Question : SCHEMES UNDER BHARAT NIRMAN YOJANA

(a) whether the State Governments have already submitted their schemes under the Bharat Nirman Yojana;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of States yet to submit their schemes thereunder;

(c) whether all the State Governments have completed those schemes which were to be completed during 2004-05;

(d) if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) whether the Union Government has dispatched any central team to make its own assessment of the schemes;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and

(g) the number of State Governments which has not completed the works related to the schemes during 2004-05 till date?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (SHRI M.V. RAJASEKHARAN)

(a),(b),(e)&(f): The agenda of Bharat Nirman involves both on-going programmes and upscaling some of the on-going programmes like Rajiv Gandhi Vidhyutikaran Yojana, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme, Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Indira Awas Yojana and use of Universal Service Obligation Fund for village public telephone. In most of these programmes allocations are not scheme/ project based but are formula based. While the existing monitoring arrangements for these schemes are continuing, the effort is to impart a sense of urgency to the goals set to make the programme time-bound, transparant and accountable.

(c),(d) & (g): The four year Bharat Nirman programme came into operation in 2005-06 only.