Lok Sabha Question No. 3148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Street Lighting in Villages
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3148

ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023

## STREET LIGHTING IN VILLAGES

## 3148. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  provides  funds  to  Gram  Panchayats  for  street  lighting  in villages, if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Balurghat of West Bengal;
- (b) whether the Government has demanded utilization certificate of funds from concerned authorities and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any actual target for fund utilization has been fixed for the said purpose, if so, the  details  thereof  and  the  achievements  made  thereon,  State/UT-wise  including Balurghat of West Bengal;
- (d) whether any time frame has been fixed for providing street lights in all the villages in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) Under Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC), Grants to the tune of Rs. 60,750 crore are allocated  for  the  interim  period  FY  2020-21  and  Rs.2,36,805  Crore  are  allocated  for  the period FY 2021-26 to Panchayats in all the three tiers and Traditional Local Bodies and Sixth Schedule areas in 28 States including West Bengal. The Grants are in two parts namely Basic (Untied)  Grants  and  Tied  Grants.  The  Untied  Grants  can  be  utilised  for  felt  needs  on  29 subjects enshrined under Schedule XI of the Constitution including street lighting. State-wise status of allocation and release of XV FC Grants for the F.Y. 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 is  given  at Annexure .  Under  the  Finance  Commission  Grants,  funds  are  provided  only  to States and not to Union Territories.

(b)  Release  of  subsequent  installments  of  the  Grants  under  XV  FC  award  is  subject  to submission of utilization certificate  /  grant  transfer  certificate  for  the  previous  installments drawn along with compliance of other stipulated conditions by the States.

(c) to (e) No, Sir. The Panchayats incur expenditure on basic services as per their approved Panchayat Development Plan based on local felt needs and priorities.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3148 answered on 08.08.2023

Allocation and Release of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants to the States including West Bengal for Rural Local Bodies for during the last three years

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   | 2022-23    | 2022-23   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2625.00    | 2625.00   | 1939.00    | 1917.85   | 2010.00    | 988.35    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 231.00     | 231.00    | 170.00     | 85.00     | 177.00     | 0.00      |
| 3         | Assam             | 1604.00    | 1604.00   | 1186.00    | 1186.00   | 1228.00    | 1228.00   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 5018.00    | 5018.00   | 3709.00    | 3709.00   | 3842.00    | 3842.00   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1454.00    | 1454.00   | 1075.00    | 1075.00   | 1114.00    | 1114.00   |
| 6         | Goa               | 75.00      | 75.00     | 55.00      | 55.00     | 57.00      | 0.00      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 3195.00    | 3195.00   | 2362.00    | 2362.00   | 2446.00    | 2446.00   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1264.00    | 1264.00   | 935.00     | 935.00    | 968.00     | 483.65    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 429.00     | 429.00    | 317.00     | 317.00    | 329.00     | 329.00    |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 1689.00    | 1689.00   | 1249.00    | 1249.00   | 1293.00    | 646.50    |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 3217.00    | 3217.00   | 2377.00    | 2375.50   | 2463.00    | 2093.55   |
| 12        | Kerala            | 1628.00    | 1628.00   | 1203.00    | 1203.00   | 1246.00    | 1246.00   |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3984.00    | 3984.00   | 2944.00    | 2944.00   | 3050.00    | 1525.00   |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 5827.00    | 5827.00   | 4307.00    | 4107.82   | 4461.00    | 3626.14   |
| 15        | Manipur           | 177.00     | 177.00    | 131.00     | 65.50     | 135.00     | 0.00      |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 182.00     | 182.00    | 135.00     | 40.50     | 140.00     | 0.00      |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 93.00      | 93.00     | 69.00      | 34.50     | 71.00      | 0.00      |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 125.00     | 125.00    | 92.00      | 92.00     | 96.00      | 0.00      |
| 19        | Odisha            | 2258.00    | 2258.00   | 1669.00    | 1669.00   | 1728.00    | 1728.00   |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1388.00    | 1388.00   | 1026.00    | 1026.00   | 1062.00    | 743.40    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 3862.00    | 3862.00   | 2854.00    | 2854.00   | 2957.00    | 2955.34   |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 42.00      | 42.00     | 31.00      | 31.00     | 33.00      | 33.00     |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 3607.00    | 3607.00   | 2666.00    | 2666.00   | 2761.00    | 2761.00   |
| 24        | Telangana         | 1847.00    | 1847.00   | 1365.00    | 1365.00   | 1415.00    | 1415.00   |
| 25        | Tripura           | 191.00     | 191.00    | 141.00     | 141.00    | 147.00     | 147.00    |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9752.00    | 9752.00   | 7208.00    | 7208.00   | 7466.00    | 7466.00   |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 574.00     | 574.00    | 425.00     | 418.70    | 440.00     | 439.21    |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 4412.00    | 4412.00   | 3261.00    | 3217.02   | 3378.00    | 3292.85   |
|           | Total             | 60750.00   | 60750.00  | 44901.00   | 44349.39  | 46513.00   | 40548.99  |