to the answer given to Unstarred Question No. 1045 on December 07, 2004 and state:
(a) whether the information has since been received from the Government of Maharashtra and tabled:
(b) if so, the details thereof:
(c) the details about the eligibility provision, funds claimed and utilized by the Government of Maharashtra under Nirmal Bharat, VAMBAY for the year 2001-2002,2002-03,2003-04 and 2004-05?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT( SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD )
(a)&(b): The information has since been received from the
Government of Maharashtra and Implementation Report to the Lok
Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3945 dated 24-8-2004, on which Lok
Sabha Unstarred Question No.1045 dated 07-12-2004 was asked, has
been furnished to Lok Sabha Secretariat and Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs on 13th July, 2005.
The information furnished in respect of Lok Sabha
Unstarred Question No.3945 dated 24-8-2004 is reproduced below:-
The Government of Maharashtra has not diverted the funds
allocated under various urban development schemes. The details
of funds released and utilization status under various schemes
of the Ministry are as under :
(i) Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT):
Central assistance released under this scheme, matching
State contribution and the expenditure reported are given
in Annexure-I.
(ii) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Infrastructure Development
in Mega Cities: Under this scheme, Central share of Rs
9625.41 lakh have been released during last three years.
Since inception of the scheme in 1993-94 to 2003-04,
central share of Rs 23821.41 lakh has been released to
Mumbai Mega City out of which Rs 12685.00 lakh is lying
unutilised by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
Authority (MMRDA), the nodal agency for Mumbai Mega City.
However, funds available with nodal agencies are committed
for projects already sanctioned by State Level Sanctioning
Committee and meant for release depending on progress of
projects.
(iii) Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme : Under the
scheme, Central share of Rs 1863.28 lakh have been
released to the Government of Maharashtra during last
three years (i.e.2001-02 to 2003-04). Out of the above
amount, the Government of Maharashtra has sent utilization
certificate of Rs 980.68 lakh upto March, 2004.
The National Slum Development Programme (NSDP) is being
monitored by Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty
Alleviation. Funds under the scheme is allocated in the form of
Additional Central Assistance (ACA) by the Planning Commission
and released by the Ministry of Finance to the States. The
implementation of NSDP is with the State Governments.
NSDP is an ongoing scheme and funds in a particular year
can be utilized in the subsequent years. The details of funds
allocated, released and expenditure reported by the Government
of Maharashtra are given at Annexure II.
C&AG made the following comments in their Report
(paragraph 3.1) for the year ending 31 March, 2000, No 2 of
2001, Union Government (Civil) relating to Infrastructure
Development in Mega Cities :
` Out of Rs 1153.44 crore released from both Central as well as
State funds, the Nodal agencies retained with them Rs 462.91
crore after releasing Rs 690.523 crore to implementing agencies.
Ministry`s view that Nodal agencies released funds to the
implementing agencies according to the progress of the project
is not tenable. This shows lack of monitoring on the progress
of the work/project undertaken by the Nodal agencies`
This Ministry has furnished the following reply to the
observations of Audit :
` It remains a fact that unless implementing agencies utilise
funds released as loan & furnish utilisation certificate, there
is no point in releasing & parking the money with them. It
would only increase interest liability of implementing agencies
and increase the cost of the Project.
Unutilised balances with nodal agencies, however, show
that additional projects for infrastructural development could
have been considered for sanction`.
To check the unspent balance available with the State
Government, funds under various schemes are considered for
release taking into account the Utilization Certificates of
funds released till the end of the financial year preceding the
previous financial year e.g. funds for the year 2004-05 will be
released to those states who furnished 100% Utilization
Certificates (Ucs) for the amount released upto 2002-03.
(c): Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan subcomponent of the
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY), the average cost for a
community toilet is estimated at Rs.40,000/- per seat. For
project proposals, complete in all respects in accordance with
VAMBAY guidelines, Government of India subsidy @50% of the cost
is released provided the State has already deposited the
matching State share in a separate VAMBAY account. The release
is also subject to the State Government furnishing utilization
certificate for the part releases.
The details of Government of India (GOI) subsidy released
under Nirman Bharat Abhiyan and the status of its utilization by
the State Government of Maharashtra are as follows:
Year GOI subsidy GOI subsidy Released Utilized (Rs.in Lakh) (Rs.in lakh) ------------------------------------------------- 2001-02 119.40 119.40 2002-03 780.00 778.00 2003-04 0.00 0.00 2004-05 4276.10 932.35 -------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central assistance Total funds State Expenditure released released matching reported contribution ----------------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ Loan Grant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001-02 224.31 657.75 882.06 255.43 918.33 2002-03 -- 1041.70 1041.70 979.59 2308.29 2003-04 -- 909.00 909.00 732.97 1641.97ANNEXURE-II
------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount released Total funds Expenditure -------------------- released reported Loan Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001-02 0.00 0.00 0.00 7706.70 2002-03 3850.00 1650.00 5500.00 11368.12 2003-04 3850.00 1650.00 5500.00 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------**********