Lok Sabha Question No. 150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Special Assistance to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †150

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 22, 2024/ASHADHA 31, 1946 (SAKA)

## SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES

## †150.   SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  launched  a  new  scheme  namely,  Scheme  for  Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  interest  free  loans/assistance  extended  to  the States, State/Year-wise including the state of Bihar under the said scheme; and
- (c) the other measures taken/being taken by the Government for Capital Expenditure/Investment in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Yes Sir. The 'Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure' was launched in the financial  year  2020-21 and was continued in 2021-22. Thereafter, the Scheme was 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 including the States of Bihar are provided in Annexure.

(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 State during 2021-22, for which, a target for capital expenditure was fixed for each State including for the State of Bihar.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †150   DUE FOR ANSWER ON 22 ND  JULY, 2024

## State-wise and year-wise Special Assistance (Loan) released under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 (As on 17.07.2024) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |    688    |    501.79 |   6105.56 |   4090.81 |                         0    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |    232.97 |    371.19 |   1564.1  |   2363.42 |                         0    |
| 3         | Assam             |    450    |    600    |   4300.14 |   5804.43 |                      1135.2  |
| 4         | Bihar             |    843    |   1246.5  |   8455.85 |   8814.8  |                         0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |    286    |    423    |   2941.97 |   3365.25 |                      1171.14 |
| 6         | Goa               |     97.66 |    111.04 |    572.75 |    695.2  |                       140.58 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |    285    |    432    |   4045.82 |   4254.32 |                      1051.89 |
| 8         | Haryana           |     91    |    135    |   1267    |   1702.05 |                         0    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |    533    |    800    |    650.8  |   1515.97 |                       345.38 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |    277    |    246    |   2964.32 |   4580.61 |                         0    |
| 11        | Karnataka         |    305    |    451.5  |   3399.35 |   3879.24 |                      1323.96 |
| 12        | Kerala            |     81.5  |    238.5  |   1902.74 |      0    |                         0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |   1320    |   1512.36 |   7360.2  |  12636.2  |                      2849.88 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |    514    |    771.73 |   6744.16 |   5376.31 |                         0    |
| 15        | Manipur           |    317.16 |    212.85 |    467.22 |    542.7  |                         0    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |    200    |    281.2  |   1049.02 |   1293.06 |                         0    |
| 17        | Mizoram           |    200    |    299.99 |    297.5  |    743.28 |                         0    |
| 18        | Nagaland          |    200    |    300    |    504.16 |    973.2  |                         0    |
| 19        | Odisha            |    471.5  |    517.12 |     75    |   3532.14 |                         0    |
| 20        | Punjab            |    296.5  |    223.5  |    798.22 |      0    |                         0    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |   1002    |    692.41 |   5595.64 |   8513.42 |                         0    |
| 22        | Sikkim            |    200    |    300    |    551.36 |    797.85 |                       140.58 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |      0    |    505.5  |   4011.27 |   5326.42 |                      1480.38 |
| 24        | Telangana         |    358    |    214.14 |   2500.98 |   1948.34 |                         0    |
| 25        | Tripura           |    300    |    118.54 |    349.79 |    662.92 |                       248.71 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |    976    |   1483    |   7940.5  |  19215.1  |                      5231.97 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |    675    |    263.92 |   1124.01 |   1911.71 |                         0    |
| 28        | West Bengal       |    630    |    933    |   3655.92 |   5015.58 |                         0    |
|           | Total             |  11830.3  |  14185.8  |  81195.4  | 109554    |                     15119.7  |

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