Question : Financial Assistance to States

a) the financial assistance provided by the Government to the States particularly Maharashtra to safeguard themselves against covid-19;
b) whether the Government proposes to provide more central financial assistance to the States in view of the increasing cases of Covid-19 in the country and if so, the details thereof;
c) whether the State Governments have requested for more financial assistance;
d) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
e) the details of the financial assistance provided by the Union Government for safeguarding against covid-19; State and amount-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (e) In the view of unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Expenditure has released the central share of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to the States including Maharashtra in the first week of April 2020. A total amount of Rs.11,565.93 crore was released to the States including Rs.1611 cores to the State of Maharashtra. State wise SDRF funds released for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020) is at Annex-I.
Further, to provide additional resources to States to fight against COVID-19 pandemic and considering the request of the States for relaxation of the existing Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) limit of 3 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), additional borrowing limit of up to 2 percent of GSDP has been allowed to States for the year 2020-21. Out of the additional borrowing limit of 2 percent of GSDP allowed to States, consent of 0.50 percent of GSDP amounting to Rs. 1,06,830 crore has already been issued to the States including the consent of Rs.15,394 crores to the State of Maharashtra to raise Open Market Borrowing (OMB) during the year 2020-21 . State-wise and amount-wise details of additional borrowing consent of 0.50 percent of GSDP issued to the States for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020) are at Annex-II.
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Annex-I referred to in part (a) to (e) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. †186 for 14.09.2020
Funds released to State under SDRF for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020)
Sl. No. State Amount
(Rs. in crore)
1 Andhra Pradesh 559.50
2 Arunachal Pradesh 125.00
3 Assam 386.00
4 Bihar 708.00
5 Chhattisgarh 216.00
6 Goa 6.00
7 Gujarat 662.00
8 Haryana 245.50
9 Himachal Pradesh 204.50
10 Jharkhand 284.00
11 Karnataka 791.00
12 Kerala 157.00
13 Madhya Pradesh 910.00
14 Maharashtra 1611.00
15 Manipur 21.00
16 Meghalaya 33.00
17 Mizoram 23.50
18 Nagaland 20.50
19 Orissa 802.00
20 Punjab 325.93
21 Rajasthan 740.50
22 Sikkim 25.00
23 Tamil Nadu 510.00
24 Telangana 224.50
25 Tripura 34.00
26 Uttar Pradesh 966.50
27 Uttarakhand 468.50
28 West Bengal 505.50
Total 11565.93



Annex-II referred to in reply of part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. †186 for 14.09.2020
Details of additional borrowing permission of 0.50 percent of GSDP issued to the States for the year 2020-21 (upto 31.08.2020)
Sl. No. State Amount
(Rs. in crore)
1 Andhra Pradesh 5,051.00
2 Arunachal Pradesh 143.00
3 Assam 1,869.00
4 Bihar 3,231.00
5 Chhattisgarh 1,792.00
6 Goa 446.00
7 Gujarat 8,704.00
8 Haryana 4,293.00
9 Himachal Pradesh 877.00
10 Jharkhand 1,765.00
11 Karnataka 9,018.00
12 Kerala 4,522.00
13 Madhya Pradesh 4,746.00
14 Maharashtra 15,394.00
15 Manipur 151.00
16 Meghalaya 194.00
17 Mizoram 132.00
18 Nagaland 157.00
19 Odisha 2,858.00
20 Punjab 3,033.00
21 Rajasthan 5,462.00
22 Sikkim 156.00
23 Tamil Nadu 9,627.00
24 Telangana 5,017.00
25 Tripura 297.00
26 Uttar Pradesh 9,703.00
27 Uttarakhand 1,405.00
28 West Bengal 6,787.00
Total 1,06,830.00