Lok Sabha Question No. 4413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Construction Cess
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4413

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 th  August, 2016/ Shravana 21, 1938 (SAKA)

## Construction Cess QUESTION

## 4413. SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

- (a) whether a huge sum of money is lying idle in banks which were collected as
- Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: construction cess; (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c)     the steps taken by the Government to utilize this idle money judiciously?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Labour and Employment has informed that under the Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996, a cess @ 1% of the cost of  construction  is  collected  by  the  State  Governments  and  given  to  the  their respective  State  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers'  Welfare  Board  for meeting  the  expenses  on  welfare  of  construction  workers.  As  per  information received from the State Governments, amount of cess collected and its utilisation is Annexed.

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Annex.

## Lok Sabha USQ No.4413 reg. 'Construction Cess' for 12.08.2016.

| State-wise position of Number of Workers Registered, Cess Collected and Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996   | State-wise position of Number of Workers Registered, Cess Collected and Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996   | State-wise position of Number of Workers Registered, Cess Collected and Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996   | State-wise position of Number of Workers Registered, Cess Collected and Amount Spent under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996   |
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|                                                                                                                                                     | Name of the                                                                                                                                         | As on 30.06.2016                                                                                                                                    | As on 30.06.2016                                                                                                                                    |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                             | States/UTs.                                                                                                                                         | Amount of cess collected (Rs. in Crore)                                                                                                             | Amount spent (Rs. in Crore)                                                                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 1153.61                                                                                                                                             | 205.46                                                                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   | 65.36                                                                                                                                               | 51.6                                                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                                                                               | 512.24                                                                                                                                              | 12.57                                                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                                                                               | 695.03                                                                                                                                              | 71.46                                                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                        | 581.84                                                                                                                                              | 355.19                                                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                                                                 | 69.03                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                                                             | 1323.85                                                                                                                                             | 32.91                                                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                                                                             | 1546.56                                                                                                                                             | 115.87                                                                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                    | 313.18                                                                                                                                              | 33.01                                                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                                  | J&K                                                                                                                                                 | 455.73                                                                                                                                              | 154.83                                                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                           | 267.65                                                                                                                                              | 122.38                                                                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                                                                           | 3592.06                                                                                                                                             | 90.43                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                                                                              | 1299.46                                                                                                                                             | 1206.46                                                                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 1575.62                                                                                                                                             | 552.04                                                                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                         | 3799.74                                                                                                                                             | 217.66                                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                                                                                             | 21                                                                                                                                                  | 10.99                                                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                           | 80.02                                                                                                                                               | 0.93                                                                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                                                             | 34.1                                                                                                                                                | 20.8                                                                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                                                            | 20.06                                                                                                                                               | 3.34                                                                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                                                                              | 941.19                                                                                                                                              | 120.06                                                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                                                              | 820.5                                                                                                                                               | 320.45                                                                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                           | 1316.24                                                                                                                                             | 276.98                                                                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                                                                              | 64.67                                                                                                                                               | 20.68                                                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                          | 1527.74                                                                                                                                             | 522.957                                                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                                                                           | 443.12                                                                                                                                              | 98.69                                                                                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                                                                             | 121.41                                                                                                                                              | 10.55                                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                       | 2220.06                                                                                                                                             | 346.81                                                                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                         | 159.41                                                                                                                                              | 21.37                                                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                                                         | 1089.31                                                                                                                                             | 581.33                                                                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                                                                                               | 1536                                                                                                                                                | 174.71                                                                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                                                                                  | A & N Island                                                                                                                                        | 40.83                                                                                                                                               | 1.55                                                                                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                          | 75.83                                                                                                                                               | 4.9                                                                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                                                  | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                | 3.08                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                                                                                  | Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                       | 37.17                                                                                                                                               | 0.54                                                                                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                         | 4.26                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                   |
| 36                                                                                                                                                  | Puducherry                                                                                                                                          | 78.93                                                                                                                                               | 45.86                                                                                                                                               |
| Total                                                                                                                                               | Total                                                                                                                                               | 27885.89                                                                                                                                            | 5805.367                                                                                                                                            |

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