Lok Sabha Question No. 227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Scheme for Special Assistance to SCEI
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Nalin Soren, Adv Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †227

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2025/MAGHA 14, 1946 (SAKA)

## SCHEME FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCEI

## †227. Shri Nalin Soren:

Adv Dean Kuriakose:

Shri Jugal Kishore:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government had launched a new scheme called Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment;
- (b) if so, the details of interest free loan/assistance provided to the States so far under the said scheme including Jammu and Kashmir, State/year-wise;
- (c) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government for capital expenditure/investment across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has sanctioned funds under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment Scheme for Kerala State during the last two years, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the total number of projects sanctioned and funds sanctioned under the scheme during the last two years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. The Union Government, in the financial year 2020-21, launched the 'Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure' which was continued in the financial year  2021-22  as  well.  Thereafter,  the  Schemes  were  implemented  as  the  'Scheme  for  Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment' in the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 and is being  continued  in  the  financial  year  2024-25  also.    The  State-wise  and  year-wise  details  of Special  Assistance  (Loan)  provided  under  the  Schemes  to  the  States  so  far  are  provided  in Annexure 'A'. No releases have been made to the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir as the  Scheme is meant  only for the States, and not UTs.  In case of  UTs, financial assistance is provided under different heads by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

(c):  The normal Net Borrowing Ceiling (NBC) of the States for the year 2021-22 was fixed at 4% of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) as recommended by Fifteenth Finance Commission (15 th FC). Out of the normal NBC of 4% of projected GSDP for the year 2021-22, borrowing ceiling of 0.50% of the projected GSDP was earmarked for the incremental capital expenditure incurred by the States during 2021-22, for which, a target for capital expenditure was fixed for each State. In FY 2024-25, an incentive amount of Rs. 25,000 crore is earmarked for States who achieve more than 10% growth in Capital Expenditure from their own resources.

(d):   In the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23, Rs. 1902.74 crore was released to the State of Kerala. In FY 2023-24, no funds could be released to the State of Kerala due to non-utilization of funds earlier and non-compliance with scheme guidelines.

(e):   The State-wise details of number of projects sanctioned under the scheme during the last two years are given in Annexure 'B'.  The State-wise and year-wise details of Special Assistance (Loan) provided under the Schemes to the States are provided in Annexure 'A'

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## Funds  released  to  States  under  the  Scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital Expenditure/Investment from 2020-21 to 2024-25:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |   2023-24 |   2024-25 (as on 28.01.2025) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 688.00    | 501.79    | 6,105.56  |   4090.81 |                      5604.71 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 232.97    | 371.19    | 1,564.10  |   2363.42 |                       606.02 |
| 3         | Assam             | 450.00    | 600.00    | 4,300.14  |   5804.43 |                      6200.18 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 843.00    | 1,246.50  | 8,455.85  |   8814.8  |                     11521.9  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 286.00    | 423.00    | 2,941.97  |   3365.25 |                      5768.4  |
| 6         | Goa               | 97.66     | 111.04    | 572.75    |    695.2  |                      1185.18 |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 285.00    | 432.00    | 4,045.82  |   4254.32 |                      3893.35 |
| 8         | Haryana           | 91.00     | 135.00    | 1,267.00  |   1702.05 |                       807.3  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 533.00    | 800.00    | 650.80    |   1515.97 |                      1050.26 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 277.00    | 246.00    | 2,964.32  |   4580.61 |                      1233.74 |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 305.00    | 451.50    | 3,399.35  |   3879.24 |                      4795.21 |
| 12        | Kerala            | 81.50     | 238.50    | 1,902.74  |      0    |                      1272.27 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,320.00  | 1,512.36  | 7,360.20  |  12636.2  |                     10166.6  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 514.00    | 771.73    | 6,744.16  |   5376.31 |                      5223.31 |
| 15        | Manipur           | 317.16    | 212.85    | 467.22    |    542.7  |                       568.3  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 200.00    | 281.20    | 1,049.02  |   1293.06 |                      1669.4  |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 200.00    | 299.99    | 297.50    |    743.28 |                       630    |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 200.00    | 300.00    | 504.16    |    973.2  |                       462.48 |
| 19        | Odisha            | 471.50    | 517.12    | 75.00     |   3532.14 |                      5573.81 |
| 20        | Punjab            | 296.50    | 223.50    | 798.22    |      0    |                      1244.47 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 1,002.00  | 692.41    | 5,595.64  |   8513.42 |                      6876.79 |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 200.00    | 300.00    | 551.36    |    797.85 |                      1130.27 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | -         | 505.50    | 4,011.27  |   5326.42 |                      4958.94 |
| 24        | Telangana         | 358.00    | 214.14    | 2,500.98  |   1948.34 |                      1368.21 |
| 25        | Tripura           | 300.00    | 118.54    | 349.79    |    662.92 |                       812.82 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 976.00    | 1,483.00  | 7,940.50  |  19215.1  |                     10795.2  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 675.00    | 263.92    | 1,124.01  |   1911.71 |                       898.56 |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 630.00    | 933.00    | 3,655.92  |   5015.58 |                      9728.94 |
|           | TOTAL             | 11,830.29 | 14,185.78 | 81,195.35 | 109554    |                    106047    |

## State-wise  details  of  number  of  projects  sanctioned  under  the  "Scheme  for  Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment" during the last two years.

|   Sl. No. | State             |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |       107 |        63 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |       202 |        30 |
|         3 | Assam             |       244 |       562 |
|         4 | Bihar             |       147 |         4 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |       442 |         8 |
|         6 | Goa               |        39 |        41 |
|         7 | Gujarat           |       144 |       306 |
|         8 | Haryana           |        21 |       244 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |        55 |        58 |
|        10 | Jharkhand         |       337 |        10 |
|        11 | Karnataka         |        25 |        26 |
|        12 | Kerala            |       125 |        40 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh    |       187 |       352 |
|        14 | Maharashtra       |       276 |       318 |
|        15 | Manipur           |        36 |        36 |
|        16 | Meghalaya         |       147 |       169 |
|        17 | Mizoram           |        91 |       149 |
|        18 | Nagaland          |        78 |       102 |
|        19 | Odisha            |         0 |       155 |
|        20 | Punjab            |        84 |         2 |
|        21 | Rajasthan         |       301 |       336 |
|        22 | Tamil Nadu        |        14 |         3 |
|        23 | Sikkim            |        33 |        21 |
|        24 | Telangana         |        83 |         6 |
|        25 | Tripura           |       190 |         2 |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh     |        43 |       269 |
|        27 | Uttrakhand        |       110 |        19 |
|        28 | West bengal       |       319 |       493 |