Lok Sabha Question No. 18 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Funds to the State Governments for Development
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Shri Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †18

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 4, 1946 (SAKA)

## FUNDS TO THE STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

## †18. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government provides funds to the State Governments under various heads for the development of States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (c) whether  the  funds  provided  by  the  Government  to  the  States  for  development  and providing  facilities  and  assistance  to  the  people  under  various  schemes  is  not  being utilized fully, if so, the details thereof and the names of such schemes;
- (d) whether any mechanism has been evolved to monitor the expenditure incurred from the said funds, if so, the details thereof along with the manner in which the said mechanism works;
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether the Government has made any arrangements to fix the responsibility of officers of  the  concerned  departments  and  to  monitor  the  utilization  of  interest-based  funds provided to the States; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof  and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a)  and  (b):  The  Union  Government  provides  funds  to  States  through  Ministries/Departments under the  heads  Finance  Commission  Transfers,  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS),  Central Sector  Schemes  (CS),  Additional  Central  Assistance  (ACA)  for  Externally  Aided  Projects (EAPs), Special Assistance, Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment/Expenditure etc. for the development of States.

The Year-wise and State-wise details of transfers of funds to States including Rajasthan, under various  heads  by  the  Ministry  of  Finance  during  the  financial  year  2021-22  to  2023-24  are provided in Annexure.

(c)  to  (g):  Allocation/release  of  funds  to  the  States  under  various  welfare  schemes  by  the Ministries/Departments concerned are made on the basis of approved guidelines of the schemes. The releases made to the States are governed by General Financial Rules (GFR) and availability of  funds within the Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) with the Central Government. Funds that remain unutilised are adjusted towards the Grant-in-Aid payable during the next year. Besides, suitable  mechanisms  exist  for  independent  audit  of  expenditure  of  public  money  towards  the intended  purpose.  Further,  C&AG  conducts  audit  of  State  expenditure  and  the  audit  report  is placed before the State Legislatures.

Further, Public Finance Management System (PFMS) has established an online financial management information and decision support system for tracking of funds released under all welfare  schemes  of  Government  of  India  along  with  reporting  of  expenditure  at  all  levels  of programme implementation through treasury and bank interface.

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## ANNEXURE  TO LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †18 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024

## a) Finance Commission Transfers to States

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |  21342.4  |  13174.3  |   9640.84 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |    439.69 |    210.4  |    220.8  |
| 3         | Assam             |   8916.05 |   7605    |   5599.23 |
| 4         | Bihar             |   8116.52 |   6732.65 |   7662.52 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |   2379.79 |   1772.8  |   1770.9  |
| 6         | Goa               |    119.55 |     54.2  |     10.8  |
| 7         | Gujarat           |   5002.42 |   5304.63 |   5257.89 |
| 8         | Haryana           |   1493.43 |   1620.75 |   1973.33 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |  11044.3  |  10704    |   9525.41 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |   2318.8  |   1826.59 |   2378.28 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |   7862.34 |   4435.08 |   3768.62 |
| 12        | Kerala            |  22171.1  |  15382.3  |   7245.69 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |   5946.4  |   5494.77 |   7028.14 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |   8748.9  |   9968.16 |   8815.73 |
| 15        | Manipur           |   2674.38 |   2387.7  |   2122.8  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |   1494.65 |   1144.7  |    775.2  |
| 17        | Mizoram           |   1910.29 |   1685.5  |   1635.9  |
| 18        | Nagaland          |   4763.51 |   4737    |   4534.8  |
| 19        | Orissa            |   5056.77 |   4220.8  |   4867.22 |
| 20        | Punjab            |  12435.6  |  10258.5  |   7388.82 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |  17210.7  |  10521.2  |   5590.55 |
| 22        | Sikkim            |    852.71 |    528.2  |    323.26 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |  10116.8  |   5791.68 |   6250.76 |
| 24        | Telangana         |   1850.93 |   3359.39 |   2924.42 |
| 25        | Tripura           |   4911.08 |   4654.9  |   4577.16 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |  12306.4  |  12383.7  |  14837.4  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |   9424.1  |   8501.24 |   8050.2  |
| 28        | West Bengal       |  23867.5  |  19824.5  |  14614.4  |
| Total*    | Total*            | 214777    | 174285    | 149391    |

(Rs. in crore)

*:  All  the  above  figures  includes  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  &  National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF).

