Lok Sabha Question No. 3685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF)
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Smt. Jyotsna Charandas Mahant, Adv. Adoor Prakash, Shri Benny Behanan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3685

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 24 TH  MARCH, 2025/ 3 CHAITRA 1947 (SAKA)

## URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (UIDF)

3685. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH: SMT. JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the total funds allocated under the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF) for the financial year 2024-25 and its utilisation across the country, State-wise;

(b) the number of urban infrastructure projects sanctioned and completed under the said scheme so far; and

(c) the key challenges in the fund disbursement and project implementation along with the manner in which the Government is planning to address them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a):  Urban  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (UIDF)  was  created  with  an  initial  corpus  of ₹10,000  Crore  for  the  Financial  Year  (F.Y)  2023-24,  with  an  additional  ₹10,000  Crore allocated for FY 2024-25. However, in order to augment the availability of funds for rural credit, ₹7,000 Crore, out of the allocation of UIDF for FY 2024-25, has been reallocated to Short Term Cooperative Rural Credit (Refinance) Fund (STCRCF). The reallocated amount would be replenished to UIDF through new allocations in FY 2025-26.

The State/UT-wise details of amount of projects received and loan sanctioned under the UIDF, as on 28.02.2025, are provided at Annexure-I.

(b): As informed by National Housing Bank (NHB), as on 28.02.2025, 730 projects have been sanctioned, out of which 3 have been completed under UIDF.

(c): Based on the review of UIDF undertaken and feedback received from the stakeholders, some of the challenges identified and addressed are as follows:

- i) The submission of alternative documents viz. tender documents, detailed work orders etc. in lieu of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been permitted for State Sponsored Projects with UIDF loan upto ₹ 50 crores and for Urban Local Body (ULB) Sponsored Projects  with  UIDF loan upto ₹ 20 crores in order to make project submission and evaluation process smoother and efficient.
2. ii) The Project Sanctioning Committee (PSC) has been rationalized to enhance operational efficiency and speed up the processing of proposals under UIDF.
3. iii) With  a  view  to  broaden  the  fund's  scope,  the  eligible  projects  under  UIDF,  were expended to cover all urban infrastructure activities except Housing, Power/Telecom and Urban Transport.

Further, disbursements are made in phases upon completion of specific project milestones.

## Annexure-I as referred to in Part (a) of the Reply

(Amount in ₹ crore)

| No.   | State / UT                               | Amount of Projects Received   | Amount of Loan Sanctioned   |
|-------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Island               | -                             | -                           |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                           | 422.36                        | 422.36                      |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 0.95                          | 0.95                        |
| 4     | Assam                                    | 323.87                        | 321.26                      |
| 5     | Bihar                                    | 105.71                        | 105.41                      |
| 6     | Chandigarh                               | -                             | -                           |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                             | 456.92                        | 440.46                      |
| 8     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | -                             | -                           |
| 9     | Goa                                      | 11.67                         | 11.67                       |
| 10    | Gujarat                                  | 445.53                        | 310.04                      |
| 11    | Haryana                                  | 298.76                        | 197.26                      |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh                         | 29.45                         | 28.8                        |
| 13    | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 8.27                          | 8.27                        |
| 14    | Jharkhand                                | 5                             | 5                           |
| 15    | Karnataka                                | 919.83                        | 706.72                      |
| 16    | Kerala                                   | 135.78                        | 131.9                       |
| 17    | Madhya Pradesh                           | 412.68                        | 108.77                      |
| 18    | Maharashtra                              | 1,164.56                      | 1,131.17                    |
| 19    | Manipur                                  | 21.34                         | 21.34                       |
| 20    | Meghalaya                                | 39.02                         | 39.02                       |
| 21    | Mizoram                                  | -                             | -                           |
| 22    | Nagaland                                 | -                             | -                           |
| 23    | Odisha                                   | -                             | -                           |
| 24    | Puducherry                               | 16.29                         | 16.29                       |
| 25    | Punjab                                   | 252.37                        | 205.33                      |
| 26    | Rajasthan                                | 1,096.88                      | 892.54                      |
| 27    | Sikkim                                   | 20.9                          | 16.06                       |
| 28    | Tamil Nadu                               | 886.36                        | 847.01                      |
| 29    | Telangana                                | 1,715.56                      | 1,635.10                    |
| 30    | Tripura                                  | 101.58                        | 75.56                       |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh                            | -                             | -                           |
| 32    | Uttarakhand                              | 58.72                         | 58.72                       |
| 33    | West Bengal                              | -                             | -                           |
|       | Total                                    | 8,950.36                      | 7,737.01                    |

(Source: NHB)

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