Lok Sabha Question No. 3067 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Upgradation of State Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  criteria  under  which  13,065  km  of  State  roads  have  been upgraded to National Highways (NHs) and the number of kilometres upgraded in each State, year-wise from 2014 to 2024;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  justifies  the  disproportionate  favour shown to Andhra Pradesh in NH conversions while several backward  and  border  States continue to suffer from chronic underinvestment and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  total  budget  allocated/funds  utilised  under  the  National Highways Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  and  other  schemes  during  the last five financial years, State-wise;
- (d)  the  manner  in  which  the  funds  allocated  for  NHs  are  being diverted  post-conversion  of  State  roads  and  the  status  of  current fund utilisation; and
- (e)  whether  any  inter-ministerial  committees  related  to  these  NH conversions have been formed for scrutiny and if so, the details of the committee reports, if not, the details of action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3067 ANSWERED ON 07 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## UPGRADATION OF STATE ROADS

3067.   SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(a)  to  (e)      State  roads  are  declared  as  National  Highways  (NHs) from time to time on the basis of well-established broad principles, including: -

- i. Connecting adjacent countries, National Capital with State Capitals / one State Capital to another State Capital, major ports and ports prioritised for development by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, large industrial centers or tourist centers.
2. ii.
3. Roads having important strategic requirements.
- iii. Arterial  roads  which  enable  sizeable  reduction  in  travel distance and achieve substantial economic growth.
- iv. Roads which  help  in  opening  up  large  tracts  of  backward area and hilly region.
6. v.
7. Synergy with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).

The Government receives proposals from various State Governments / Union Territories (UTs), including from the State of Andhra Pradesh as well as backward and border States, from time to time, for declaration / upgradation of State roads as new NHs.

State / UT - wise details of State Roads, including greenfield stretches,  notified  as  NHs  in  the  country,  including  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh as well as backward and border States, during the period from April, 2014 to March, 2025 are at Annexure-I.

Development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. Works on notified NHs are accordingly taken up based on the traffic density, connectivity requirement, condition of the road, inter-se priority and synergy with PM GatiShakti NMP.

State  /  UT  -  wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure incurred  towards  development  and  maintenance  of  NHs  including the  funds  released  to  National  Highways  Authority of  India  (NHAI) during each of the last five years are at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3067 ANSWERED  ON  07.08.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SUDAMA  PRASAD  REGARDING  UPGRADATION  OF  STATE ROADS

State / UT - wise details of State Roads, including greenfield stretches, notified as NHs in the country, including the State of Andhra Pradesh as well as backward and border States, during the period from April, 2014 to March, 2025: -

|   Sr. No. | State / UT        |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 | 2022-23   |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |        80 |       669 | 927       | 412       |       501 |         0 |       846 |       447 | 481       |         0 |         0 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |       733 |         0 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 1,748     |        82 |         0 |
|         3 | Assam             |        76 |        18 | 38        | 0         |         0 |         0 |        97 |        71 | 0         |         0 |         0 |
|         4 | Bihar             |       164 |       160 | 0         | 29        |       481 |         0 |       413 |       169 | 0         |       162 |        24 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |         0 | 162       | 291       |        15 |         0 |        15 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 |
|         6 | Delhi             |         0 |         0 | -11       | 10        |        87 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 |
|         7 | Goa               |         0 |         0 | 0         | 31        |         0 |         0 |         6 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 |
|         8 | Gujarat           |       978 |         0 | 46        | 729       |       585 |       265 |       844 |       141 | 0         |       214 |        12 |
|         9 | Haryana           |       185 |       395 | -74       | 165       |       378 |         0 |        71 |        23 | 132       |         0 |       -44 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  |        70 |       167 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 |
|        11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |       274 |         8 | 0         | 0         |        96 |         0 |         0 |        55 | 124       |        59 |         0 |
|        12 | Jharkhand         |        11 |         0 | 0         | 0         |       682 |         0 |        26 |        37 | 0         |       203 |         0 |
|        13 | Karnataka         |       138 |        70 | 260       | 795       |       132 |         0 |        77 |       229 | 461       |        69 |         0 |
|        14 | Kerala            |         0 |         0 | 0         | 21        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 76        |         0 |         0 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh    |         0 |         9 | 2,660     | 271       |       493 |         0 |       178 |       121 | 93        |         0 |       113 |
|        16 | Maharashtra       |       734 |       387 | 8,022     | 2,345     |         0 |       174 |       265 |       122 | 142       |       -13 |        16 |
|        17 | Manipur           |       255 |         0 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |        90 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 |

