(a) the details of the funds allocated by the Government to the States including Rajasthan for various schemes during the last five years;
(b) the amount of funds spent by the States so far;
(c) the amount of funds not utilized so far along with the reasons for non-utilisation of the entire funds; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure timely utilisation of the entire funds?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a): The Union Government provides resources to States including the State of Rajasthan through Ministries/Departments under the heads Tax Devolution, Finance Commission Transfers, Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), Central Sector Schemes (CS), ACA for EAPs, Special Assistance etc.. Summarized details of ‘Transfer of Resources to States’ during the last five years 2015-16 to 2019-20 are as follows:
(Rs. in crore)
Sr. No. Item 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
1 Tax Devolution to States 506193 608000 673005 761454 656046
2 Transfers to States excluding Tax Devolution 323151 372562 408292 425985 466648
Of which
(a) Centrally Sponsored Schemes 188235 225848 262043 271478 275428
(b) Central Sector Schemes 2606 2407 15964 13629 12864
(c) Finance Commission Transfers 84579 95550 92244 93704 123710
Source: Union Budgets 2017-18 to 2021-22
(b) to (d): As per the extant practice, release of funds to the States under various programmes including Schemes/Programmes mandated by the Finance Commission are governed by prescribed guidelines of the respective Schemes/Programmes, submission of Utilization Certificates for funds released as per General Financial Rules (GFRs) and funds that remain unutilized are adjusted towards the grants-in-aid payable during the next years. The Ministries/Departments of the Union Government conduct regular evaluation of the Schemes being implemented by them. The NITI Aayog also conducts concurrent evaluation of the selected Programmes/Schemes.
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