Question : Special Assistance to Bihar

(a) whether the Government provides additional financial assistance to Bihar under the Special Assistance Scheme/Backward Special Assistance Fund;

(b) if so, the eligibility of Bihar for the same along with the amount provided to the State thereunder during the last five years, year-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the names of States which are also covered under this special fund scheme along with the amount of funds provided to them thereunder during the said period, year-wise and state-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c): Yes Sir. The Union Government has introduced a budget line ‘Special Assistance’ under the Demands for Grants ‘Transfers to States’ in the financial year 2015-16 for (a) spill-over committed liabilities for which Budget provision is not made after the implementation of 14th Finance Commission recommendations and (b) other need based assistance to the States. The State-wise and year-wise funds released under the ‘Special Assistance’ are provided in Annexure-I.


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ANNEXURE - I REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1151 FOR 06.12.2021.
Annexure-I
State-wise and year-wise details of funds released under the scheme Special Assistance
(Rs. in crore)
Sl. No. States 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
1 Andhra Pradesh 1658.07 1976.50 0.00 15.81 350.00 350.00
2 Arunachal Pradesh 19.56 0.00 33.99 309.73 0.00 328.7715
3 Assam 551.36 945.90 176.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 Bihar 1910.36 1329.40 3414.00 739.47 0.00 195.7385
5 Chhattisgarh 32.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 Goa 0.00 70.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 Gujarat 15.39 1258.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 Haryana 16.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 Himachal Pradesh 11.94 2.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Jammu &Kashmir 1194.85 2509.44 0.00 85.00 200.00 0.00
11 Jharkhand 1.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Karnataka 87.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 Kerala 41.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
14 Madhya Pradesh 421.43 215.00 759.53 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 Maharashtra 90.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
16 Manipur 46.84 150.00 126.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 Meghalaya 267.40 0.00 65.97 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 Mizoram 20.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Nagaland 37.23 0.00 53.75 226.80 0.00 219.15
20 Odisha 149.68 367.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 Punjab 270.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 Rajasthan 431.29 0.00 0.00 146.00 0.00 0.00
23 Sikkim 187.00 500.00 36.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 Tamil Nadu 569.43 200.00 200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 Telangana 566.14 450.00 450.00 450.00 0.00 450.00
26 Tripura 296.15 150.00 300.00 1500.00 698.70 0.00
27 Uttar Pradesh 307.58 80.00 917.20 1200.00 0.00 0.00
28 Uttarakhand 577.47 693.78 418.00 8.00 375.00 405.00
29 West Bengal 1108.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 10890.01 10899.61 6950.50 4680.81 1623.70 1948.66

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