Parliament Question: Schemes and fund allocation for rural development in Tamil Nadu and other southern States

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2538 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/03/2026 SCHEMES AND FUND ALLOCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL NADU AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES 2538 Shri I.S. Inbadurai:

Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has undertaken State-wise assessment of rural development schemes implemented in Tamil Nadu and other southern States, if so, details thereof;

(b) whether funds allocated under major rural development programmes during last three financial years for Tamil Nadu and southern States have increased or decreased, if so, allocation and utilisation, year-wise;

(c) whether disparities exist in per-capita rural development funding between southern States and other regions of the country, if so, comparative data thereof; and

(d) whether allocations under schemes such as VB-GRAM-G, PMAY-Gramin and rural livelihood missions have been fully released to Tamil Nadu and other southern States, if so, details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing a number of welfare schemes/programmes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment Training Institutes(RSETIs), National Social Assistance Programme

(NSAP) and Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) for overall development of rural areas of the country, including in Tamil Nadu and other southern States.

The Government periodically reviews the implementation and outcomes of its key rural development programmes. For targeted implementation of the schemes/programmes in the rural areas of the country, MoRD has evolved a comprehensive multi-level and multi- format system of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of rural development schemes, including Performance Review Committee Meetings, District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (“DISHA”) meetings, National Level Monitors

(NLMs), Area Officers Schemes, Common Review Mission, Mid-Term Review, Labour Budget meetings, Labour Budget Revision meetings, Programme Review meetings, Concurrent Evaluation and Impact Assessment Studies. State specific reviews of States/UTs are also undertaken from time to time and action is taken on the basis of their findings. The schemes have been brought upon end-to-end transaction-based MIS, which enables all the stakeholders to monitor status of schemes in a real time basis. The works are photographed with geo-tags and time stamps. All the data of RD schemes are available on public domain.

Social Audits are also conducted for some Schemes like Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and PMAY-G. Ombudsman are also appointed for attending to any grievances regarding Page 1 of 5MGNREGA works. In addition to this, grievance redressal is being given due attention in all schemes of the Rural Development.

(b) & (c): Allocation of funds to the States/UTs is a continuous process. Funds are allocated/released to State Governments taking into account the balance of funds available with the States, submission of requisite documents / utilization certificate as per schematic requirements, ensuring proper utilization of funds already allocated under the schemes and ensuring strict adherence of the schematic guidelines and assessing the actual requirement at the ground level.The funds allocated/released and utilized under major rural development programmes in the State of Tamil Nadu and other southern states i.e; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana during last three financial years, wherever maintained/applicable is at Annexure.

(d): Under Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB- GRAM-G), it is stated that for the financial year 2026–27, a Central share provision of ₹95,692.31 crore has been made for the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), representing the largest allocation ever for rural employment progamme at Budget Estimate Stage. With the inclusion of the corresponding estimated State share, the total programme outlay is likely to exceed ₹1.51 lakh crore, which is expected to significantly accelerate rural transformation, large-scale employment generation and income enhancement in rural areas.

Further, as per Sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the Act, the Central Government shall determine the State-wise normative allocation for each state based on objective parameters as may be prescribed by the Central Government.

Under PMAY-G, the central release to the State of Tamil Nadu and other southern states from the financial year 2022-23 to 2024-25 is as under:- (Rs. in crore) S.No States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Central release Central release Central release 1 Andhra Pradesh 0.00 312.25 113.50 2 Karnataka 214.92 3.61 414.04 3 Kerala 70.29 2.11 66.02 4 Tamil Nadu 2004.39 28.23 167.09 5 Telangana* 0 0 0 *Note: State of Telangana did not implement PMAY-G during this period Under DAY-NRLM, the central release to the State of Tamil Nadu and other southern states from the financial year 2022-23 to 2025-26(as on 10.03.2026) is as under: - (Rs. In lakh) S. No. States 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-26(as on

10.03.2026) Central Central Central Central Release Release Release Release

1. Andhra Pradesh 18879.74 6294.25 23076.53 18506.39

2. Karnataka 24440.36 27055.48 22062.99

32857.14

3. Kerala 10966.32 17872.03 8596.20

10966.32

4. Tamil Nadu 38157.33 34979.52 29530.15

28618.00

5. Telangana 4495.18 8394.58 13330.68

0.00 ***** Page 2 of 5Annexure Annexure referred to in reply parts (b) & (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q.No.2538 reg. “Schemes and Fund Allocation for Rural Development in Tamil Nadu And Other Southern States” to be answered on 13.03.2026.

