(a) whether his ministry surrendered unutilized money sanctioned against the Ninth Plan allocation;
(b) if so, whether any analysis has been carried out to identify the States having large unspent
balances together with the reasons for those State lagging behind in utilization of funds; and
(c) if so, the steps taken by the Government to ensure full utilization of funds?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a): During Ninth Plan against revised allocation of Rs.7813.00 crore, an amount of
Rs.7510.92 crore was utilized which was 96.13% of the revised allocation.
(b)&(c): Every year funds are released in instalment to the State Governments for
implementation of various schemes. The utilization of funds is monitored by the Department on
a regular basis. While releasing the funds to the States, the unspent balance, pace of utilization
of funds and submission of utilization certificate by the State Governments are taken into
consideration.