Lok Sabha Question No. 2022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Upgradation of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2022

## ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## UPGRADATION OF NHS

2022.   SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria under which 13,065 Kilometres of State roads have been upgraded to National Highways and the number of Kilometres upgraded in each State from 2014 to 2024, year-wise;
- (b) the manner in which the Government justifies the disproportionate favour shown  to Andhra  Pradesh  in National Highways  conversions  while  several  backward  and  border  States continue to suffer from chronic under-investment;
- (c)  the  details  of  total  budget  allocated  and  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 funds allocated for National Highways 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 National Highways conversions have been formed for scrutiny and if so,  the  details  of  the  committee  reports  and  the  action  taken thereon?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

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

- 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
- i. tourist centers.
- ii.
- 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.

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 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. 2022 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH REGARDING UPGRADATION OF 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: -

|         |                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Length   | Length   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|
| 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        |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 245     | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 76      | 0        | 0        |

|   Sr. No. | State / UT                           |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   Length 2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
|        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. 2022 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH REGARDING UPGRADATION OF NHS

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: -

|         |                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Amount in ₹ Crore   | Amount in ₹ Crore   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT          | 2020-21 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2023-24 | 2024-25             | 2024-25             |
|         |                   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | Alloc.  | Expd.   | 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               |
| 19      | Odisha            | 5,336   | 5,336   | 4,510   | 4,510   | 4,643   | 4,643   | 5,948   | 5,948   | 6,121               | 5,786               |

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                  | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        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. *****