MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI NINONG ERING)
(a) Yes, Madam. However, it has come to the notice of Government that some of the State
Governments delayed utilization of the funds released by the Ministry to them. The reason
for such delay may be attributed as:
(i) Delay in identification of locations by the State for the projects.
(ii) Land availability problem.
(iii) Inordinate. delay in transfer of funds by the State Government
to the district authority/implementing agencies.
(iv) State share not released by some of the States.
(v) Delayed identification of implementing agency.
(b) Details of the fund allocated and utilized during the last three
years and the current year are given at Annexures- I to V.
(c) To ensure the effective utilization of the funds being provided for the welfare of the
minorities, the Government has put in place proper monitoring mechanisms. The progress of
implementation of Multi sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) is monitored by a three tier
mechanism. The Empowered Committee at the centre under the chairmanship of Secretary, Minority
Affairs serves as the Oversight Committee to monitor the progress of implementation on a
quarterly basis. The progress under MsDP is also reviewed on half yearly basis by the Committee
of Secretaries (CoS) along with the PM`s New 15 Point Programme.The Committee.of Secretaries`
observations are reviewed by the Union Cabinet on six monthly basis.The progress of
implementation of the programme is also monitored by this Ministry with `the StatesfUTs through
regular meetings and conferences as well as personal site visits by the officials. Besides this,
the State Level Committees and District Level Committees, constituted for implementation of the
Prime Minister`s New 15 Point Programme, are the designated Oversight Committees at the State
and District levels to monitor the progress of implementation of MsDP. Further, the State
Governments/UT Administrations are required to submit projectwise quarterly progress reports
on the implementation of MsDP to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. To ensure the intended
benefits are passed on to the targeted minority population, the Ministry has proposed to
restructure MsDP to allow for sharper focus on minority areas so that assets created are
located in blocks/towns with substantial minority population.
To help evaluation of flow of benefits, disaggregated data for the different minority
communities has now been sought from all ministries under the Prime Minister`s New 15
Point Programme and the States/UTs have also been requested to provide better and timely
feedback. Social audit and the appointment of an independent agency for concurrent monitoring
and evaluation of various schemes included in PM`s New 15 PP are` being formulated for
implementation during the 12th Five Year Plan period. The mid-term evaluation studies
are carried out by a third party to assess the impact of the scheme on the ground.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was entrusted with the assessment
of the implementation of schemes of the ministry including Multi sectoral Development
Schemes (MsDP) in 20 StatesfUTs. The overall findings of the evaluation study regarding
the implementation of the schemes at grass root level were satisfactory
The scholarship schemes are reviewed regularly through Video Conferencing, interaction with
the State Governments at regular intervals and field visits by the Ministry officials. The
Scholarship Schemes are being restructured to allow for greater transparency and accountability
during their processing and sanction besides converting these schemes into online scheme for the
ease of students. The Online Scholarship Management System (OSMS) was introduced for the Merit-
cum-Means scholarship scheme in 2010-1 land has now been extended to Post Matric scholarship
scheme in 2012-13.This will allow for more effective and speedier processing of applications
and sanction as the whole process will be online..
The performance of Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAE F) and the National Minorities
Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) are monitored by the Ministry regularly through
quarterly review meetings. The computerization for online processing of applications for
scholarships and grants-in aid to NGOs has been implemented in MAEF. Three evaluation
studies were carried out for schemes implemented by (MAEF) in 2001 by the Indian Institute
of Public Opinion (IIPO), in 2007 by the Operations Research Group (ORG) and an Evaluation
cum Asset Verification of MAEF 201.0 by the Indian Social Institute (ISI). These studies has
:tppreciated the task being carried out by MAEF and recommended augmentation of the Corpus
Fund of MAEF. NMDFC had got an Impact Evaluation Study of its schemes carried out during 2012
-13 through National Institute for Enterpreneurship & Small Business Development (NIESBUD)
under Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise, Government ofIndia.
(d) No, Madam.
(e) Does not arise in view of (d) above.
