Lok Sabha Question No. 727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Assistance provided to Odisha
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †727

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, February 07, 2022/Magha 18, 1943 (Saka)

## Assistance provided to Odisha

## †727.  Shri Basanta Kumar Panda

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has provided assistance to Odisha during the period of Covid19 pandemic; and
- (b) if so, the details of assistance provided to Odisha during the said period, year-wise and projectwise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (b):  The  Union  Government  had  announced  Emergency  Response  and  Health  System Preparedness Package, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (ANB) Packages, Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure and back to back loan to meet shortfall in GST Compensation in order to provide assistance to States during the COVID-19 period. The ANB Packages,  which comprises of  various long-term schemes/programmes/policies are aimed  at making the  country self reliant. Further, the additional borrowing limit  of upto 2 percent of GSDP over and above normal borrowing limit of 3 percent of GSDP for the year 2020-21 and advance releases towards State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)  has  been  allowed  to  the  State  of  Odisha.  The  item-wise assistance provided by the Union Government to the State of Odisha during the COVID-19 pandemic is provided in Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †727 FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 07 TH , 2022.

## (a) COVID-19 related Financial Assistance to the State of Odisha:

|   Sl. No. | Nature of Financial Assistance                                           | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package | 146.44    | 258.59    |
|         2 | National Health Mission (NHM)                                            | 1,617.63  | 881.86    |
|         3 | State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)                                      | 1,604.00  | 1,283.20  |
|         4 | Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure                     | 471.50    | 143.12    |
|         5 | Back to back loan to meet GST Compensation shortfall                     | 3,822.00  | 6,430.20  |
|         6 | Additional Borrowings for 2020-21 (2% of GSDP)                           | 9,716.00  | NA        |

## (b) Other Assistance to the State of Odisha:

|   Sl. No. | Description of the Package - Item                                       | Odisha (as on 04.01.2022)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1   | Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Yojana (PMGAY)                                |                             |
|       1.1 | Foodgrains Quantity (April, 2020 to November, 2020) (in MT)             | 12,06,580                   |
|       1.1 | Number of Beneficiaries                                                 | 2,88,37,690                 |
|       1.2 | Pulses/Channa Quantity (April, 2020 to November, 2020) (in MT)          | 74,941                      |
|       1.2 | Number of Beneficiaries                                                 | 95,19,513                   |
|       1.3 | PMGAY-III Distributed Quantity (May, 2021 to June, 2021) (in MT)        | 3,10,900                    |
|       1.3 | Number of Beneficiaries                                                 | 3,10,89,967                 |
|       1.4 | PMGAY-IV Distributed Quantity (July, 2021 to October, 2021) (in MT)     | 6,16,916                    |
|       1.4 | Number of Beneficiaries                                                 | 3,08,45,781                 |
|       1.5 | PMGAY-V Distributed Quantity (November, 2021 to December, 2021) (in MT) | 0.00                        |
|       1.5 | Number of Beneficiaries                                                 | 0.00                        |
|       2   | Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana                                           |                             |
|       2.1 | Refill Delivered against Advance or Reimbursed                          | 83,65,761                   |
|       2.2 | Amount Transferred (Rs. in crore)                                       | 571.72                      |
|       3   | PMKISAN                                                                 |                             |
|       3.1 | Total Number of Beneficiaries                                           | 20,03,185                   |
|       4   | Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY)                                   |                             |
|       4.1 | Number of Accounts Credited                                             | 81,21,020                   |
|       5   | Employee Provident Fund Contributions (24%)                             |                             |
|       5.1 | Total Number of Beneficiaries                                           | 1,62,121                    |
|       5.2 | Amount (Rs. in crore)                                                   | 101.49                      |
|       6   | National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)                             |                             |
|       6.1 | Total Number of Beneficiaries                                           | 20,27,022                   |
|       7   | Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund                   |                             |
|       7.1 | Total Number of Beneficiaries                                           | 20,83,288                   |
|       7.2 | Amount (Rs. in crore)                                                   | 312.49                      |
|       8   | District Mineral Fund (DMF)                                             |                             |
|       8.1 | Amount (Rs. in crore)                                                   | 99.49                       |

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