Lok Sabha Question No. 3691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Backward Region Grant Fund
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

## 3691.SMT. MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the total number of districts that were selected for Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the details of funds approved in this regard, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the fund that has been released as on 15.07.2025, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj was implementing the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme (District component) during the year 2006-07 to 2014-15 in 272 districts of 28 States of the country. The State-wise number of these Districts is enclosed at Annexure -I .

(b) & (c) During the implementation period of the BRGF Programme, grants amounting to approximately ₹27,638.11 crore were released to the States and Districts covered under the scheme. These funds were aimed at addressing critical gaps in local development and strengthening the capacity of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions. Statewise details of funds released under the BRGF Programme are enclosed at Annexure-II .

The BRGF Programme was delinked from Central Government budgetary support from the financial year 2015-16, following the implementation of the Fourteenth Finance Commission's recommendations. Under these recommendations, the States' share in the net proceeds of Union taxes was significantly increased from 32% to 42%, thereby providing them with enhanced fiscal autonomy to design and finance development schemes, particularly for backward regions.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3691

ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025

## BACKWARDREGION GRANT FUND

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3691Answered on 12.08.2025

## State-wise list of 272 Districts Covered Under BRGF Programme

| Sl.No.   | State             |   No. of BRGFDistricts |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                      4 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                      1 |
| 3        | Assam             |                     13 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                     38 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                     15 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                      6 |
| 7        | Haryana           |                      2 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |                      2 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                      5 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                     23 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                      6 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                      2 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                     30 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                     12 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                      3 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                      3 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                      2 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                      5 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                     20 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                      1 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                     13 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                      1 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                      6 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                      9 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                      1 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                     35 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                      3 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                     11 |
| Total    | Total             |                    272 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b)& (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3691Answered on 12.08.2025

## State-wise funds Released under the BRGF Programme during 2006-07 to 2014-15

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl.No.   | State             |   Funds released |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |           831.45 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |            78.97 |
| 3        | Assam             |           736.13 |
| 4        | Bihar             |          3828.43 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |          1837.85 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |           479.73 |
| 7        | Haryana           |           200.47 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |           207.76 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    |           225.16 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |          1526.37 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |           633.53 |
| 12       | Kerala            |           163.27 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |          2995.59 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |          1562.3  |
| 15       | Manipur           |           262.22 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |           206.58 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |           165.2  |
| 18       | Nagaland          |           301.56 |
| 19       | Odisha            |          2149.42 |
| 20       | Punjab            |            76.7  |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |          1761.57 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |            87.55 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |           632.53 |
| 24       | Telangana         |          1607.02 |
| 25       | Tripura           |            86.7  |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |          3187.07 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |           148.66 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |          1658.33 |
| Total    | Total             |         27638.1  |

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