Centre Releases Rs 5000 Crore Under Capital Expenditure Scheme

An amount of Rs. 4,939.81 crore has been released to the States as the first instalment under the “Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure” scheme.

The scheme was announced by the Finance Minister on 12th October, 2020 as a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package.

So far capital expenditure proposals of Rs. 9,879.61 crore of 27 States have been approved by the Ministry of Finance.

All the States except Tamil Nadu have availed benefits of the scheme.

Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure(in crore)
S.no	States	Amount Allocated	Amount Approved	Amount Released
1	Andhra Pradesh	344	344	172
2	Arunachal Pradesh	200	200	100
3	Assam	450	450	225
4	Bihar	843	843	421.5
5	Chhattisgarh	286	286	143
6	Goa	32	32	16
7	Gujarat	285	285	142.5
8	Haryana	91	91	45.5
9	Himachal Pradesh	450	450	225
10	Jharkhand	277	277	138.5
11	Karnataka	305	305	152.5
12	Kerala	163	163	81.5
13	Madhya Pradesh	660	660	330
14	Maharashtra	514	514	257
15	Manipur	200	200	100
16	Meghalaya	200	200	100
17	Mizoram	200	200	100
18	Nagaland	200	200	100
19	Odisha	388	388	194
20	Punjab	150	146.5	73.25
21	Rajasthan	501	501	250.5
22	Sikkim	200	200	100
23	Tamil Nadu	351	0	0
24	Telangana	179	179	89.5
25	Tripura	200	200	100
26	Uttar Pradesh	1501	1501	750.5
27	Uttarakhand	450	434.11	217.06
28	West Bengal	630	630	315
	Total	10250	9879.61	4939.81