i. MGNREGS (Rs. in crores) Total fund released to Southern States during the last three financial year under MGNREGS S.No States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

1. Andhra Pradesh 8008.81 7353.67 7707.21

2. Karnataka 6218.59 5431.67 5709.90

3. Kerala 3830.97 3532.57 3136.44

4. Tamil Nadu 9745.72 12616.53 7585.49

5. Telangana 2992.21 3520.87 3825.31 ii. PMAY-G (Rs. in crore) Details of fund released and utilization in Southern States during last financial three years under PMAY-G S.No States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Central Utilization Central Utilization Central Utilization release release release 1 Andhra 0.00 87.65 312.25 503.66 113.50 90.91 Pradesh 2 Karnataka 214.92 0.00 3.61 468.67 414.04 447.06 3 Kerala 70.29 94.63 2.11 22.86 66.02 125.18 4 Tamil Nadu 2004.39 2290.47 28.23 975.55 167.09 310.84 5 Telangana* 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Note: State of Telangana did not implement PMAY-G during this period iii. PMGSY (Rs. in crores) Details of fund released and expenditure incurred in Southern States during last financial three years under PMGSY S.No States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Release Expenditure Release Expenditure Release Expenditure (including (including (including State Share) State Share) State Share) 1 Andhra Pradesh 644.13 748.63 140.64 368.03 507.32 370.60 2 Karnataka 720.47 864.71 72.25 404.03 100.58 142.81 3 Kerala 106.76 124.97 54.25 164.95 122.27 249.15 4 Tamil Nadu 613.70 532.36 411.36 777.78 638.66 741.43 5 Telangana 321.43 345.32 296.9625 479.41 132.57 399.90 Page 3 of 5iv. DAY-NRLM (Rs. in lakh) Central Allocation to Southern States during the last three financial year under DAY-NRLM S.No. States 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025

1. Andhra Pradesh 25172.97 25172.97 30768.70

2. Karnataka 32587.14 32587.14 39830.97

3. Kerala 14621.75 14621.75 17872.03

4. Tamil Nadu 38157.33 38157.33 46639.36

5. Telangana 17980.69 17980.69 21977.64 v. DDU-GKY (Rs. in lakhs) Funds released to Southern States during the last three financial year under DDU-GKY S. No. States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

1. Andhra Pradesh 0.00 4350.86 1973.00

2. Karnataka 44.81 22.15 0.00

3. Kerala 0.00 0.00 0.00

4. Tamil Nadu 50.86 1876.32 2790.00

5. Telangana 0.00 0.00 0.00

Source: Records of Rural Skills Division vi. RSETI (Rs. in lakhs) Funds released to Southern States during the last three financial year under RSETI S. No. States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

1. Andhra Pradesh 1566.05 1566.05 0.00

2. Karnataka 2017.36 2265.24 1109.76

3. Kerala 0.00 1214.90 825.90

4. Tamil Nadu 1518.84 2735.86 0.00

5. Telangana 1147.63 0.00 0.00

Source: Records of Rural Skills Division vii. NSAP (Rs. in Lakhs) Details of funds allocation/released to Southern States during last three financial years under NSAP S. No. 2022- 2023- 2024- States 23 24 25

1. Andhra Pradesh 31733.9 40740.8 35449

2. Karnataka 44657.7 45052.4 11393.1

3. Kerala 0.00 60213.9 13124.2

4. Tamil Nadu 57878.9 67595.3 64076.8

5. Telangana 21644.8 16666.4 0.00 Page 4 of 5viii. WDC-PMKSY 2.0 (Rs. in crores) Details of central share of funds released to Southern States during last three financial years under WDC-PMKSY 2.0 S. No. States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

1. Andhra Pradesh 42.11 23.12 34.32

2. Karnataka 96.96 132 38.12

3. Kerala 0.00 6.59 10.32

4. Tamil Nadu 42.84 80.54 23.88

5. Telangana 38.36 3.68 24.35 ***** Page 5 of 5