Lok Sabha Question No. 2172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Allocation of Funds
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI, LADU KISHORE SWAIN

- a)  Whether the Government has taken steps to introduce a single window system for communicating annual allocation and fund sharing pattern of Centrally Sponsored Schemes to the States, if so, the details thereof;
- b) the  details  of  amount  released  to  States  including  Odisha  under  the  various  area  specific development programmes during each of the last three financial years ; and
- c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  continue  with  Central  Assistance  for  the  Area  Specific Development Programmes  like Special Plan for KBK, Backward Region Grant Fund(BRGF) and Integrated Action Plan (IAP) under the Central Assistance to State Plans; and
- d) if not, the steps proposed to be taken by the Minister to continue the same?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State for Finance

## (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a) :  Central  assistance  to  States  for  the  projects  sanctioned  under  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and Central Sector Schemes (CS) are released by the respective line Ministries. Further, the Ministry  of  Finance  has  apprised  all  about  the  list  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme through the Statement 16-A of Expenditure Budget Vol.I 2016-17.
- (b) A statement showing details of additional central assistance (ACA) released from Demand No.37  (previously  Demand  No.36/35)  operated  by  Department  of  Expenditure  under  specific development programme(s),  funds released towards Special Plan for Bihar, Special Plan of KBK Districts of Odisha, Special Plan for West Bengal, Bundelkhand package for Madhya Pradesh and Uttar  Pradesh  covered  under  Backward  Region  Grant  Fund  (State  component)  Border  Area Development Programme (BADP) and for Left Wing Extremism Affected (LWE) districts-formerly Integrated Action Plan (IAP) etc. is at Annexure-I .
- (c) & (d): Following increase in  devolution of Central taxes pursuant to the recommendation of the Fourteenth Finance Commission,  some of the Central schemes were delinked from Union Support from 2015-16 (BE) onwards. The Union Government, taking into account the problems faced by the various  State  Governments,   has  created  a new  budget line in 2016-17 in  the name of 'Special Assistance' for providing assistance to the States for specific needs.   As against the budgetary provision made for 'Special Assistance', an amount of Rs. 10,890 crore was released as Central assistance  to  the  States.  Further,  an  amount  of  Rs.  9,000  crore  under  'Special  Assistance'  has been provided in 2016-17 BE.

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## ANNEXURE-I

Scheme-wise  details  of  funds  released  from  Demand  No.37  (Previously  Demand  No.  36/35) operated by Department of Expenditure.

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No   |                             | 2013-14   | 2013-14    | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2015-16   | 2015-16    |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
| .        | Heads /Programmes           | Odisha    | All States | Odish a   | All States | Odish a   | All States |
|          | PLAN                        |           |            |           |            |           |            |
| 1        | Normal Central Assistance * | 592.37    | 25642.27   | 610.14    | 25470.34   |           |            |
| 2        | Special Central Assistance  |           | 10771.00   |           | 9671.00    |           |            |

|      | (Untied) *                                     |          |          |          |          |        |          |
|------|------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|----------|
| 3    | Special Plan Assistance *                      |          | 6480.15  |          | 7287.47  |        |          |
| 4    | Special Assistance##                           |          | -        |          | -        | 149.68 | 10890.00 |
| 5    | ACA for other projects *                       | 45.00    | 1259.23  |          | 507.86   |        |          |
| 6    | ACA for EAP                                    | 740.66   | 13353.29 | 627.37   | 14936.64 | 826.39 | 15270.02 |
| 6.1  | Loan Component                                 | 577.23   | 10999.75 | 528.60   | 11897.32 | 738.82 | 12498.20 |
| 6.2  | Grant Component                                | 163.43   | 2353.54  | 95.77    | 3039.32  | 87.57  | 2771.82  |
| 7    | SCA for Hill Areas/WGDP *                      |          | 279.59   |          | 220.00   |        |          |
| 8    | SCA for Border Area^                           |          | 990.00   |          | -        |        |          |
| 9    | AIBP^                                          | 15.23    | 4629.99  |          | -        |        |          |
| 10   | NSAP^                                          | 729.25   | 9046.39  |          | -        |        |          |
| 11   | National e-governance (NeGAP) *                | 15.88    | 242.51   | 6.75     | 20.88    |        |          |
| 12   | Backward Region Grant Fund (State component) * | 250.00   | 3530.52  | 250.00   | 3039.23  |        |          |
| 13   | ACA for Desalination Plant at Chennai          |          | 399.56   |          |          |        |          |
| 14   | ACA for LWE affected District#                 | 222.57   | 1209.00  | 360.00   | 1760.00  |        |          |
| 15   | Other ACA#                                     |          | 166.00   | 50.00    | 3055.42  |        |          |
| 16   | ACA for JNNURM ^                               | 1457.0 9 | 7559.00  |          | -        |        |          |
| 16.1 | NURM-SMUIG                                     | 12.68    | 2381.79  |          | -        |        |          |
| 16.2 | NURM-UIDSSMT                                   | 136.62   | 2921.28  |          | -        |        |          |
| 16.3 | NURM-SM BSUP                                   | 7.06     | 966.20   |          | -        |        |          |
| 16.4 | NURM-IHSDP                                     | 13.18    | 584.00   |          | -        |        |          |
| 16.5 | Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)                        | 32.23    | 705.73   |          | -        |        |          |
|      | Grand Total                                    | 2812.7 3 | 85558.52 | 1901.2 6 | 65968.84 | 976.07 | 26160.02 |

Note: Releases made under BRGF (State Component) includes funds released for Special Plan of Bihar,  Special  Plan  for  KBK  districts  of  Odisha,  Special  Plan  for  West  Bengal,  Bundelkhand Package for Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh etc.

- #:  Budget line for the items introduced from 2013-14. ##: Budget line for the item introduced in 2015-16.
- ^: From  2014-15,  budgetary  allocation  for  the  schemes  has  been  transferred  to  the  respective administrative Ministries.

*: From 2015-16, Central assistance to State Plans operated by Department of Expenditure (except Externally  Aided  Projects)  has  been  discontinued  as  the  same  stand  subsumed  in  larger devolution of Union taxes to the States.