Lok Sabha Question No. 1151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Special Assistance to Bihar
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1151

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 15, 1943 (SAKA)

## Special Assistance to Bihar

## †1151. Shri Dulal Chand Goswami: Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh: Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  provides  additional  financial  assistance  to  Bihar  under  the Special Assistance Scheme/Backward Special Assistance Fund;
- (b) if so, the eligibility of Bihar for the same along with the amount provided to the State thereunder during the last five years, year-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the names of States which are also covered under this special fund scheme along with the  amount  of  funds  provided  to  them  thereunder  during  the  said  period,  year-wise and state-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CH A UDHARY)

(a)  to  (c):  Yes  Sir.  The  Union  Government  has  introduced  a  budget  line  'Special  Assistance' under the Demands for Grants 'Transfers to States' in the financial year 2015-16 for (a) spillover committed liabilities for which Budget provision is not made after the implementation of 14 th Finance  Commission  recommendations  and  (b)  other  need  based  assistance to  the  States. The  State-wise  and  year-wise  funds  released  under  the  'Special  Assistance'  are  provided  in Annexure-I.

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## ANNEXURE - I REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1151 FOR 06.12.2021.

Annexure-I State-wise and year-wise details of funds released under the scheme Special Assistance

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   1658.07 |   1976.5  |      0    |     15.81 |     350   |   350     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |     19.56 |      0    |     33.99 |    309.73 |       0   |   328.772 |
| 3         | Assam             |    551.36 |    945.9  |    176.06 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 4         | Bihar             |   1910.36 |   1329.4  |   3414    |    739.47 |       0   |   195.738 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |     32.99 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 6         | Goa               |      0    |     70    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 7         | Gujarat           |     15.39 |   1258.8  |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 8         | Haryana           |     16.85 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |     11.94 |      2.86 |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |   1194.85 |   2509.44 |      0    |     85    |     200   |     0     |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |      1.5  |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 12        | Karnataka         |     87.19 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 13        | Kerala            |     41.94 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |    421.43 |    215    |    759.53 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |     90.32 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 16        | Manipur           |     46.84 |    150    |    126    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |    267.4  |      0    |     65.97 |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 18        | Mizoram           |     20.83 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 19        | Nagaland          |     37.23 |      0    |     53.75 |    226.8  |       0   |   219.15  |
| 20        | Odisha            |    149.68 |    367.93 |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 21        | Punjab            |    270.58 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |    431.29 |      0    |      0    |    146    |       0   |     0     |
| 23        | Sikkim            |    187    |    500    |     36    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |    569.43 |    200    |    200    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
| 25        | Telangana         |    566.14 |    450    |    450    |    450    |       0   |   450     |
| 26        | Tripura           |    296.15 |    150    |    300    |   1500    |     698.7 |     0     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |    307.58 |     80    |    917.2  |   1200    |       0   |     0     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |    577.47 |    693.78 |    418    |      8    |     375   |   405     |
| 29        | West Bengal       |   1108.64 |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |     0     |
|           | Total             |  10890    |  10899.6  |   6950.5  |   4680.81 |    1623.7 |  1948.66  |

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