Lok Sabha Question No. 4590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Central Assistance under FMBAP to West Bengal
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Isha Khan Choudhury

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4590

ANSWERED ON 19.03.2026

## CENTRAL ASSISTANCE UNDER FMBAP TO WEST BENGAL

4590. SHRI ISHA KHAN CHOUDHURY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of actual amount provided to West Bengal as Central Assistance exclusively for flood management  and  anti-erosion reconstruction under the  Flood  Management  and  Border  Areas Programme (FMBAP) since the inception of the Eleventh Plan, year-wise;

(b)  the  details  of  the  actual  amount  provided  to  Malda  and  Murshidabad  districts  by  the  State Government of West Bengal exclusively for flood and erosion reconstruction since the inception of the said Plan, year-wise; and

(c) whether the FMBAP also allows for relief works such as provision of tarpaulins and foodstuff and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)

(a) & (b) Central Assistance released to Government of West Bengal under the Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) since the inception of the XI Plan is given at Annexure. Three flood management projects with an estimated cost of Rs. 490.73 crore of Murshidabad districts of  West  Bengal have  been  included  for  funding  under  FMBAP  scheme  and  central  assistance amounting to Rs. 159.36 Crore has been released to State.

(c) The relief works such as provision of Tarpaulins and foodstuff are not included under FMBAP.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4590  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  19.03.2026  REGARDING  'CENTRAL ASSISTANCE UNDER FMBAP TO WEST BENGAL'

## Year wise Central Assistance (CA) released to the State of West Bengal since the beginning of the XI Plan

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |   XI PlanXII Plan2017-182018-192019-202021-222024-25Total |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    771.75 |                                                    194.75 |                                                     65.03 |                                                    89.312 |                                                    117.12 |                                                     44.15 |                                                      7.78 |                                                   1289.89 |

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