Question : ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BY NSKFDC



(a) the details of schemes being run by the Government through National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC);

(b) the details of the funds allocated and released by the corporation during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(c) the details of funds actually utilised by States/UTs and number of safai Karamcharis benefited therefrom during the said period; and

(d) the measures taken by the Government for monitoring of funds allocation by the Corporation and its better utilisation?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)

(a) Details of the schemes being run by the Government through the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) are available at the website of the Ministry, www.socialjustice.nic.in .

(b), &(c): Statement showing State/UT-wise details of funds allocated and released by NSKFDC during each of the last three years and the current year, funds utilised by the States/UTs and number of safai Karamcharis benefited during the same period, is laid on the Table of the House.

(d) The process of allocation of funds by NSKFDC is regularly monitored by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment by seeking periodical reports. Officers of the Ministry are on the Board of Directors of the Corporation and they attend the Board meetings. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 2006-07 to be signed with the Corporation assigns annual targets to the Corporation for sanction, disbursement, utilisation and recovery of funds. Norms for disbursement of funds to State Chanelising Agencies are strictly adhered to. The Corporation has also been advised to ensure improvement in the recovery of SCAs from the beneficiaries. Assistance is provided to SCAs for computerization and training of staff to improve their functioning.

Statement in reply to parts (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3161 dated 11.05.06 by Shri Mahavir Bhagora regarding Allocation of Funds by NSKFDC.

Statements showing State-UT- wise Funds allocated and released by NSKFDC during the last three years and the current year, funds utilised by States/UTs and number of safai karamcharis benefited during the same period are at Annexure-A, Annexure-B and Annexure-C respectively.

Annexure-A
Statement Showing State-wise Funds released during the last three years and current year

(Rs. in lacs)
S.No.	Name of the	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	State/UT	(for April-06)
1 AP 1035.30 390.00 1842.07 0.00 2 Assam 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 Bihar 0.00 122.03 0.00 0.00 4 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 6.75 0.00 5 Chhattisgarh 217.59 364.48 58.79 0.00 6 Delhi 0.00 350.00 0.00 0.00 7 Gujarat 196.13 442.07 125.10 0.00 8 Haryana 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 9 HP 90.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 J&K 0.00 0.00 37.45 0.00 11 Jharkhand 0.00 0.00 363.24 0.00 12 Karnataka 50.00 557.98 0.00 0.00 13 Kerala 0.00 0.00 440.07 0.00 14 MP 282.50 247.50 0.00 37.80 15 Maharashtra 434.54 404.92 880.91 132.82 16 Manipur 0.00 0.00 361.22 0.00 17 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 Orissa 28.39 0.00 0.00 23.65 20 Pondicherry 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.00 21 Punjab 0.00 11.57 18.96 0.00 22 Rajasthan 247.03 232.79 16.65 31.04 23 Tripura 0.00 0.00 114.42 0.00 24 Tamil Nadu 200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25 Uttar Pradesh 553.78 1190.10 0.00 160.31 26 Uttaranchal 31.00 59.30 932.78 0.00 27 West Bengal 31.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total 3398.25 4377.23 5198.68 385.62



Annexure-B

Statement Showing State/UT-wise Funds Utilized during the last three years & Current year

Furnds Utilised by SCAs during the year Sl.No. SCA 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 (April, 2006)
1 AP 3232.54 738.54 210.00 10.09 2 Assam 138.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 Bihar 24.47 0.00 29.36 0.00 4 Chandigarh 62.72 8.93 0.01 3.26 5 Chhattisgarh 287.90 0.00 429.35 0.00 6 Delhi 41.58 0.00 178.52 0.00 7 Gujarat 888.78 0.00 485.21 0.00 8 Haryana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 HP 194.50 20.71 37.94 0.00 10 J& K 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11 Jharkhand 50.96 38.27 6.45 0.00 12 Karnataka 353.95 290.89 320.54 0.00 13 Kerala 15.26 4.15 8.61 0.00 14 MP 532.84 463.37 213.76 24.35 15 Maharashtra 459.26 323.72 438.57 131.61 16 Manipur 112.00 3.00 0.23 0.00 17 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18 Mizoram 104.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 Orissa 43.00 12.25 22.99 0.00 20 Pondicherry 23.42 0.00 26.51 0.00 21 Punjab 99.86 0.00 20.38 0.00 22 Rajasthan 296.68 78.72 147.97 6.42 23 Tamil Nadu 751.23 0.00 207.27 0.00 24 Tripura 115.90 31.55 8.80 0.00 25 UP 936.85 884.15 881.33 102.50 26 Uttaranchal 37.13 3.09 50.77 100.81 27 West Bengal 51.45 0.00 30.22 0.00 Total 8855.26 2901.34 3754.79 379.04



Annexure-C
Statement Showing State/UT-wise beneficiaries coverd during the last Three years and current year

S.No.	Name of the	Beneficiaries Covered	State/UT	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
1 AP 5877 3650 29340 0 2 Assam 0 0 0 0 3 Bihar 0 129 0 0 4 Chandigarh 0 0 30 0 5 Chhattisgarh 431 188 1040 0 6 Delhi 0 583 0 0 7 Gujarat 27 423 578 0 8 Haryana 0 5 0 0 9 HP 560 0 0 0 10 J&K 0 0 203 0 11 Jharkhand 0 0 686 0 12 Karnataka 83 921 0 0 13 Kerala 0 0 1128 0 14 MP 810 638 0 30 15 Maharashtra 237 402 2211 40 16 Manipur 0 0 169 0 17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 19 Orissa 34 0 0 60 20 Pondicherry 0 0 18 0 21 Punjab 0 31 71 0 22 Rajasthan 213 275 40 77 23 Tripura 0 0 334 0 24 Tamil Nadu 333 0 0 0 25 Uttar Pradesh 620 2185 0 289 26 Uttaranchal 200 109 1451 0 27 West Bengal 19 0 0 0 Total 9444 9539 37299 496