Lok Sabha Question No. 176 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Maintenance of National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Ranjeeta Koli, Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 176 ANSWERED ON 02 ND   FEBRUARY, 2023

## MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

†176. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the mechanism adopted by the Government to monitor the repair and maintenance work of National Highways (NHs) in the State of Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of the revenues earned from NHs and the funds utilised on the maintenance of NHs in the State during the last three years and the current year;
- (c)  the  funds  spent  by  the  Government  from  Central  Road  and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) in the country, including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether the contribution of State Government is fixed under CRIF and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  whole  amount  under  CRIF  is  released  by  the  Union Government and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Maintenance  &  repair  of  National  highways  is  a  continuous process.  On completed NH sections, repair & maintenance is carried

out as per Contract agreement by O&M contractors/BOT concessionaires/EPC Contractors. In NH stretches under implementation, the maintenance is carried out by the contractor/concessionaire as part of their obligations in the contract. NHAI  has  launched  Maintenance  Management  Module named  'TATPAR'  to  monitor  the  repair  and  maintenance  work  of National Highways (NHs) in the country including State of Rajasthan.

- (b) Toll revenue amounting to Rs 9917.96 Crores has been realised from  97  nos  of  Toll  Plazas  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  during  the Financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (Upto 31.12.2022). Agency wise funds spent for operation & maintenance in the State of Rajasthan during the last three years and the current year is as under:-

Amount (in Cr.)

| Year                     |   NHAI |   Rajasthan PWD |
|--------------------------|--------|-----------------|
| 2019-20                  | 172.91 |           38.16 |
| 2020-21                  | 126.12 |           78.04 |
| 2021-22                  | 106.76 |           16.14 |
| 2022-23 (upto Dec. 2022) | 119.26 |           24.92 |

- (c) The State/ UT - wise details of total accrual/ allocation of funds and  the  funds  released/  expenditure  incurred  for  development  and maintenance of State roads under CRIF scheme during each of the last three years and current year, in the country including for the State of Rajasthan is at Annexure.
- (d) & (e) The Ministry allocates funds for State Governments / Union Territories  (UTs)  for  development  and  maintenance  of  State  Roads under the Central Road & Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) and Economic Importance & Interstate Connectivity (EI&ISC) Schemes as per the provisions  of  the  Central  Road  and  Infrastructure  Fund  (CRIF)  Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019. As per amendment to the Government  of  India  (Allocation  of  Business)  Rules,  1961  in  July, 2018, the subject matter pertains to the Ministry of Finance. The CRIF is  earmarked  for  various  Infrastructure  Sectors  such  as  Transport

(Road  and  Bridges,  Ports,  Shipyards,  Inland  Waterways,  Airports, Railways,  Urban  Public  Transport),  Energy,  Water  and  Sanitation, Communication, Social and Commercial Infrastructure, etc., as per the provisions of CRIF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019. Based  on  the  section  7A  and  11  of  CRIF  Act,  2000,  the  Ministry finalized  the  criteria  for  allocation  of  funds  for  development  and maintenance  of  State  Roads  [for  CRIF  and  EI  &  ISC  Schemes]  in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and circulated the same to all  State  Governments  and  UTs  in  January,  2020  and  amendments issued on April, 2022. This criteria inter-alia provides for:

- i. Allocation of funds based on 30 percentage weightage to fuel consumption and 70 percentage weightage to geographical area of the State/ UT.
- ii. Maintaining a revolving balance of one third of accrual/allocation for the States/ UT for the year with State/ UT while releasing funds.
- iii. Release of funds to States/ UTs in Quarterly instalments linked to submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs).
- iv. Further release of funds by State Governments/ UTs to concerned executive agencies (e.g. Public Works Department (PWDs), Road Construction Department/ Corporation, etc.) within 7 days of release of funds by the Ministry.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 176 FOR 02.02.2023 ASKED BY  SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI,              DR. MANOJ  RAJORIA  REGARDING ' MAINTENANCE  OF  NATIONAL HIGHWAYS '

The State/UT wise details of accrual/ allocation of funds and the funds released/ expenditure incurred under CRIF during last three years

| Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore      | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore              | Rs. in crore              |
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sr. No         | State/UT          | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2021-22        | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) |
| .              |                   | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrua l                  | Release                   |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    | 349.64         | 350.08         | 325.5 4        | 322            | 334.96         | 300.8          | 407.98                    | 344.73                    |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | 133.2          | 126.61         | 125.4 8        | 42.03          | 128.39         | 128.33         | 158.45                    | 42.01                     |
| 3              | Assam             | 149.03         | 149.03         | 140.7 4        | 220.81         | 143.8          | 77.51          | 182.04                    | 55.52                     |
| 4              | Bihar             | 210.35         | 223.16         | 195.3          | 425.93         | 201.16         | 447.06         | 243.03                    | 205.35                    |
| 5              | Chhattisga rh     | 254.6          | 371.61         | 237.5          | 234.92         | 245.74         | 230.29         | 301.67                    | 86.92                     |
| 6              | Goa               | 15.67          | 7.29           | 14.43          | 0              | 13.41          | 0              | 17.44                     | 0.00                      |
| 7              | Gujarat           | 451.33         | 718.87         | 424.6 8        | 430.74         | 434.06         | 725.29         | 546.55                    | 206.45                    |
| 8              | Haryana           | 185.1          | 200.77         | 167.7 3        | 78.54          | 177.05         | 163.71         | 212.19                    | 0.00                      |
| 9              | Himachal Pradesh  | 103.27         | 87.12          | 97.27          | 95.95          | 99.74          | 188.01         | 126.34                    | 106.75                    |
| 10             | Jharkhand         | 171.07         | 137.67         | 160.8 8        | 78.77          | 164.33         | 40.79          | 198.48                    | 0.00                      |
| 11             | Karnataka         | 476.84         | 382.57         | 439.7 7        | 434.99         | 443.11         | 442.9          | 550.64                    | 465.27                    |

