Lok Sabha Question No. 125 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Funds under BRGF and RGSY
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *125

ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## FUNDS UNDER BRGF AND RGSY

## *125    SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has granted any funds under the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) to any districts in the country especially in the State of Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the beneficiaries of the schemes run with the help of these funds;
- (c) whether it is a fact that funds would be provided under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY) to districts uncovered under BRGF;
- (d) the details of districts that are not covered under BRGF in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra; and
- (e) the details of total funds provided to these districts under RGSY during each of the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  of  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *125 FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2022 REGARDING FUNDS UNDER BRGF AND RGSY.

(a)& (b): The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) was implementing the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme (District component)  during  the  period  2006-07  to  2014-15  in  272 districts of 28 States of the country, including in the State of Kerala. During this period, grants of Rs.  26,622.31  crore  was  released  for  the  districts  covered  under  the  scheme.  Two  districts  of Kerala,  namely  Palakkad  and  Wayanad,  were  covered  under  the  scheme  to  which  grants  of Rs.101.47 crore and Rs.55.85 crore, respectively, was released during the said period. The prime objective  of  the  Programme  was  to  bridge  the  critical  gaps  in  local  infrastructure  and  other development requirements which were not being adequately met through the existing financial inflows during that time and as such the Programme was not beneficiary oriented.

(c): No,  sir  as  the  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Yojana  (RGSY)  is  not  under implementation at present. The scheme was subsumed into Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) scheme implemented from the year 2013, which has further been restructured as  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  since  2018-19.  RGSA  scheme  is  implemented throughout the country for strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions in all the Districts.

(d): The districts in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra which were not covered under the BRGF Programme are at Annexure.

(e): Since the scheme of RGSY is not under implementation, the question does not arise.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *125 answered on 26.07.2022.

Districts  not  covered  under  Backward  Region  Grant  Fund  Programme  in  the  States  of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

| Sl.No.   | State          |   Sl.No. | Districts not covered under BRGF Programme   |
|----------|----------------|----------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |        1 | Alluri Sitharama Raju                        |
|          |                |        2 | Anakapalli                                   |
|          |                |        3 | Annamayya                                    |
|          |                |        4 | Bapatla                                      |
|          |                |        5 | East Godavari                                |
|          |                |        6 | Eluru                                        |
|          |                |        7 | Guntur                                       |
|          |                |        8 | Kakinada                                     |
|          |                |        9 | Konaseema                                    |
|          |                |       10 | Krishna                                      |
|          |                |       11 | Kurnool                                      |
|          |                |       12 | Nandyal                                      |
|          |                |       13 | NTR                                          |
|          |                |       14 | Palnadu                                      |
|          |                |       15 | Parvathipuram Manyam                         |
|          |                |       16 | Prakasam                                     |
|          |                |       17 | SPSR Nellore                                 |
|          |                |       18 | Srikakulam                                   |
|          |                |       19 | Sri Sathya Sai                               |
|          |                |       20 | Tirupati                                     |
|          |                |       21 | Visakhapatanam                               |
|          |                |       22 | West Godavari                                |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        1 | Akola                                        |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        2 | Beed                                         |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        3 | Buldhana                                     |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        4 | Jalgaon                                      |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        5 | Jalna                                        |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        6 | Kolhapur                                     |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        7 | Latur                                        |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        8 | Mumbai                                       |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |        9 | Mumbai Suburban                              |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |       10 | Nagpur                                       |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |       11 | Nashik                                       |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |       12 | Osmanabad                                    |
| 2        | Maharashtra    |       13 | Palghar                                      |

| Sl.No.   | State   |   Sl.No. | Districts not covered under BRGF Programme   |
|----------|---------|----------|----------------------------------------------|
|          |         |       14 | Parbhani                                     |
|          |         |       15 | Pune                                         |
|          |         |       16 | Raigad                                       |
|          |         |       17 | Ratnagiri                                    |
|          |         |       18 | Sangli                                       |
|          |         |       19 | Satara                                       |
|          |         |       20 | Sindhudurg                                   |
|          |         |       21 | Solapur                                      |
|          |         |       22 | Thane                                        |
|          |         |       23 | Wardha                                       |
|          |         |       24 | Washim                                       |

Note: Data of districts as per Local Government Directory (https://lgdirectory.gov.in/)

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