(a) whether the funds for village electrification would, henceforth, be available as
Additional Central Assistance (A.C.A.) with 90% grant and 10% loan for special
category States and 30% grant and 70% loan for others;
(b) the funds released to various State Governments during 2001-2002 and proposed
for 2003, State-wise; and
(c) the details of the grant or loan utilised by the State Governments during 2001-
2002, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )
(a) : From the year 2001-2002, Rural Electrification has been included as one
of the schemes under Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) under which funds
flow directly to the States as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) with 90% grant and
10% loan for special category States and 30% grant and 70% loan for other States.
Besides, funds for village electrification are also released under Minimum Needs
Programme (MNP) as 100% loan to those States where village electrification is below
65% at the beginning of the Seventh Plan.
(b) & (c) : State-wise details of funds released under Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya
Yojana (PMGY) and Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) during 2001-02 and for 2002-
2003 are given at Annexures I & II respectively.
According to the Planning Commission, 100% funds under PMGY have
been released to seven States namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Rajasthan, Tripura, Mizoram and Tamil Nadu. However, for other States 50% of the
allocated funds have been released during 2002-03. Release of the second instalment of
Additional Central Assistance for PMGY is conditional upon the State Governments
ensuring utilization of at least 60% of the total funds sanctioned earlier.
ANNEXEURE-I
ANNEXEURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3316
TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.3.2003.
FUNDS RELEASED UNDER PMGY DURING 2001-02 AND 2002-03 FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
(Rs. in lakhs)
Sl.No. States Released Allocation Released 2001-02 of funds 2002-03 during 2002-03 (50%) as the Ist Instalment
1 Andhra Pradesh 1705.00 1438.00 1438.00 #
2. Arunachal Pradesh 684.00 684.00 684.00 #
3. Assam 6011.00 3000.00 3000.00 #
4. Bihar 2457.90 2417.30 1208.00
5. Chhattisgarh 851.70 515.00 257.50 6. Goa 04.50 6.00 3.00
7 Gujarat 362.80 - -
8. Haryana 187.90 142.90 71.42
9. Himachal Pradesh 100.00 110.00 55.00 10. J&K 1922.00 800.00 400.00 11. Jharkhand 379.60 1116.90 558.45 12. Karnataka 841.00 1000.00 500.00 13. Kerala 594.50 - - 14. Madhya Pradesh 1460.62 1275.00 627.50 15. Maharashtra 1901.08 1664.00 832.00 16. Manipur 600,00 600.00 300.00 17. Meghalaya 600.00 600.00 300.00 18. Mizoram 598.00 598.00 598.00 # 19. Nagaland 452.60 650.00 325.00 20. Orissa 1703.80 100.00 50.00 21. Punjab 1488.25 444.00 222.00 22. Rajasthan 1080.00 1061.00 1061.00 # 23. Sikkim - 400.00 200.00 24. Tamil Nadu 1173.60 1608.00 1608.00 # 25. Tripura 850.00 500.00 500.00 # 26. Uttar Pradesh 9417.00 10187.00 5093.50 27. Uttaranchal 976.75 2000.00 1000.00 28. West Bengal 2820.00 2774.00 1382.00 Total 41223.60 35424.30 22490.15
# Allocation made under PMGY during 2002-03 has been released.
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl.No States 2001-02 2002-03
1 Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh 961 1200
3. Assam 2652 6000
4. Bihar 948 6800
5. Jharkhand 2819 6800 6. Goa
7 Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh 72 200 10. J&K 77 11. Karnataka 7 12. Kerala 13. Madhya Pradesh 263 800 14. Chhattisgarh 286 800 15. Maharashtra 16. Manipur 131 270 17. Meghalaya 1872 3000 18. Mizoram 16 19. Nagaland 38 130 20. Orissa 1133 6000 21. Punjab 22. Rajasthan 507 23. Sikkim 24. Tamil Nadu 25. Tripura 14 26. Uttar Pradesh 3923 15000 27. Uttaranchal 624 7000 28. West Bengal 1157 6000 29. Delhi
Total: 17500 60000