Lok Sabha Question No. 1369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Modernisation of Fire Services
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Hanuman Beniwal, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1369

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2024/ AGRAHAYANA 12, 1946 (SAKA)

## MODERNISATION OF FIRE SERVICES

1369.    SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: SHRI MANISH JAISWAL: SMT. BIJULI KALITA MEDHI: DR. VINOD KUMAR BIND: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  major  initiatives/steps  taken  by  the  Government  for reduction disaster risk under the Scheme for Expansion and Modernisation of Fire Services in the States along with the funds outlay thereof; and
- (b)  the  action  plan  of  the  Government  to  make  the  said  arrangements mandatory in the Gram Panchayats and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (b): Fire  Service  is  a  State  subject  and  has  been  included  as  a Municipal function in the XII Schedule of the Constitution of India under Article 243(W).

It  is  the  primary  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments  to  ensure strengthening  of  Fire  &  Emergency  Services  under  the  area  of  their jurisdiction including in the Gram Panchayats.

Recognizing the need for expansion and modernization of fire services in the  States,  Fifteenth  Finance  Commission  recommended  a  provision  of Rs.5000  crore  for  strengthening  the  fire  services  at  a  state level. Therefore, Central Government has launched the 'Scheme for Expansion and Modernisation of Fire Services in the States' on 04.07.2023. The detailed scheme is available at https://www.mha.gov.in/en/commoncontent/policies-guidelines.

Under  the  Scheme,  the  concerned  State  Governments  shall  have  to contribute  25%  (except  for  North-Eastern  and  Himalayan  (NEH)  States which shall contribute 10%) of the total cost of projects / proposals from their respective States resources.

Under  the  Scheme,  the  States  are  permitted  to  undertake  following activities  in  order  to  strengthen  the  fire  services  in  their  respective states.

- (i) Expansion  of  Fire  Services  by  setting  up  of  new  fire  stations, strengthening  of  state  training  centres  and  capacity  building  of the firefighter,  volunteers and  community  in  fire prevention measures, awareness programme etc. 35% of the fund has been allocated  for  this  activity,  out  of  which  5%  is  for  capacity building.

- (ii) Modernisation  of  fire  services  by  procuring  modern  firefighting equipment and strengthening of state headquarters and urban fire stations.  The  equipments  to  be  purchased  includes  hydraulic platform, turntable ladders  among others as given in the indicative  list  circulated  to  the  States  alongwith  the  Scheme guidelines  dated  4 th   July,  2023.  50%  of  the  fund  has  been allocated for modernisation of fire services.
- (iii) Provision  has  also  been  made  for  any  State  specific  demand underwhich not only the states can raise their demand to top-up their  respective  ongoing  projects  requiring  additional  financial assistance, but also flexibility has been given to them to meet the states specific requirements. 15% of the fund has been allocated for State specific demand.
- (iv) Out  of  the  total  allocated  fund  of  Rs.5000  crore  under  the Scheme,  an  amount  of  Rs.500  crore  has  also  been  kept  for incentivising the States on the basis of their legal and infrastructure-based reforms.

The State-wise details of funds allocated to the States under the Scheme is at Annexure-I. As on date, proposals of eighteen (18) states have been

approved by the Ministry of Home  Affairs  for  financial  assistance  under the Scheme as per details given below: -

(Rs in crore)

|   Sl No. | States           |   Total Allocation |
|----------|------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |            252.86  |
|        2 | Manipur          |             45     |
|        3 | Meghalaya        |             44.37  |
|        4 | Telangana        |            190.14  |
|        5 | Uttar Pradesh    |            768.67  |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh |             65.33  |
|        7 | Punjab           |            131.56  |
|        8 | Sikkim           |             32.25  |
|        9 | Tripura          |             42.36  |
|       10 | Uttarakhand      |             78.89  |
|       11 | Assam            |            107.47  |
|       12 | Karnataka        |            329.9   |
|       13 | Mizoram          |             40     |
|       14 | Tamil Nadu       |            373.27  |
|       15 | Chhattisgarh     |            147.745 |
|       16 | Nagaland         |             40.05  |
|       17 | Odisha           |            200.384 |
|       18 | West Bengal      |            376.76  |

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ANNEXURE -I L.S.US.Q.NO. 1369 FOR 03.12.2024

State-wise details of funds allocated to the States under the scheme for expansion and modernization of Fire Services in the States (Rs in crore)

| Sl. No   | List of States    |   Central Share |   State Share |   Total Allocation |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |          189.7  |         63.23 |             252.93 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |           57.57 |          6.39 |              63.96 |
| 3        | Assam             |           96.73 |         10.74 |             107.47 |
| 4        | Bihar             |          255.69 |         85.23 |             340.92 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |          110.82 |         36.94 |             147.76 |
| 6        | Goa               |           31.63 |         10.54 |              42.17 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |          254.27 |         84.75 |             339.02 |
| 8        | Haryana           |           87.48 |         29.16 |             116.64 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |           58.8  |          6.53 |              65.33 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |          111    |         37    |             148    |
| 11       | Karnataka         |          247.42 |         82.47 |             329.9  |
| 12       | Kerala            |          122.41 |         40.8  |             163.21 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |          298.15 |         99.38 |             397.54 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |          461.61 |        153.87 |             615.48 |
| 15       | Manipur           |           40.5  |          4.5  |              45    |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |           39.94 |          4.43 |              44.37 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |           36    |          4    |              40    |
| 18       | Nagaland          |           36.05 |          4    |              40.05 |
| 19       | Odisha            |          150.83 |         50.27 |             201.1  |
| 20       | Punjab            |           98.67 |         32.89 |             131.56 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |          293.73 |         97.91 |             391.64 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |           29.03 |          3.22 |              32.25 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |          280    |         93.33 |             373.33 |
| 24       | Telangana         |          142.61 |         47.53 |             190.14 |
| 25       | Tripura           |           38.15 |          4.23 |              42.38 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |          577.43 |        192.47 |             769.9  |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |           71.03 |          7.89 |              78.92 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |          282.57 |         94.19 |             376.76 |
|          | Total             |         4499.84 |       1387.99 |            5887.83 |

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