Lok Sabha Question No. 56 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Interest Free Capex Loans to States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri Subbarayan K, Com. Selvaraj V

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 56

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 01, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 10, 1947 (SAKA)

## Interest Free Capex Loans to States

## 56.   Shri Subbarayan K:

## Com. Selvaraj V:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether it is a fact that the Government has earmarked Rs. 1.5 trillion in the budget for financial year 2025 as well as financial year 2026 as 50-years interest free capex loans to States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  States  have  availed  this  loan  during  the  financial  year  2025-26  so  far, along with the names of the States and the loans taken and the projects being taken up by each State?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Yes, the Government has earmarked Rs. 1.5 lakh crores in the budget for the financial year 2024-25 as well as 2025-26 as 50-year interest free capex loan to States. These funds are provided  to  States  under  the  scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital  Investment (SASCI).  In  2025-26,  Union  Territories  (UTs)  with  Legislature  have  also  been  provided  funds under SASCI.State/UT wise details of loan released in the financial year 2025-26 so far and the number of projects for which loan has been taken is enclosed as Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 56 to be answered on Monday, December 01, 2025

| State/UT wise details of loan released in FY 2025-26 so far   | State/UT wise details of loan released in FY 2025-26 so far   | State/UT wise details of loan released in FY 2025-26 so far   | State/UT wise details of loan released in FY 2025-26 so far   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                       | States/UTs                                                    | Amount Released (In Rs. Crores) (up to 27.11.2025)            | No of Projects approved                                       |
| 1                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                | 3492.40                                                       | 96                                                            |
| 2                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                             | 651.78                                                        | 144                                                           |
| 3                                                             | Assam                                                         | 5041.94                                                       | 229                                                           |
| 4                                                             | Bihar                                                         | 3952.39                                                       | 144                                                           |
| 5                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                  | 1837.91                                                       | 187                                                           |
| 6                                                             | Goa                                                           | 991.56                                                        | 189                                                           |
| 7                                                             | Gujarat                                                       | 2209.62                                                       | 80                                                            |
| 8                                                             | Haryana                                                       | 542.83                                                        | 3                                                             |
| 9                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                              | 855.49                                                        | 128                                                           |
| 10                                                            | Jharkhand                                                     | 780.80                                                        | 148                                                           |
| 11                                                            | Karnataka                                                     | 1811.63                                                       | 36                                                            |
| 12                                                            | Kerala                                                        | 914.04                                                        | 24                                                            |
| 13                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                | 3809.91                                                       | 53                                                            |
| 14                                                            | Maharashtra                                                   | 3077.18                                                       | 331                                                           |
| 15                                                            | Manipur                                                       | 224.26                                                        | 101                                                           |
| 16                                                            | Meghalaya                                                     | 655.83                                                        | 85                                                            |
| 17                                                            | Mizoram                                                       | 241.48                                                        | 41                                                            |
| 18                                                            | Nagaland                                                      | 0.00                                                          | 00                                                            |
| 19                                                            | Odisha                                                        | 1967.46                                                       | 288                                                           |
| 20                                                            | Punjab                                                        | 681.36                                                        | 145                                                           |
| 21                                                            | Rajasthan                                                     | 4113.12                                                       | 183                                                           |
| 22                                                            | Sikkim                                                        | 288.97                                                        | 15                                                            |
| 23                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                    | 2765.29                                                       | 170                                                           |
| 24                                                            | Telangana                                                     | 1160.26                                                       | 100                                                           |
| 25                                                            | Tripura                                                       | 348.87                                                        | 101                                                           |
| 26                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                 | 8465.03                                                       | 482                                                           |
| 27                                                            | Uttarakhand                                                   | 597.94                                                        | 46                                                            |
| 28                                                            | West Bengal                                                   | 3540.52                                                       | 236                                                           |
| 29                                                            | Delhi                                                         | 542.03                                                        | 35                                                            |
| 30                                                            | Jammu &Kashmir                                                | 1083.41                                                       | 234                                                           |
| 31                                                            | Puducherry                                                    | 180.90                                                        | 52                                                            |
| Total                                                         | Total                                                         | 56826.21                                                      | 4106                                                          |