## b) Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) transfers to States

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |  10624.1  |  16776.2  |  14669.6  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |   4878.69 |   4353.28 |   4466.85 |
| 3         | Assam             |  23147.3  |  24804.4  |  23071    |
| 4         | Bihar             |  21893.5  |  25174.8  |  22991.7  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |   9335.47 |  13530.1  |  13525.1  |
| 6         | Goa               |    173.43 |    341.21 |    381.99 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |  12701    |  14472.8  |  14063    |
| 8         | Haryana           |   4014.29 |   4405.84 |   4022.6  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |   6902.81 |   5861.33 |   5047.57 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |   9626.26 |  11172.2  |  11755    |
| 11        | Karnataka         |  18297.6  |  19191.8  |  19421.4  |
| 12        | Kerala            |   8299.85 |  10249.1  |   8061.35 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |  30383.6  |  30145.8  |  26250    |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |  16785.2  |  24443    |  30293.9  |
| 15        | Manipur           |   3537.43 |   3634.16 |   1898.38 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |   4423.31 |   4467.45 |   6206.81 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |   1872.91 |   2470.16 |   2538.07 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |   2403.95 |   2880.78 |   3466.75 |
| 19        | Odisha            |  17940.7  |  17287.9  |  21804.5  |
| 20        | Punjab            |   4963.21 |   5023.71 |   4348.19 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |  25423.8  |  26912.4  |  21732    |
| 22        | Sikkim            |   1095.25 |   1318.13 |   1444.98 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |  24397.2  |  24164.1  |  28017.9  |
| 24        | Telangana         |  12753.7  |  13093.9  |  13890.7  |
| 25        | Tripura           |   4709.49 |   4705.62 |   5347.36 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |  44286    |  51425.6  |  63921.7  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |   5734.52 |   6819.5  |   7081.52 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |  18545.3  |  13137.9  |  11386.3  |
|           | Total             | 349150    | 382263    | 391106    |

## c) Central Sector Schemes (CS)

(Rs. in crore)

| SL. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |  13841.4  |  11279.9  |  11218.1  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |    666.71 |    319.15 |    372.75 |
| 3         | Assam             |   5908.91 |   4711.93 |   7118.27 |
| 4         | Bihar             |  15289.4  |  18002.3  |  13020.6  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |  13252.8  |  10695.6  |   8103.89 |
| 6         | Goa               |   1925.21 |   2918.15 |   3454.74 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |  17124.7  |  19567.5  |  15938    |
| 8         | Haryana           |  12856.8  |  13683.6  |  15258.5  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |   1335.84 |   1170.13 |   1019.05 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |   2190.16 |   1987.8  |   2000.48 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |  14426.6  |  15274.6  |  13692.4  |
| 12        | Kerala            |   6898.96 |   7262.03 |   6039.77 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |  24715.7  |  18115.5  |  27251.7  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 122782    | 112497    |  74800    |
| 15        | Manipur           |    681.59 |    412.19 |    339.24 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |   2858.53 |   2309.51 |   2175.06 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |    536.57 |    154.25 |    205.84 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |    626.17 |    238.59 |    259.52 |
| 19        | Odisha            |  16799.4  |  15383.4  |  21790.8  |
| 20        | Punjab            |   4631.71 |   2791.38 |   4317.48 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |  18750.9  |  27822    |  20998.6  |
| 22        | Sikkim            |    313.54 |    117.79 |     91.87 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |  16831.5  |  18915.9  |  16782.2  |
| 24        | Telangana         |  21088.6  |  25830.6  |  22811.5  |
| 25        | Tripura           |    628.95 |    444.34 |    405.49 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |  43481    |  59618.4  |  52503.2  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |   3655.06 |   2901.65 |   1834.82 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |  18847.1  |  22565.7  |  15508.6  |
|           | Total             | 402946    | 416991    | 359312    |

