Financial requirement of various schemes and activities of the Ministry is worked out on the basis of the funds required for the ongoing projects depending on their progress as well as fund requirement for the new projects and activities planned in a particular year. 

 

            To ensure proper and maximum utilization of budgetary allocation, periodic review of the expenditure on the schemes / activities is undertaken regularly in the Ministry. The progress is also reviewed in the meeting of the senior officers, apart from field visits and video conferencing with implementing agencies. The quarterly position of utilisation of budgetary allocation of the allocation of the Ministry during the last four years is as under:

                                                                                        (Rs. in Crore)

Allocation	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17 (Provisional)
Budget Estimate	719.11	785.86	505.51	636.02
Revised Estimate	564.32	617.74	524.61	729.00
Actual Expenditure	541.94	596.74	505.44	716.54
1st Quarter	108.21 (19.17%)	148.62 (24.06%)	154.83 (29.51%)	92.90 (12.74%)
2nd Quarter	265.00 (46.96%)	326.37 (52.83%)	128.61 (24.52%)	269.02 (36.90%)
3rd Quarter	45.52 (8.07%)	63.86 (10.34%)	109.60 (20.89%)	108.53 (14.89%)
4th Quarter	123.21 (21.83%)	57.89 (9.37%)	112.40 (21.43%)	246.09 (33.76%)

 

            This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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