Lok Sabha Question No. 2295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Utilisation of Grants
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## UTILISATION OF GRANTS

## 2295. SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

(a)           the details of funds released to various States for the Panchayati Raj Institutions during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b)                    the  details  of   funds  out  of  that  for  which  utilisation  certificates  have  not  been received along with the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise;

- (c)           whether major audit observations have been made in this regard; and
- (d)            if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI NIHAL CHAND)

(a)&(b):    Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj,  till  2014-15,  was  implementing  two  major  Schemes namely  (a)  Rajiv  Gandhi  Panchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (RGPSA),  and  (b)  Backward Regions  Grant  Fund  (BRGF).  Under  RGPSA,  grants-in-aid  was  provided  to  States/UTs, based on approved annual plans, for capacity building of  Panchayats. Under BRGF, untied grants were provided to State Governments based on the annual district plans duly approved by  the  District  Planning  Committees,  to  fill  certain  critical  gaps  in  identified  backward districts of the States.   The State component of RGPSA and the BRGF schemes have been transferred to State Governments from 2015-16.

The Ministry has been taking up issue of pending Utilisation Certificates ( UCs) with State Governments regularly. The State-wise details of funds released during the last three financial years and pending utilization certificates under RGPSA and BRGF Schemes  are at Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.

- (c) : No, Madam.
- (d): Does not arise.

## Annex-1

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2295 for 10.03.2016 regarding Utilisation of Grants

State-wise sanction/release of funds under RGPSA during 2012-13 to 2014-15 and fund sanction during 2015-16 & Pending UCs (as on 31.12.2015).

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | State(s)            | 2012-13        | 2013-14        | 2014-15        | 2015-16                         | Pending UCs as on 31.12.2015   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State(s)            | Funds Released | Funds Released | Funds Released | Fund Released(As on 29.02.2016) | Pending UCs as on 31.12.2015   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 0              | 41.59          | 24.19          | 10.0                            | 14.50                          |
| 2        | Arunachal           | 0.99           | 8.71           | 7.72           | 0                               | 0.80                           |
| 3        | Pradesh Assam       | 0              | 16.65          | 26.04          | 17.08                           | 6.60                           |
| 4        | Bihar               | 0              | 8.61           | 63.67          | 0                               | 8.61                           |
| 5        | Chandigarh          | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0                               | 0                              |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 1.25           | 25.73          | 11.39          | 14.64                           | 2.55                           |
| 7        | Gujarat             | 3.32           | 31.65          | 1.06           | 0                               | 18.87                          |
| 8        | Haryana             | 5.66           | 2.93           | 18.78          | 0                               | 2.86                           |
| 9        | Himachal            | 4.95           | 15.84          | 15.26          | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 10       | Pradesh Jammu&      | 0              | 9.45           | 8.58           | 0                               | 9.45                           |
| 11       | Kashmir Jharkhand   | 0              | 16.45          | 16.2           | 9.49                            | 0.00                           |
| 12       | Karnataka           | 2.27           | 25.56          | 46.80          | 32.71                           | 11.35                          |
| 13       | Kerala              | 0              | 16.58          | 14.49          | 0                               | 16.58                          |
| 14       | Madhya              | 0.99           | 42.83          | 37.46          | 10.8                            | 0.78                           |
| 15       | Pradesh Maharashtra | 0              | 83.17          | 34.75          | 4.5                             | 83.17                          |
| 16       | Manipur             | 0              | 1.60           | 5.42           | 4.7                             | 0.00                           |
| 17       | Odisha              | 0              | 28.73          | 32.92          | 0                               | 28.73                          |
| 18       | Punjab              | 2.9            | 7.97           | 0              | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 19       | Rajasthan           | 13.61          | 15.45          | 11.55          | 4.48                            | 11.75                          |
| 20       | Sikkim              | 0              | 3.15           | 6.84           | 0                               | 1.38                           |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu          | 0              | 58.14          | 20.16          | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 22       | Telangana           | 0              | 34.64          | 29.94          | 13.13                           | 0.00                           |
| 23       | Tripura             | 0.08           | 9.09           | 2.36           | 0                               | 3.03                           |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh       | 4.77           | 42.37          | 0              | 11.0                            | 8.64                           |
| 25       | Uttarakhand         | 2.11           | 5.47           | 13.04          | 0                               | 7.58                           |
| 26       | Mizoram             | 0              | 0              | 2.48           | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 27       | Goa                 | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1.06                            | 0.00                           |
| 28       | West Bengal         | 0              | 8.23           | 27.71          | 9.91                            | 8.23                           |
| 29       | Dadar &Nagar        | 0              | 0              | 1.08           | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 30       | Haveili Daman &Diu  | 0              | 0              | 1.5            | 0                               | 0.00                           |
| 31       | Lakshadweep         | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1.65                            | 0.00                           |
| Total    | Total               | 42.9           | 560.59         | 481.39         | 145.15                          | 245.46                         |

## BACKWARD REGION GRANT FUND(BRGF)

## Annex-II

Amount in Rs. Crore

| Sl.No.   | State             | 2012-13        | 2013-14        | 2014-15        | Pending Utilization Certificates   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   |                   | Funds Released | Funds Released | Funds Released | as on 07.03.2016                   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 327.75         | 325.62         | 43.80          | 67.04                              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 13.88          | 0.00           | 15.35          | 0.4                                |
| 3        | Assam             | 142.35         | 76.40          | 139.41         | 188.13                             |
| 4        | Bihar             | 490.51         | 485.80         | 206.52         | 515.17                             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 229.37         | 192.56         | 218.26         | 235.36                             |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 55.70          | 42.87          | 65.07          | 69.87                              |
| 7        | Haryana           | 32.05          | 26.41          | 12.98          | 31.00                              |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 35.19          | 27.79          | 11.92          | 15.52                              |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 37.36          | 20.40          | 45.67          | 61.66                              |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 166.60         | 40.85          | 281.75         | 325.86                             |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 106.32         | 71.22          | 46.53          | 39.48                              |
| 12       | Kerala            | 20.23          | 0.00           | 29.20          | 34.42                              |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 476.07         | 279.21         | 221.22         | 359.55                             |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 267.91         | 246.82         | 236.14         | 243.47                             |
| 15       | Manipur           | 21.86          | 39.83          | 36.76          | 4.57                               |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 35.25          | 32.41          | 2.56           | 18.12                              |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 19.42          | 25.36          | 24.39          | 12.98                              |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 41.51          | 9.12           | 60.87          | 60.40                              |
| 19       | Odisha            | 240.05         | 283.63         | 179.46         | 314.69                             |
| 20       | Punjab            | 12.93          | 0.00           | 14.87          | 7.55                               |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 262.09         | 62.30          | 211.45         | 297.42                             |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 11.11          | 8.68           | 12.32          | 14.45                              |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 100.16         | 94.42          | 42.42          | 70.99                              |
| 24       | *Telangana        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 89.42          | 151.43                             |
| 25       | Tripura           | 13.66          | 13.04          | 12.63          | 0.00                               |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 207.65         | 273.35         | 346.86         | 409.58                             |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 46.84          | 22.79          | 2.53           | 12.29                              |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 306.37         | 99.12          | 226.64         | 232.02                             |
|          | Total             | 3720.19        | 2800.00        | 2837.00        | 3793.41                            |