Lok Sabha Question No. 3064 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Utilisation of Funds under CRIF
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds released under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF)  across  the  country  particularly  in  the  State  of  Maharshtra during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the utilization status of the said funds in the State, project and location-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  said  funds  have  been  uniformily  spent  across  the
- State and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted/propose to conduct any inquiry into the alleged misuse of funds released under CRIF during the said period; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3064 ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER CRIF

†3064 . SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) The Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs).

Apart  from  this  the  Ministry  also  allocates  fund  for  State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) for development and maintenance of State Roads under the Central Road & Infrastructure Fund  (CRIF)  and  Economic  Importance  &  Interstate  Connectivity (EI&ISC)  schemes  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  CRIF  Act,  2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019.

The  Ministry  finalized  the  criteria  for  allocation  of  funds  for development and maintenance of State Roads [for CRIF and EI & ISC Schemes] under the CRIF Act, 2000 in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and circulated the same to all State Governments and UTs in  January,  2020.  State  Government/  UT  submits  the  proposal  of release of funds under CRIF depending on the progress of the work, there  is  no  specific  restriction  for  project  and  location -wise utilization of fund.

This criteria inter-alia provides for: -

- (i). Maintaining  a  revolving  balance  of  one  third  of  accrual/ allocation for the States/ UTs for the year with State/ UT while releasing funds.
- (ii). Release of funds to States/ UTs in Quarterly instalments linked to submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs).
- (iii). Further  release  of  funds  by  State  Governments/  UTs  to concerned executive agencies (e.g. Public Works Department (PWDs),  Road  Construction  Department/ Corporation, etc.) within 7 days of release of funds by the Ministry.

The salient features of these criteria is at Annexure-I.

As per the CRIF Act, 2000 amended through Finance Act, 2019, the  Central  Government is no longer responsible for monitoring of State road projects under these schemes and expenditure incurred thereon.

The State/ UT - wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the  funds  released/  expenditure  incurred  for  development  and maintenance of State roads under CRIF and EI&ISC schemes during each of the last three years and current year, including for the State of Maharashtra, are placed at Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively

- (d) and (e) No  instances  of  misuse  of  the  funds  released  for  state roads under CRIF and EI&ISC schemes for other projects have come into the notice of the Ministry.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3064 FOR ANSWER  ON 16.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE REGARDING UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER CRIF

The  salient  features  of  the  criteria  for  allocation  of  funds  for development of State Roads under the CRIF Act, 2000:-

- (i) Allocation of funds based on 30 percentage weightage to fuel consumption  and  70  percentage  weightage  to  geographical area of the State/ UT.
- (ii) Total cost of the schemes for approved to be limited to the bank of  sanctions  of  generally  three  times  of  the  annual  accrual/ allocation, except for hill States and North-East States (where working season is limited) for which this is to be generally four times of the annual accrual/ allocation for the year for the State/ UT.
- (iii) Finalization  of  list  of  projects  by  the  Ministry  in  consultation with State Governments/ UTs.
- (iv) Administrative  Approval  of  projects  (included  under  finalized lists) by concerned State Governments/ UTs.
- (v) Technical Approval and Financial Sanction (TA&FS) of projects administratively approved by State/ UT Public Works Departments (PWDs), Road Construction Departments/ Corporations, etc.
- (vi) Permissible excess cost of upto 10 percentage over administratively approved cost.
- (vii) Maintaining a revolving balance  of one  third of accrual/ allocation for the States/ UT for the year with State/ UT while releasing funds.
- (viii) Release of funds to States/ UTs in Quarterly instalments linked to submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs).
- (ix) Further release of funds by State Governments/  UTs  to concerned executive agencies (e.g. PWDs, Road Construction Department/ Corporation, etc.) within 7 days of release of funds by the Ministry.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3064 FOR ANSWER  ON 16.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE REGARDING UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER CRIF

The State/ UT - wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred for development and maintenance of State roads under CRIF scheme during each of the last three  years  and  current  year,  including  for  the  State  of Maharashtra: -

