Lok Sabha Question No. 1948 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: BRGF
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, RANJEET RANJAN, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1948

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## BRGF

## 1948. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  proposals/requests  from  States  especially  from  Gujarat  on  Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) are pending with the Union Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action being taken thereon, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether any  assessment on developmental impact of the scheme  was made during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the allocation made from the fund and the extent to which the same was utilised by the States during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra; and
- (e) the rationale for delinking the BRGF scheme from Central support?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b)  Requests  were  received  from  the  States  to  include  new  districts  and  to  provide funds  under  the  Backward  Regions  Grant  Fund  Programme  (BRGF).    However,  from  the financial year 2015-16 onwards, the BRGF has been delinked from the budgetary support of the Central Government.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) The State-wise details  of  releases  made  under  the  BRGF  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the utilisation reported so far by the States is given at Annexe.
- (e) The  BRGF  Programme  has  been  delinked  from  the  budgetary  support  of  the  Central Government on account of higher devolution  of  funds  to  the  States  from  32%  to  42%  of  the Centre's  net  tax  receipts  under  the  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  (FFC)  award.  The  grants under the FFC award to the Gram Panchayats can also be utilized for improving the basic civic services including water supply, sanitation, maintenance of community assets and roads, etc.

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## Annex

## Annex referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1948 answered on 28.07.2016

## BRGF: Funds released and utilisation reported during last three years (position as on 22.07.2016)

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2013-14        | 2013-14              | 2014-15        | 2014-15              | 2015-16                 |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Funds Released | Utilisation Reported | Funds Released | Utilisation Reported | BRGF Programme delinked |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 325.62         | 253.87               | 43.80          | 4.03                 |                         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 15.35          | 14.95                | from                    |
| 3         | Assam             | 76.40          | 76.40                | 139.41         | 58.63                | budgetary               |
| 4         | Bihar             | 485.80         | 177.15               | 206.52         | 0.00                 | support of              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 192.56         | 186.56               | 218.26         | 0.00                 | the Central Government  |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 42.87          | 38.07                | 65.07          | 0.00                 | w.e.f.                  |
| 7         | Haryana           | 26.41          | 20.62                | 12.98          | 0.00                 | 2015-16                 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 27.79          | 24.19                | 11.92          | 0.00                 |                         |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 20.40          | 4.41                 | 45.67          | 0.00                 |                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 40.85          | 0.00                 | 281.75         | 0.00                 |                         |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 71.22          | 71.22                | 46.53          | 7.05                 |                         |
| 12        | Kerala            | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 29.20          | 0.00                 |                         |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 279.21         | 140.88               | 221.22         | 0.00                 |                         |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 246.82         | 239.49               | 236.14         | 0.00                 |                         |
| 15        | Manipur           | 39.83          | 39.83                | 36.76          | 34.89                |                         |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 32.41          | 16.85                | 2.56           | 0.00                 |                         |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 25.36          | 25.36                | 24.39          | 22.59                |                         |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 9.12           | 9.12                 | 60.87          | 0.47                 |                         |
| 19        | Odisha            | 283.63         | 148.40               | 179.46         | 0.00                 |                         |
| 20        | Punjab            | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 14.87          | 13.97                |                         |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 62.30          | 62.30                | 211.45         | 13.14                |                         |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 8.68           | 6.55                 | 12.32          | 0.00                 |                         |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 94.42          | 65.85                | 42.42          | 0.00                 |                         |
| 24        | *Telangana        | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 89.42          | 4.99                 |                         |
| 25        | Tripura           | 13.04          | 13.04                | 12.63          | 12.63                |                         |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 273.35         | 210.63               | 346.86         | 0.00                 |                         |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 22.79          | 13.03                | 2.53           | 0.00                 |                         |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 99.12          | 93.74                | 226.64         | 0.00                 |                         |
|           | Total             | 2800.00        | 1937.56              | 2837.00        | 187.34               |                         |