Lok Sabha Question No. 1368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Special Status to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †1368

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, December 11, 2023/Agrahayana 20, 1945 (Saka)

## SPECIAL STATUS TO STATES

## † 1368.  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any announcement for or have provided any special package to any State during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details and the criteria thereof along with the funds released and spent on the basis of it;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  special  package  to  any  State  for  the development of its infrastructure;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  ratio  of  multi-dimensional  poor  people  is  more  among  the  population  of Maharashtra;
- (f) if so, the report of NITI Aayog thereon;
- (g) the time when its assessment was made along with basis thereof; and
- (h) total  funds  released  by  the  Finance  Commission  to  various  States  in  the  country particularly  Maharashtra  to  compensate  the  loss  occurred  due  to  heavy  rain,  cyclone and hailstorm during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  No  Sir.  However,  the  Union  Government  came  out  with  a  'Scheme  for  Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure' in October, 2020 considering the tough fiscal environment faced by the State Governments due to COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed to assist the  States  in  boosting  capital  expenditure  and  enhances  the  productive  capacity  of  the economy. Under the Scheme, the Central Government provided 50-year interest free loan to States.  The  Scheme  was  continued  in  2021-22,  2022-23  and  2023-24  with  enhanced allocation  in  view  of  the  extremely  positive  response  of  the  State  Governments  to  the

Schemes and their request for continuing the Scheme. State-wise details of Special Assistance (loan)  released  under  the  Scheme  to  States  for  Capital  Expenditure/Investment  between financial years 2020-21 and 2023-24 is provided in Annexure.

- (e) to (g): As per the information provided by NITI Aayog, the proportion of multidimensional poor people in Maharashtra declined to 7.81% in 2019-21 from 14.80% in 2015-16. NITI Aayog recently published a report, National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023, estimating multidimensional poverty at national, state and district levels.  The  estimates  in  NMPI  are  based  on  the  National  Family  Health  Surveys  (NFHS), sourced by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in coordination with the Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  (MoH&FW).  The  baseline  results  are  based  on NFHS-4  conducted  during  2015-16,  and  the  next  edition  of  results  is  based  on  NFHS-5 conducted during 2019-21. The report highlights that India's headcount ratio of multidimensionally poor has reduced from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-21.
- (h): The 15 th Finance Commission in its report has recommended allocation of funds to the States  for  disaster  management  and  mitigation  based  on  risk  exposure,  capacity  to  spend, hazard and vulnerability (disaster risk index). These funds are released to the States based on the recommendation  of the Nodal Ministry i.e. the Ministry of Home  Affairs. As recommended  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  the  Ministry  of  Finance  has  released  the Central share of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) and Additional Central Assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the State Governments including Maharashtra to undertake immediate relief measures for the people affected by natural calamities. The details of releases of last five financial years are provided as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   |                    | SDRF/SDRMF   | SDRF/SDRMF   | SDRF/SDRMF   | SDRF/SDRMF   | SDRF/SDRMF   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|           | State              | 2018-19      | 2019-20      | 2020-21      | 2021-22      | 2022-23      |
| 1         | All State of which | 9658.13      | 10937.63     | 22262.43     | 20271.80     | 19892.80     |
| 2         | Maharashtra        | 1287.50      | 1352.25      | 3222.00      | 2577.60      | 3593.60      |

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   |                    | NDRF     | NDRF     | NDRF    | NDRF    | NDRF    |
|-----------|--------------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
|           | State              | 2018-19  | 2019-20  | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
| 1         | All State of which | 10000.00 | 18530.50 | 8257.11 | 7342.30 | 1524.85 |
| 2         | Maharashtra        | 2088.59  | 5189.40  | 420.12  | 1056.39 | -       |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1368 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## Special Assistance (loan) released under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2020-21 Amount Released |   2021-22 Amount Released |   2022-23 Amount Released |   2023-24 Amount Released (As on 06.12.2023) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*   |                    688    |                    501.79 |                   6105.56 |                                         0    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                    232.97 |                    371.19 |                   1564.1  |                                       992.49 |
| 3         | Assam             |                    450    |                    600    |                   4300.14 |                                      2841.21 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                    843    |                   1246.5  |                   8455.85 |                                      6135.54 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                    286    |                    423    |                   2941.97 |                                      2019.78 |
| 6         | Goa               |                     97.66 |                    111.04 |                    572.75 |                                       332.35 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                    285    |                    432    |                   4045.82 |                                      2336.62 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                     91    |                    135    |                   1267    |                                       679.25 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                    533    |                    800    |                    650.8  |                                       644.36 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |                    277    |                    246    |                   2964.32 |                                      1693.19 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |                    305    |                    451.5  |                   3399.35 |                                      2538.04 |
| 12        | Kerala*           |                     81.5  |                    238.5  |                   1902.74 |                                         0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |                   1320    |                   1512.36 |                   7360.2  |                                      5325.6  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |                    514    |                    771.73 |                   6744.16 |                                      3457.61 |
| 15        | Manipur*          |                    317.16 |                    212.85 |                    467.22 |                                         0    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |                    200    |                    281.2  |                   1049.02 |                                       555.43 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |                    200    |                    299.99 |                    297.5  |                                       487.55 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |                    200    |                    300    |                    504.16 |                                       462.3  |
| 19        | Odisha            |                    471.5  |                    517.12 |                     75    |                                      3039.77 |
| 20        | Punjab*           |                    296.5  |                    223.5  |                    798.22 |                                         0    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |                   1002    |                    692.41 |                   5595.64 |                                      3987.91 |
| 22        | Sikkim            |                    200    |                    300    |                    551.36 |                                       271.66 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |                      0    |                    505.5  |                   4011.27 |                                      2643.65 |
| 24        | Telangana         |                    358    |                    214.14 |                   2500.98 |                                      1140.84 |
| 25        | Tripura           |                    300    |                    118.54 |                    349.79 |                                       258.77 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |                    976    |                   1483    |                   7940.5  |                                     12458.4  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |                    675    |                    263.92 |                   1124.01 |                                       785.78 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |                    630    |                    933    |                   3655.92 |                                      5015.58 |
|           | Total             |                  11830.3  |                  14185.8  |                  81195.4  |                                     60103.7  |

*: The State has not met the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Scheme for 2023-24.

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