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| Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore              | Rs. in crore              |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sr. No .       | State/UT       | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2021-22        | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) |
| Sr. No .       | State/UT       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrua l                  | Release                   |
| 12             | Kerala         | 140.54         | 0              | 132.2 6        | 273.99         | 126.77         | 126.71         | 157.95                    | 133.46                    |
| 13             | Madhya Pradesh | 579.67         | 693.25         | 541.0 1        | 535.13         | 556.21         | 622.93         | 679.27                    | 553.10                    |
| 14             | Maharashtr a   | 728.84         | 629.83         | 683.2 7        | 675.84         | 683.8          | 390.27         | 840.46                    | 710.15                    |
| 15             | Manipur        | 38             | 12.64          | 35.85          | 13.22          | 36.6           | 13.43          | 45.17                     | 13.81                     |
| 16             | Meghalaya      | 43.34          | 29.1           | 40.81          | 76.93          | 40.63          | 90.55          | 50.98                     | 43.08                     |
| 17             | Mizoram        | 34.55          | 34.55          | 32.56          | 32.28          | 33.14          | 22.06          | 41.00                     | 0.00                      |
| 18             | Nagaland       | 27.87          | 9.29           | 26.44          | 37.41          | 27.02          | 27             | 33.60                     | 28.39                     |
| 19             | Odisha         | 308.94         | 286.96         | 289.5 4        | 534.19         | 298.67         | 535.07         | 365.87                    | 206.74                    |
| 20             | Punjab         | 159.6          | 259.37         | 148.7 7        | 141.18         | 149.41         | 193.35         | 189.90                    | 53.42                     |
| 21             | Rajasthan      | 669.01         | 415.17         | 622.7 1        | 141.81         | 627.89         | 148.4          | 768.16                    | 434.19                    |
| 22             | Sikkim         | 12.89          | 4.29           | 12.09          | 3.98           | 12.06          | 25.78          | 15.13                     | 12.78                     |
| 23             | Tamil Nadu     | 379.65         | 262.37         | 352.0 4        | 503.17         | 350.32         | 350.15         | 432.11                    | 365.12                    |
| 24             | Telangana      | 276.37         | 234.06         | 256.0 8        | 253.29         | 262.01         | 261.88         | 326.51                    | 275.89                    |
| 25             | Tripura        | 19.13          | 22.03          | 17.89          | 48.84          | 18.49          | 33.76          | 22.78                     | 7.63                      |
| 26             | Uttar Pradesh  | 624.31         | 541.09         | 582.6 9        | 576.36         | 616.59         | 616.29         | 753.78                    | 636.91                    |
| 27             | Uttarakhan d   | 103.98         | 42.58          | 97.23          | 61.34          | 98.85          | 98.8           | 122.35                    | 103.38                    |

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| Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore              | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore              | Rs. in crore              |
|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sr. No         | State/UT                  | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2021-22        | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022) |
| .              |                           | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrual        | Release*       | Accrua l                  | Release                   |
| 28             | West Bengal               | 224.7          | 451.67         | 209.2          | 136.11         | 213.97         | 287.06         | 257.88                    | 217.90                    |
| 29             | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 20.22          | 6.74           | 15.12          | 15.12          | 15.17          | 10.08          | 18.72                     | 5.27                      |
| 30             | Chandigarh                | 5.65           | 0              | 6.16           | 0              | 4.76           | 0              | 6.02                      | 0.00                      |
| 31             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 4.57           | 4.57           | 5.61           | 5.61           | 4.8            | 2.38           | 6.03                      | 0.00                      |
| 32             | Daman & Diu               | 2.8            | 0              |                |                |                |                |                           |                           |
| 33             | Delhi                     | 59.99          | 0              | 34.15          | 0              | 27.2           | 0              | 34.42                     | 0.00                      |
| 34             | Jammu & Kashmir           | 137.85         | 152.96         | 94.51          | 79.4           | 96.91          | 321.18         | 121.81                    | 102.89                    |
| 35             | Ladakh                    | 103.82         | 17.36          | 246.2 2        | 96.95          | 250.83         | 0              | 309.41                    | 83.44                     |
| 36             | Puducherry                | 12.01          | 4              | 8.47           | 8.47           | 7.39           | 5.18           | 9.29                      | 7.83                      |

*Funds to some States/UTs have been released more than the accrual of a State from the unspent balance of previous years of that States/UTs.

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