|   Sr. No. | State / UT                           |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        18 | Mizoram                              |       245 |         0 |         0 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |         0 |        76 |         0 |         0 |
|        19 | Nagaland                             |       106 |         0 |        49 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |       123 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        20 | Odisha                               |         0 |       193 |         0 | 576       | 331       |         0 |       136 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        21 | Punjab                               |       233 |       530 |         0 | 569       | 5         |        50 |       775 |       140 |         0 |         0 |        24 |
|        22 | Rajasthan                            |        80 |        20 |         0 | 1,041     | 1,426     |         0 |         8 |       127 |       230 |         0 |        27 |
|        23 | Sikkim                               |       170 |       154 |         0 | 0         | 0         |         0 |       246 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                           |         0 |         0 |         0 | 1,844     | 0         |         0 |       117 |         0 |       142 |         0 |         0 |
|        25 | Tripura                              |         0 |       233 |         1 | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |         0 |        35 |         0 |         0 |
|        26 | Telangana                            |         0 |       119 |       751 | 526       | 0         |         0 |       469 |       661 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        27 | Uttarakhand                          |       432 |         0 |         0 | 0         | 12        |         0 |       463 |       240 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        28 | Uttar Pradesh                        |       620 |       -45 |       131 | 2,733     | 360       |         0 |        94 |       414 |        54 |      -129 |       -19 |
|        29 | West Bengal                          |         0 |        46 |         0 | 7         | 591       |         0 |         0 |         9 |         0 |       235 |         0 |
|        30 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         | 0         |         6 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3067 ANSWERED  ON  07.08.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SUDAMA  PRASAD  REGARDING  UPGRADATION  OF  STATE ROADS

State / UT - wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred towards development and maintenance of NHs including the funds released to NHAI during each of the last five years: -

|         |                   |                |        |                |        | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |                |        | Amount in ₹ Crore 2024-25   | Amount in ₹ Crore 2024-25   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|--------|----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT          | 2020-21 Alloc. | Expd.  | 2021-22 Alloc. | Expd.  | Alloc.    | Expd.     | 2023-24 Alloc. | Expd.  | Alloc.                      | Expd.                       |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 4,281          | 4,281  | 5,890          | 5,890  | 6,957     | 6,957     | 11,440         | 11,440 | 11,777                      | 11,756                      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,512          | 2,512  | 2,718          | 2,718  | 3,140     | 3,140     | 2,649          | 2,649  | 3,972                       | 3,599                       |
| 3       | Assam             | 3,753          | 3,753  | 3,150          | 3,150  | 4,557     | 4,557     | 9,137          | 9,137  | 7,209                       | 7,207                       |
| 4       | Bihar             | 6,716          | 6,716  | 9,174          | 9,174  | 9,347     | 9,347     | 10,749         | 10,749 | 8,840                       | 8,840                       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 2,224          | 2,224  | 1,936          | 1,936  | 2,468     | 2,468     | 4,255          | 4,255  | 2,392                       | 2,280                       |
| 6       | Goa               | 734            | 734    | 615            | 615    | 673       | 673       | 620            | 620    | 851                         | 651                         |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 7,533          | 7,533  | 10,710         | 10,710 | 9,831     | 9,831     | 10,900         | 10,900 | 8,262                       | 8,091                       |
| 8       | Haryana           | 10,651         | 10,651 | 7,203          | 7,203  | 3,924     | 3,924     | 6,062          | 6,062  | 4,391                       | 4,344                       |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 2,033          | 2,033  | 3,164          | 3,164  | 4,534     | 4,534     | 5,175          | 5,175  | 3,998                       | 3,994                       |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 2,627          | 2,627  | 2,853          | 2,853  | 3,127     | 3,127     | 4,599          | 4,599  | 5,334                       | 5,169                       |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 5,838          | 5,838  | 7,681          | 7,681  | 6,763     | 6,763     | 12,695         | 12,695 | 11,147                      | 10,819                      |
| 12      | Kerala            | 12,831         | 12,831 | 10,136         | 10,136 | 3,994     | 3,994     | 10,419         | 10,419 | 5,100                       | 5,082                       |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 8,250          | 8,250  | 9,006          | 9,006  | 6,210     | 6,210     | 7,447          | 7,447  | 7,819                       | 7,799                       |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 20,844         | 20,844 | 18,655         | 18,655 | 18,355    | 18,355    | 19,867         | 19,867 | 18,697                      | 18,512                      |
| 15      | Manipur           | 978            | 978    | 2,142          | 2,142  | 2,737     | 2,737     | 2,598          | 2,598  | 2,018                       | 2,011                       |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 861            | 861    | 819            | 819    | 684       | 684       | 1,803          | 1,803  | 1,835                       | 1,697                       |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 1,238          | 1,238  | 2,054          | 2,054  | 3,218     | 3,218     | 2,189          | 2,189  | 2,114                       | 2,091                       |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 2,382          | 2,382  | 1,943          | 1,943  | 1,666     | 1,666     | 1,414          | 1,414  | 1,681                       | 1,600                       |

