Ministry of Home Affairs
Modernisation of Fire Services
Posted On:
03 DEC 2024 5:26PM by PIB Delhi
Fire Service is a State subject and has been included as a Municipal function in the XII Schedule of the Constitution of India under Article 243(W).
It is the primary responsibility of the State Governments to ensure strengthening of Fire & Emergency Services under the area of their jurisdiction including in the Gram Panchayats.
Recognizing the need for expansion and modernization of fire services in the States, Fifteenth Finance Commission recommended a provision of Rs.5000 crore for strengthening the fire services at a state level. Therefore, Central Government has launched the “Scheme for Expansion and Modernisation of Fire Services in the States” on 04.07.2023. The detailed scheme is available at https://www.mha.gov.in/en/commoncontent/policies-guidelines.
Under the Scheme, the concerned State Governments shall have to contribute 25% (except for North-Eastern and Himalayan (NEH) States which shall contribute 10%) of the total cost of projects / proposals from their respective States resources.
Under the Scheme, the States are permitted to undertake following activities in order to strengthen the fire services in their respective states.
- Expansion of Fire Services by setting up of new fire stations, strengthening of state training centres and capacity building of the firefighter, volunteers and community in fire prevention measures, awareness programme etc. 35% of the fund has been allocated for this activity, out of which 5% is for capacity building.
- Modernisation of fire services by procuring modern firefighting equipment and strengthening of state headquarters and urban fire stations. The equipments to be purchased includes hydraulic platform, turntable ladders among others as given in the indicative list circulated to the States alongwith the Scheme guidelines dated 4th July, 2023. 50% of the fund has been allocated for modernisation of fire services.
- Provision has also been made for any State specific demand underwhich not only the states can raise their demand to top-up their respective ongoing projects requiring additional financial assistance, but also flexibility has been given to them to meet the states specific requirements. 15% of the fund has been allocated for State specific demand.
- Out of the total allocated fund of Rs.5000 crore under the Scheme, an amount of Rs.500 crore has also been kept for incentivising the States on the basis of their legal and infrastructure-based reforms.
The State-wise details of funds allocated to the States under the Scheme is at Annexure-I. As on date, proposals of eighteen (18) states have been approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs for financial assistance under the Scheme as per details given below: -
(Rs in crore)
|
Sl No.
|
States
|
Total Allocation
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
252.86
|
|
2
|
Manipur
|
45.00
|
|
3
|
Meghalaya
|
44.37
|
|
4
|
Telangana
|
190.14
|
|
5
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
768.67
|
|
6
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
65.33
|
|
7
|
Punjab
|
131.56
|
|
8
|
Sikkim
|
32.25
|
|
9
|
Tripura
|
42.36
|
|
10
|
Uttarakhand
|
78.89
|
|
11
|
Assam
|
107.47
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
329.90
|
|
13
|
Mizoram
|
40.00
|
|
14
|
Tamil Nadu
|
373.27
|
|
15
|
Chhattisgarh
|
147.745
|
|
16
|
Nagaland
|
40.05
|
|
17
|
Odisha
|
200.384
|
|
18
|
West Bengal
|
376.76
|
ANNEXURE –I
State-wise details of funds allocated to the States under the scheme for expansion and modernization of Fire Services in the States
(Rs in crore)
|
Sl. No
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List of States
|
Central Share
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State Share
|
Total Allocation
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
189.7
|
63.23
|
252.93
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
57.57
|
6.39
|
63.96
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
96.73
|
10.74
|
107.47
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
255.69
|
85.23
|
340.92
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
110.82
|
36.94
|
147.76
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
31.63
|
10.54
|
42.17
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
254.27
|
84.75
|
339.02
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
87.48
|
29.16
|
116.64
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
58.8
|
6.53
|
65.33
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
111
|
37.00
|
148.00
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
247.42
|
82.47
|
329.90
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
122.41
|
40.80
|
163.21
|
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
298.15
|
99.38
|
397.54
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
461.61
|
153.87
|
615.48
|
|
15
|
Manipur
|
40.5
|
4.50
|
45.00
|
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
39.94
|
4.43
|
44.37
|
|
17
|
Mizoram
|
36
|
4.00
|
40.00
|
|
18
|
Nagaland
|
36.05
|
4.00
|
40.05
|
|
19
|
Odisha
|
150.83
|
50.27
|
201.10
|
|
20
|
Punjab
|
98.67
|
32.89
|
131.56
|
|
21
|
Rajasthan
|
293.73
|
97.91
|
391.64
|
|
22
|
Sikkim
|
29.03
|
3.22
|
32.25
|
|
23
|
Tamil Nadu
|
280
|
93.33
|
373.33
|
|
24
|
Telangana
|
142.61
|
47.53
|
190.14
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
38.15
|
4.23
|
42.38
|
|
26
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
577.43
|
192.47
|
769.90
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
71.03
|
7.89
|
78.92
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
282.57
|
94.19
|
376.76
|
|
|
Total
|
4499.84
|
1387.99
|
5887.83
|
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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