## d) Grants-in-Aid for Externally Aided Projects (EAPs)

(Rs. in crore)

| SL. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      7.35 |     20.57 |     25.75 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 3         | Assam             |   1390.34 |   1219.35 |   1806.71 |
| 4         | Bihar             |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      7.56 |      8.87 |     20.16 |
| 6         | Goa               |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 8         | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |    762.23 |    801.29 |   1198.65 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 11        | Karnataka         |      5.5  |     13.79 |      0    |
| 12        | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |     18.42 |      8.24 |     13.27 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |      0.62 |      0.19 |      0.24 |
| 15        | Manipur           |    373.44 |    974.56 |    483.54 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |    204.98 |    500.69 |    611.6  |
| 17        | Mizoram           |     88.48 |     53.12 |     96.24 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |    153.03 |    128.37 |    157.08 |
| 19        | Odisha            |      3.81 |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |      1.87 |      0    |      0    |
| 22        | Sikkim            |      7.21 |     22.5  |     10.58 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |      8.69 |     14.34 |      9.49 |
| 24        | Telangana         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 25        | Tripura           |     58.07 |     74.43 |    310.91 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |    774.8  |    856.97 |    733.72 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |      0    |      0.58 |      0.89 |
|           | TOTAL             |   3866.4  |   4697.87 |   5478.83 |

- e) Special Assistance (Grant)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   2785.39 |   1671.23 |  11188.7  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |    500    |      0    |
| 3         | Assam             |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 4         | Bihar             |    250    |      0    |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 6         | Goa               |    150    |      0    |    200    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |    431    |      0    |      0    |
| 8         | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 11        | Karnataka         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 12        | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 15        | Manipur           |      0    |      0    |    250    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 17        | Mizoram           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 18        | Nagaland          |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 19        | Orissa            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 22        | Sikkim            |      0    |    100    |      0    |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |    150    |      0    |      0    |
| 24        | Telangana         |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 25        | Tripura           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 27        | Uttaranchal       |      0    |      0    |     56.46 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| Total     | Total             |   3766.39 |   2271.23 |  11695.2  |

- f) Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment/Expenditure

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |    501.79 |   6105.56 |   4090.81 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |    371.19 |   1564.1  |   2363.42 |
| 3         | Assam             |    600    |   4300.14 |   5804.43 |
| 4         | Bihar             |   1246.5  |   8455.85 |   8814.8  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |    423    |   2941.97 |   3365.25 |
| 6         | Goa               |    111.04 |    572.75 |    695.2  |
| 7         | Gujarat           |    432    |   4045.82 |   4254.32 |
| 8         | Haryana           |    135    |   1267    |   1702.05 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |    800    |    650.8  |   1515.97 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |    246    |   2964.32 |   4580.61 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |    451.5  |   3399.35 |   3879.24 |
| 12        | Kerala            |    238.5  |   1902.74 |      0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |   1512.36 |   7360.2  |  12636.2  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |    771.73 |   6744.16 |   5376.31 |
| 15        | Manipur           |    212.85 |    467.22 |    542.7  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |    281.2  |   1049.02 |   1293.06 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |    299.99 |    297.5  |    743.28 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |    300    |    504.16 |    973.2  |
| 19        | Odisha            |    517.12 |     75    |   3532.14 |
| 20        | Punjab            |    223.5  |    798.22 |      0    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |    692.41 |   5595.64 |   8513.42 |
| 22        | Sikkim            |    300    |    551.36 |    797.85 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |    505.5  |   4011.27 |   5326.42 |
| 24        | Telangana         |    214.14 |   2500.98 |   1948.34 |
| 25        | Tripura           |    118.54 |    349.79 |    662.92 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |   1483    |   7940.5  |  19215.1  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |    263.92 |   1124.01 |   1911.71 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |    933    |   3655.92 |   5015.58 |
| Total     | Total             |  14185.8  |  81195.4  | 109554    |