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                  | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        19 | Odisha                    | 5,336     | 5,336     | 4,510     | 4,510     | 4,643     | 4,643     | 5,948     | 5,948     | 6,121     | 5,786     |
|        20 | Punjab                    | 3,301     | 3,301     | 7,179     | 7,179     | 10,093    | 10,093    | 12,419    | 12,419    | 8,137     | 7,898     |
|        21 | Rajasthan                 | 7,340     | 7,340     | 11,353    | 11,353    | 9,719     | 9,719     | 8,874     | 8,874     | 6,330     | 6,301     |
|        22 | Sikkim                    | 1,053     | 1,053     | 811       | 811       | 1,008     | 1,008     | 684       | 684       | 473       | 441       |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu                | 4,868     | 4,868     | 4,305     | 4,305     | 8,230     | 8,230     | 9,925     | 9,925     | 9,077     | 9,068     |
|        24 | Telangana                 | 2,907     | 2,907     | 3,458     | 3,458     | 3,622     | 3,622     | 6,117     | 6,117     | 7,564     | 7,496     |
|        25 | Tripura                   | 1,026     | 1,026     | 1,085     | 1,085     | 1,156     | 1,156     | 1,546     | 1,546     | 778       | 767       |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh             | 18,768    | 18,768    | 13,944    | 13,944    | 21,453    | 21,453    | 28,114    | 28,114    | 20,682    | 20,665    |
|        27 | Uttarakhand               | 2,800     | 2,800     | 2,112     | 2,112     | 3,219     | 3,219     | 4,545     | 4,545     | 3,996     | 3,835     |
|        28 | West Bengal               | 2,658     | 2,658     | 3,642     | 3,642     | 3,053     | 3,053     | 3,543     | 3,543     | 2,241     | 2,240     |
|        29 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 349       | 349       | 246       | 246       | 143       | 143       | 96        | 96        | 204       | 204       |
|        30 | Chandigarh                | 2         | 2         | 6         | 6         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|        31 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 43        | 43        | 30        | 30        | 26        | 26        | 2         | 2         | 100       | 46        |
|        32 | Daman & Diu               |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
|        33 | Delhi / Headquarters      | -1,482    | -1,482    | 3,961     | 3,961     | 7,164     | 7,164     | 3,223     | 3,223     | 2,840     | 2,840     |
|        34 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2,932     | 2,932     | 6,817     | 6,817     | 7,370     | 7,370     | 10,528    | 10,528    | 10,331    | 10,204    |
|        35 | Ladakh                    | 24        | 24        | 352       | 352       | 574       | 574       | 658       | 658       | 794       | 768       |
|        36 | Puducherry                | 21        | 21        | 1         | 1         | 61        | 61        | 35        | 35        | 29        | 23        |

Alloc. - Allocation; Expd. - Expenditure Negative figure against State/UT during the year indicates transfer of project/expenditure from that State/UT to other State/UT. *****