The
Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that the release of funds under various schemes depends upon the
availability of funds, requests for more funds out of allocation for the State
and utilisation of funds by the State Government. In
a written reply in the Rajya Sabha she said, details of funds given/spent in
Bihar by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation are given below:
Details of
funds released by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation to
the State Government of Bihar under various Schemes
(a)
(i) Swarna Jayanti
Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) :-
|
Year
|
Funds
Released (Rs in lacs)
|
|
2009-2010
|
895.12
|
|
2010-2011
|
2001.40
|
|
2011-2012
|
1579.36
|
|
2012-2013
|
NIL
|
(ii) National Building Organisation
(NBO) has released the funds to State of Bihar for two activities namely
Slum Survey/Slum Households and livelihood profile Survey and development of
Housing Start-up as indicated below:-
|
Year
|
Funds
Released (Rs)
|
|
2009-2010
|
51,96,370
|
|
2010-2011
|
56,43,260
|
|
2011-2012
|
99,00,000
|
(iii) Integrated
Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ILCS):
Under the revised Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ILCS) 2008, 25% of
funds have been earmarked for construction of new toilets for Economically
Weaker Section households who have no latrines. During the year 2007-08 this
Ministry has released Rs.23.32 crore to the State of
Bihar. An unspent balance of Rs 7.92 crores available with the State Government
has been adjusted from the amount of Rs 9.25 crore
sanctioned under ILCS
to the State Government of
Bihar.
(iv) Rajiv Awas Yojana :
In the year 2009-10, an amount of Rs. 191.51 lakhs
was released to the Government of Bihar for undertaking preparatory activities
in Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur under the
Slum Free City Planning Scheme, the preparatory phase of Rajiv Awas Yojana.
(v) Basic Services
to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing & Slum Development
Programme (IHSDP) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM)
|
Funds
released to Bihar under IHSDP and BSUP
(Rs. in crores)
|
|
Sl. No.
|
Scheme
component
|
Year 2009-10
|
Year 2010-11
|
Year 2011-12
|
Current Year
2012-13
|
|
|
1
|
IHSDP
|
0.00
|
19.25
|
24.11
|
0.00
|
|
|
2
|
BSUP
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
0.00
|
19.25
|
24.11
|
0.00
|
|
(vi) The details of fund released to Bihar for 2
cities i.e. Patna and Gaya-Bodhgaya, a project with
support from Department for International Development (DFID), UK, under the
“Support to National Programme on urban Poverty Reduction” (SNPUPR) project as
under:-
|
DFID
assisted project ‘Support to National Policies for Urban Poverty Reduction’ (SNPUPR)
|
|
Financial
Year
|
Fund
released (Rs. in Lakh)
|
|
2009-10
|
NIL
|
|
2010-11
|
1.16
|
|
2011-12
|
34.10
|
|
Total
|
35.26
|
(a)
Release of funds to the States/UTs are made
for implementation of schemes such as
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), Conversion of 3545
dry latrines into water sealed toilets and construction of 8586 new latrines
for Economically Weaker Section households under Integrated Low Cost Sanitation
(ILCS), for construction of 22372 dwelling units under Basic Services to the
Urban Poor (BSUP) and 28623 units under Integrated Housing & Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM)(Sub-Mission-II), Slum Free City Planning Scheme for the
preparatory phase of Rajiv Awas Yojana and Conduct of Slum Survey/Slum
Households/livelihood profile survey, Establishment of Housing Start-up-Index
(HSUI) cell for the operationlisation of Housing
Start-up-Index, a project with support from
Department for International Development (DFID), UK called “Support to National
Programme on urban Poverty Reduction” (SNPUPR).
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