The Plan fund allocation and
utilization by the Ministry of Minority Affairs have significantly gone up during
the 11th Five Year Plan as may be seen from the table below.
|
Year
|
Allocation
(Rs. in crore)
|
Expenditure
(Rs. in crore)
|
% of utilization
with
reference
to
|
|
Budget
Estimates
|
Revised
Estimates
|
Budget
Estimates
|
Revised
Estimates
|
|
2007-08
|
500.00
|
350.00
|
196.65
|
39.33
|
56.19
|
|
2008-09
|
1,000.00
|
650.00
|
619.02
|
61.90
|
95.23
|
|
2009-10
|
1,740.00
|
1,740.00
|
1,709.42
|
98.24
|
98.24
|
|
2010-11
|
2,600.00
|
2,500.00
|
2,008.86
|
77.26
|
80.35
|
|
2011-12
|
2,850.00
|
2,750.00
|
2,292.27
|
80.43
|
83.36
|
Giving
this information in written reply to a question in the Lok
Sabha, Shri Vincent H. Pala,
Minister of State for Minority Affairs, said that the main reasons/bottlenecks
in full utilization of funds are as follows:
(i)
Implementation of the major schemes of the Ministry, such as, pre-matric, and Multi-sectoral
Development Programme (MsDP) for selected Minority
Concentration Districts (MCDs) could commence in
2008-09 only; (ii) Non-submission of complete and adequate proposals by the
State Governments for MsDP and delay in the submission
of Utilization Certificate; (iii) Promulgation of model code of conduct due to
elections in several States which delayed sanction of funds; (iv) Insufficient
proposals received from States and UTs especially
from North Eastern States for Scholarship schemes. As a result, the unutilized
funds for North Eastern States had to be surrendered as per existing provision;
(v) Non-receipt of ‘in-principle’ approval by competent authority for the
implementation of 4 proposed new Schemes.
Shri
Pala further informed the House that his Ministry has
taken steps to give wide publicity of the welfare schemes for the minority
communities to generate awareness for these schemes through the print and
electronic media. Uploading of the data on minority welfare schemes implemented
by various Ministries and State Governments/UTs
Administrations has been made mandatory. Activity wise time-lines have been
laid down and communicated to the States/UTs under
the Scholarship Schemes. Online Scholarship Management System (OSMS) has been
developed and launched for the on-line application for the Merit-cum-Means
Scholarship scheme which is being extended for the Post-Matric
Scholarship scheme also. Regular review meetings with the officials fo the State government are held
to expedite the implementation of the programmes. In addition, the officials of
the Ministry visit States/UTs to review and inspect
the implementation of projects under various schemes/programmes.
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