(a) the total grant-in-aid released by the Government to voluntary organisations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka in the years 2019-2021;
(b) the details of the projects being financed by the grants-in-aid in Scheduled and Non-Scheduled areas;
(c) category-wise breakup of the projects being provided grants-in-aid; and
(d) the process of application, scrutiny and review of the afore mentioned aids being granted to the voluntary organizations?
(a) to (c): Grant-in-aid released by the Government to voluntary organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka in the years 2019-2021 is placed at Annexure.
(d): Any Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) seeking funds under the scheme of "Grants in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs" is required to submit its application on dedicated online NGO portal https://ngo.tribal.gov.in as and when portal is opened for receiving applications and following procedure is followed before the grants are released.
• The NGO is required to register itself on NITI Aayog''s Darpan Portal and obtain an Unique ID. Using this Unique ID, the organization has to register on Ministry of Tribal Affairs'' NGO Portal https://ngo.tribal.gov.in.
• The application is required to be recommended by the concerned district and state authorities after necessary inspection of the project
• At Ministry level, the new projects recommended by State are screened and placed before the Project Approval Committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, along with the recommendations of the inspecting agency and finally approved by the Minister for Tribal Affairs.
• The funds to the organization are released with financial concurrence of the competent authorities online through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) directly into the bank accounts of the NGO.
• The NGO is required to update the expenditure incurred by on Expenditure-Advance-Transfer (EAT) Module of PFMS.
• To ensure transparency in the processing of the applications, the NGO can also see the progress of its application on the portal in real time basis. Officials from the Ministry are also deputed to visit the project sites and submit their reports on the functioning of the projects.
ANNEXURE
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 809 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2022 REGARDING “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES”.
DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF KARNATAKA FROM 2019-20 TO 2020-21
UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANT-IN-AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STs.
Name_of_NGO Scheduled Area / Non-Scheduled Area 2019-20 2020-21 (As on 31.1.2022)
EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR
AMBEDKAR EDUCATION SOCIETY Non-Scheduled Area ? 4,92,739 - - -
ASHIRWAD RURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST Non-Scheduled Area - ? 23,39,600 - ? 26,12,722
BHARATHI EDUCATION TRUST Non-Scheduled Area ? 21,87,690 - ? 4,96,207 -
HARIHARAGRAMINABHIVRUDHI SANGHA Non-Scheduled Area - ? 7,78,800 - ? 12,26,457
NAVAJYOTI INSTITUTE FOR SELF HELP AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Non-Scheduled Area - - ? 2,57,367 -
PRAGATHI RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY Scheduled Area ? 21,60,360 - ? 9,78,368 -
SAMARPANA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Non-Scheduled Area ? 8,86,833 - - -
SANT KABIRDAS EDUCATION SOCIETY Non-Scheduled Area ? 21,95,246 - - -
SRI MANJUNATHASWAMY VIDYA SAMSTHE Non-Scheduled Area ? 17,97,368 - - -
SRI SWAMY SARVA DHARMA SHARANALAYA TRUST Non-Scheduled Area ? 12,99,298 ? 22,71,150 - -
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOUTH MOVEMENT Non-Scheduled Area ? 49,97,837 ? 32,95,212 ? 20,26,266 ? 40,53,657
VIVEKANANDA GIRIJANA KALYANA KENDRA Non-Scheduled Area - ? 7,95,336 - -
? 1,60,17,371 ? 94,80,098 ? 37,58,208 ? 78,92,836
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