Lok Sabha Question No. 3413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: Subsidy
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## Government of India

## Ministry of Finance

## Department of Expenditure

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## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3413

## To be answered on 5 TH August, 2016/  14  Shravana, 1938 (Saka)

## 3413   SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA

## SHRI  R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)    the details of subsidies provided by the Government during the last three years and the current year, sector and State-wise including Karnataka;
- (b)   whether the Government has conducted any study to ascertain that subsidy is actually reaching to the poor people and if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (c )   the other steps taken by the Government to reduce economic disparities in the country ?

ANSWER

## SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL

## Minister of State for Finance

- (a) to (c ) The details of subsidies are as under:

(In crores of Rupees)

|                 | Actuals   | Actuals   | Revised   | Budget   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|                 | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17  |
| Major Subsidies | 244717    | 249016    | 241857    | 231782   |
| Fertilizer      | 67339     | 71076     | 72438     | 70000    |
| Food            | 92000     | 117671    | 139419    | 134835   |
| Petroleum       | 85378     | 60269     | 30000     | 26947    |
| Interest        | 8137      | 7632      | 13808     | 15523    |

| Other             |   1778 |   1610 |   2136 |   3128 |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Total - Subsidies | 254632 | 258258 | 257801 | 250433 |

A  statement  showing  subsidy  released  to  FCI  and  to  States  for  Decentralized Procurement  for  the  last  3  years  is  given  in  the Annexure. Necessary  mechanisms  to ensure effective  implementation of programmes have been made at various levels by an effective administrative machinery through supervision, monitoring and suitable corrective measures, which is a continuous endeavour of the nodal Central Ministries/ Departments and the respective State Governments/ UTs.

A  number  of  Plan  Schemes  are  implemented  by  various  Ministries/  Departments  the Government to reduce  economic disparities  in  the  country.    The  important  Plan  Schemes  are: Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  National  Rural Livelihood  Mission,  Mid-Day  Meal  Programme  (MDM),  National  Social  Assistance  Programme (NSAP),  Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS),  Sarva  ShikshaAbhiyan  (SSA),  National Health Mission (NHM), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JNNURM),  Pradhan  Mantri  AwasYojana  (Urban  and  Rural),  National Rural Drinking Water Programme, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), and National Urban Livelihood Mission(NULM), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, Umbrella Schemes  /  Programmes  for  Development  of  Scheduled  Castes  /  Scheduled  Tribes/  Backward Classes / Minorities etc.

## ANNEXURE

A statement showing food subsidy released to FCI and Decentralised Procurement States for the last 3 years is given below

| FCI/ State/ UT          | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Years                   | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           |
| FCI                     | 75500.02          | 91995.3541        | 112000.00         |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 1554.83           | 2254.42           | 1364.25           |
| Bihar                   | 0.00              | 1146.41           | 2540.92           |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 3398.882          | 5668.11           | 5737.29           |
| Uttar Pradesh*          | 5.182             | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| West Bengal             | 1551.138          | 2578.38           | 2465.86           |
| Chhattisgarh            | 2374.8744         | 3332.71           | 3328.93           |
| Uttarakhand             | 318.22            | 385.42            | 408.67            |
| Tamil Nadu              | 1007.49           | 914.55            | 936.89            |
| Gujarat                 | 0.000             | 0.000             | 55.57             |
| Orissa                  | 3041.11           | 3785.00           | 3331.39           |
| Karnataka               | 492.950           | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| Kerala                  | 427.82            | 744.84            | 834.42            |
| Punjab                  | 0.00              | 75.00             | 300.00            |
| Rajasthan               | 67.50             | 90.97             | 155.11            |
| Telangana               | 0.00              | 200.00            | 1390.08           |
| DBT Scheme              | -                 | -                 | 69.618            |
| Total (States & DBT)    | 14240.00          | 21175.81          | 22919.00          |
| TOTAL (FCI+States& DBT) | 89740.02          | 113171.1641       | 134919.00         |

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