|          |                      |                  |           | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore      |
|----------|----------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No . | State/UT             | 2018-19 Accru al | Relea se* | Accru al  | Relea se* | Accru al  | Relea se* | Accru al       | 2021-22 Relea se# |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 330.27           | 326.88    | 349.64    | 350.08    | 325.54    | 322.00    | 334.79         | 285.02            |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 127.91           | 108.39    | 133.20    | 126.61    | 125.48    | 42.03     | 128.33         | 70.22             |
| 3        | Assam                | 140.97           | 255.92    | 149.03    | 149.03    | 140.74    | 220.81    | 143.73         | 77.51             |
| 4        | Bihar                | 197.71           | 101.49    | 210.35    | 223.16    | 195.30    | 425.93    | 201.06         | 201.06            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 243.02           | 214.02    | 254.60    | 371.61    | 237.50    | 234.92    | 245.62         | 185.18            |
| 6        | Goa                  | 15.40            | 17.47     | 15.67     | 7.29      | 14.43     | 0.00      | 13.41          | 0.00              |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 429.28           | 531.19    | 451.33    | 718.87    | 424.68    | 430.74    | 433.85         | 433.85            |
| 8        | Haryana              | 185.06           | 80.93     | 185.10    | 200.77    | 167.73    | 78.54     | 176.97         | 163.71            |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 98.98            | 92.56     | 103.27    | 87.12     | 97.27     | 95.95     | 99.69          | 99.69             |
| 10       | Jharkhand            | 160.40           | 63.33     | 171.07    | 137.67    | 160.88    | 78.77     | 164.25         | 40.79             |
| 11       | Karnataka            | 450.54           | 508.39    | 476.84    | 382.57    | 439.77    | 434.99    | 442.90         | 442.90            |
| 12       | Kerala               | 136.74           | 122.85    | 140.54    | 0.00      | 132.26    | 273.99    | 126.71         | 126.71            |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh       | 551.98           | 625.70    | 579.67    | 693.25    | 541.01    | 535.13    | 555.95         | 379.43            |
| 14       | Maharashtra          | 688.47           | 780.42    | 728.84    | 629.83    | 683.27    | 675.84    | 683.47         | 0.00              |
| 15       | Manipur              | 36.14            | 12.95     | 38.00     | 12.64     | 35.85     | 13.22     | 36.58          | 13.43             |
| 16       | Meghalaya            | 41.04            | 28.53     | 43.34     | 29.10     | 40.81     | 76.93     | 40.61          | 40.61             |
| 17       | Mizoram              | 33.06            | 23.40     | 34.55     | 34.55     | 32.56     | 32.28     | 33.12          | 11.02             |
| 18       | Nagaland             | 26.70            | 54.70     | 27.87     | 9.29      | 26.44     | 37.41     | 27.00          | 9.00              |
| 19       | Odisha               | 293.08           | 111.93    | 308.94    | 286.96    | 289.54    | 534.19    | 298.53         | 296.01            |
| 20       | Punjab               | 158.35           | 170.11    | 159.60    | 259.37    | 148.77    | 141.18    | 149.33         | 149.33            |
| 21       | Rajasthan            | 644.38           | 591.86    | 669.01    | 415.17    | 622.71    | 141.81    | 627.58         | 0.00              |
| 22       | Sikkim               | 12.21            | 16.76     | 12.89     | 4.29      | 12.09     | 3.98      | 12.05          | 0.00              |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu           | 367.76           | 416.88    | 379.65    | 262.37    | 352.04    | 503.17    | 350.15         | 350.15            |
| 24       | Telangana            | 263.99           | 279.08    | 276.37    | 234.06    | 256.08    | 253.29    | 261.88         | 261.88            |
| 25       | Tripura              | 18.44            | 3.44      | 19.13     | 22.03     | 17.89     | 48.84     | 18.48          | 7.12              |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh        | 578.63           | 655.91    | 624.31    | 541.09    | 582.69    | 576.36    | 616.29         | 616.29            |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          | 99.05            | 85.80     | 103.98    | 42.58     | 97.23     | 61.34     | 98.80          | 0.00              |
| 28       | West Bengal          | 212.57           | 138.33    | 224.70    | 451.67    | 209.20    | 136.11    | 213.87         | 213.87            |
| 29       | A & N Islands        | 20.01            | 20.52     | 20.22     | 6.74      | 15.12     | 15.12     | 15.12          | 10.08             |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 4.52             | 0.00      | 4.57      | 4.57      | 5.61      | 5.61      | 4.80           | 2.59              |
| 30       | Chandigarh           | 5.62             | 0.00      | 5.65      | 0.00      | 6.16      | 0.00      | 4.76           | 0.00              |

| Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore    | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No         |                 | 2018-19        | 2018-19        | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2021-22        |
| .              | State/UT        | Accru al       | Relea se*      | Accru al       | Relea se*      | Accru al       | Relea se*      | Accru al       | Relea se#      |
| 32             | Daman & Diu     | 2.77           | 0.00           | 2.80           | 0.00           |                |                |                |                |
| 33             | Delhi           | 62.49          | 0.00           | 59.99          | 0.00           | 34.15          | 0.00           | 27.20          | 0.00           |
| 34             | Jammu & Kashmir | 348.87         | 344.75         | 137.85         | 152.96         | 94.51          | 79.40          | 94.51          | 56.71          |
| 35             | Ladakh          | -              | -              | 103.82         | 17.36          | 246.22         | 96.95          | 246.22         | 0.00           |
| 36             | Puducherry      | 12.51          | 0.00           | 12.01          | 4.00           | 8.47           | 8.47           | 7.39           | 5.18           |

