Centre releases over ₹4,200 crore to Andhra for Amaravati capital project

World Bank and ADB fund Amaravati capital city development with Centre's contribution, ensuring progress and accountability in project implementation.

The Central Government has released over ₹4,200 crore to Andhra Pradesh for the Amaravati Capital Development project after it (centre) received the first disbursement of $205 million from the World Bank, a senior official has said.

The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) together committed to fund $1600 Million (₹13,600 crore), $800 Million each, for Amaravati capital city phase-I development, while the Centre will be contributing remaining ₹1,400 crore, out of the ₹15,000 crore committed by the Central Government for phase-I of the development.

According to the World Bank documents the project became effective on January 22 this year and the first disbursement of $205 million for program advance was done last month.

“Out of this total ₹15,000 crore, there is a sharing between the World Bank, ABD and the centre. The ADB also may have given same amount ($205 million). I do not know exactly how much the ADB has given to the Government of India. The Centre has also released its matching amount of around ₹800 crore. So, we have received a total of ₹4,285 crore from the Centre on April 1,” the official told PTI.

According to the official, the Centre has agreed to give 25% of the total committed amount as a “Mobilisation Advance”, and the amount that was released is under this head.

“The next instalment of the committed amount will be released after the State Government shows some progress and submits bills or utilisation certificates,” the official added.

“That (second tranche of funds) will take time. It will take at least six months because the works have just started, and in another two to three months they will pick up,” the bureaucrat said.