77.58 |
| 28       | Puducherry                        |     23.35 |      0.81 |
| 29       | Punjab                            |    165.28 |     29.83 |
| 30       | Rajasthan                         |    426.39 |    132.51 |
| 31       | Sikkim                            |      7.16 |      2.95 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                        |    868.09 |     71.94 |
| 33       | Telangana                         |    386.37 |     44.8  |
| 34       | Tripura                           |     23.21 |     12.56 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh                     |    541.56 |    281.98 |
| 36       | Uttarakhand                       |     72.25 |     36.68 |
| 37       | West Bengal                       |    295.28 |     90.71 |
|          | Total                             |   8147.28 |   1827.78 |
|          | Insurance of Health Workers       |    110.6  |      0    |
|          | Grand Total                       |   8257.88 |   1827.78 |