(a) whether some States of the country have received special package for their
development during the current financial year;
(b) if so, details thereof along with amounts released so far the State-wise; and
(c) the time by which the complete amount is likely to be released?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a) to (c): Annual Plans of the States are finalized on an assessment of inter-state and
inter-sectoral Plan priorities, including special needs, within the overall availability
of resources at the Central and State level. Central Assistance to State Plans is released
annually by the Ministry of Finance, including Special Central Assistance (SCA) to meet the
gap in resources to Special Category States; Special Plan Assistance (SPA) to Special Category
States for funding of identified projects that are not covered under any Central scheme; SCA
for Border areas; SCA for Hill areas and One Time Additional Central Assistance (OTACA) for
the projects of Special importance to General Category States. Further, under the State
component of Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF), the ongoing Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for
82 selected Tribal and Backward Districts, Bundelkhand Package for Uttar Pradesh & Madhya
Pradesh, Special Plan for KBK districts of Odisha, Special Plan for Bihar and Special Plan
for West Bengal have been approved for continuation during 2012-13. State-wise details of
funds released during 2012-13 till 21.11.12 is given in the Annexure-I.
The release of funds is made on recommendations of the Planning Commission and keeping in view
the absorptive capacity of projects/States.