*Funds to some States/UTs have been released more than the accrual of a State/ UT from the unspent balance of previous years of those

States/UTs. #Release as on 30.11.2021

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3064 FOR ANSWER  ON 16.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE REGARDING UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER CRIF

The State/ UT - wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred for development and maintenance of State roads under EI&ISC scheme during each of the last three  years  and  current  year,  including  for  the  State  of Maharashtra:-

|         |                   |         |         |         |         | Amount in   | Amount in   | Amount in   | Amount in   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl. No. |                   | 2018-19 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 2020-21     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2021-22     |
|         | State / UT        | Alloc.  | Expd.*  | Alloc.  | Expd.*  | Alloc.      | Expd.*      | Alloc.      | Expd.#      |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 15.00   | 15.00   | 40.00   | 26.49   | 33.50       | 33.44       | 15.00       | 13.96       |
| 2       | Assam             | 25.00   | 21.38   | 52.00   | 39.97   | 43.00       | 34.81       | 21.39       | 20.92       |
| 3       | Goa               | 30.00   | 25.77   | 20.00   | 16.11   | 10.50       | 6.39        | 3.00        | 0.00        |
| 4       | Gujarat           | 7.00    | 4.24    | 2.00    | 0.04    | 7.59        | 7.59        | 8.17        | 7.36        |
| 5       | Haryana           | 15.00   | 13.90   | 30.00   | 19.66   | 11.73       | 2.40        | 4.92        | 0.00        |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh  | 12.50   | 8.20    | 12.00   | 8.35    | 6.98        | 6.48        | 2.00        | 0.73        |
| 7       | Karnataka         | 5.00    | 2.56    | 2.00    | 0.00    | 2.37        | 2.37        | 0.68        | 0.00        |
| 8       | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 6.30        | 6.62        | 4.80        | 3.97        |
| 9       | Maharashtra       | 4.00    | 0.78    | 2.00    | 0.00    | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 10      | Manipur           | 25.00   | 27.91   | 25.00   | 22.50   | 40.00       | 39.99       | 26.66       | 25.02       |
| 11      | Meghalaya         | 15.00   | 14.15   | 22.00   | 20.44   | 20.00       | 19.50       | 5.71        | 4.10        |
| 12      | Mizoram           | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 10.00       | 5.01        | 2.86        | 1.29        |
| 13      | Nagaland          | 55.00   | 55.46   | 130.00  | 147.80  | 72.00       | 71.59       | 83.83       | 65.99       |
| 14      | Odisha            | 10.00   | 14.72   | 55.00   | 37.87   | 46.00       | 44.63       | 78.64       | 25.05       |
| 15      | Punjab            | 15.00   | 10.24   | 3.50    | 1.80    | 1.20        | 1.22        | 0.34        | 0.00        |
| 16      | Rajasthan         | 15.00   | 9.96    | 5.00    | 1.86    | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.60        | 0.59        |
| 17      | Sikkim            | 6.00    | 12.63   | 11.50   | 9.40    | 1.78        | 1.78        | 5.71        | 5.64        |
| 18      | Tamil Nadu        | 75.00   | 66.27   | 13.00   | 11.21   | 34.00       | 28.34       | 9.71        | 9.66        |
| 19      | Telangana         | 12.00   | 9.98    | 10.00   | 5.95    | 2.31        | 2.30        | 0.66        | 0.00        |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     | 90.00   | 93.78   | 26.00   | 25.91   | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 21      | West Bengal       | 3.50    | 3.33    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 22      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 65.00   | 64.56   | 5.00    | 4.62    | 0.74        | 0.68        | 1.50        | 0.24        |

*Authorizations  were  made  to  incur  expenditure  on  purely  'First Come First Serve' basis subject to the condition that total overall expenditure  does  not  exceed  total  allocation  made  during  that Financial Year to ensure that there are minimum surrender of funds. Therefore,  expenditure  for  some  States  have  been  more  than  the allocation made during that Financial Year.

#Expenditure as on 31.10.2021 Alloc. -Allocation Expd. -Expenditure *****