Lok Sabha Question No. 2476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Capital Investment in States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2476

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, December 18, 2023/Agrahayana 27, 1945 (Saka)

## CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN STATES

## 2476.    MS. NUSSRAT JAHAN

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  recently  approved  capital  investment  in  various  States during the Financial Year 2023-24;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the criteria being adopted by the Government in providing above assistance to States; and
- (d) the details of reforms that are linked in granting capital investment for the above said Financial Year?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):  Yes  Sir.  The  details  of  financial  assistance  approved  for  various  States  for  the financial  year  2023-24  under  the  Scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital Investment 2023-24 are provided in Annexure.

(c) and (d): An amount of Rs. 1,00,000 crore earmarked for Part-I (Untied) of the Scheme has been allocated to the States in proportion to their share of central taxes and duties as per the award  of  the  15 th Finance  Commission.  An  additional  amount  of  Rs.  30,000  crore  is earmarked for reforms in certain citizen centric areas, like scrapping of old vehicles; urban planning reforms; financing reforms in Urban Local Bodies to make them creditworthy for municipal bonds; housing for police personnel above or as part of police stations; unity malls; children  and  adolescents'  library  and  digital  infrastructure;  and  State  share  of  capital expenditure of certain centrally sponsored schemes. The Special Assistance (loan) earmarked for  reforms  in  citizen  centric  areas  under  the  Scheme  is  released  by  the  Department  of Expenditure on the basis of recommendations of the nodal Ministries/Departments and on the compliance of reform conditions by States. Besides the conditions prescribed under various Parts of the Scheme, a State is required to meet the following mandatory conditions:

- (i) Full  compliance  with  the  official  name  of  all  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSSs) [correct  translation  to  local  language  is  permissible]  and  any  guidelines/instructions issued by the Government of India regarding branding of CSSs, in all Schemes of all Ministries.
- (ii) Integration  of  State  treasuries  with  PFMS  and  exchange  of  data  between  State treasuries and PFMS in respect of at least 95% of State Linked Schemes for CSS in a State for which the State has received funds from the Central Government prior to 30 days.
- (iii) Deposit of central share of interest earned in SNA accounts till 31 st March, 2023 in the  Consolidated  Fund  of  India  and  submission  of  a  certificate  to  this  effect  in  the prescribed format, signed by the Finance Secretary of the State Government.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2476 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## Special Assistance (loan) approved under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Amount approved (as on 13.12.2023) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*   |                                 0    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1631.03 |
| 3         | Assam             |                              4008.4  |
| 4         | Bihar             |                              9932.25 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                              3497.84 |
| 6         | Goa               |                               536    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                              3825    |
| 8         | Haryana           |                              1248    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                              1012    |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |                              3469.92 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |                              4174.96 |
| 12        | Kerala*           |                                 0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |                              8134    |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |                              6745.14 |
| 15        | Manipur           |                               758.87 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |                              1111.18 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |                               743.79 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |                               734.89 |
| 19        | Odisha            |                              4715.12 |
| 20        | Punjab            |                               209    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |                              6026    |
| 22        | Sikkim            |                               414.08 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |                              4295.37 |
| 24        | Telangana         |                              2536.51 |
| 25        | Tripura           |                               634.56 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |                             18936    |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |                              1304    |
| 28        | West Bengal       |                              7523    |
| Total     | Total             |                             98156.9  |

*: The State has not met the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Scheme.

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