Question : RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

(a) the details of the schemes being run by the Union Government for rural development;

(b) the funds allocated/released for these schemes so far, State-wise and scheme-wise;

(c) whether the Government are aware of the misutilisation of funds meant for these schemes;

(d) if so, the name of the States indicating the funds misutilsed and funds remained unspent by the stipulated time;

(e) whether it is also a fact that in certain cases especially in the tribal, remote, rural and hilly areas the schemes have been implemented only on paper;

(f) if so, the facts thereof and steps taken or being taken by the Government to ensure proper utilisation of allocated funds in these areas;

(g) whether the Government have reviewed the success of all the rural development programmes/schemes and also consulted the State Governments before finalisation of rural development schemes for the Tenth Five Year Plan; and
(h) if so, the details thereof ?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHANTA KUMAR)


(a) to (h) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.


Statement referred in Reply to Parts (a) to (h) of Lok Sabha Starred Question NO. 227 due for Answer on 30th July, 2002.

The Ministry of Rural Development are implementing various Schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), the Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP), the Desert Development Programme (DDP), the Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), the Rural Water Supply Programme (RWSP) and the Rural Sanitation Programme (RSP) in the rural areas of the country. The funds allocated and released for these Schemes so far, during the current year, Scheme wise and State wise, are given at Annexure-I.

2. The irregularities which have come to light, from time to time, include misappropriation/diversion of funds for the Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) in certain States / Union Territories. As regards the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), irregularities in respect, inter-alia, of selection of beneficiaries were reported in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, alleged involvement of Sarpanches/Panchayat Secretaries in the purchase of construction material and construction of IAY houses in Punjab and relating to implementation of the Desert Development Programme (DDP) in Rajasthan.

3. As per the Guidelines of the Rural Development Programmes, the States/Union Territories can carry forward 15% of the available funds to the following financial year. The percentage utilisation of total available funds during the year, 2001-02, State-wise, is shown in Annexure-II. The Schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development are also being implemented in hilly remote and tribal rural areas and all the State Governments /Union Territory Administrations have been urged to fully utilise the funds allocated to them. A four pronged Strategy comprising Creation of Awareness about the Programmes, Transparency, Peoples` Participation and Social Audit through the Gram Sabhas has been evolved in order to bring about more effective implementation of the Programmes.

4. The Rural Development Schemes are continuously reviewed at different levels.

For the formulation of the Tenth Five Year Plan, a Steering Group on Rural Poverty Alleviation, Watershed Development, Decentralised Planning and Panchayati Raj Institutions and Working Groups on
(i) Rural Poverty Alleviation Programmes and
(ii) Decentralised Planning & Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were set up by the Planning Commission; representatives of some of the States were Members of these Groups.


Annexure - I Annexure - I
Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 227 due for Answer on 30.07.2002 Statewise & Programmewise Central Allocations and Releases of funds under Rural Development Programmes during 2002 - 03 (upto 30th June)

 (Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh)
SGRY - I STREAM SGRY-II STREAM SGSY IAY PMGSY DPAP # DDP # IWDP # RWSP RSP #
Sl. STATES\ UT. Central Cent Cent Cen Cen Cen Cen Central Central Central
No. AllocatioRelease AllocatiRelease AllocatiRelease AllocatiRelease AllocatiRelease AllocatiRelease AllocatiRelease Allocation Release Allocation Release Allocation Release
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1ANDHRA PR. 9396.20 2226.77 8728.14 4364.07 3068.31 1534.1612070.22 4603.5519000.00 UP NA 975.25 NA 0.00 NA 857.76 13477.00 4166.90 NA 0.00
2ARUNACHAL PR. 493.74 246.88 456.91 228.45 127.10 34.05 569.92 284.96 3500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 4977.00 1342.80 NA 0.00
3ASSAM 12810.39 0.0011872.04 0.00 3302.59 0.0012823.65 0.00 7500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 51.92 8407.00 2268.30 NA 0.00
4BIHAR 18815.61 5919.4016477.80 0.00 7300.00 937.5632787.8413141.9815000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 7406.00 0.00 NA 1199.26
5CHHATISGARH 5302.75 2444.65 3692.75 1846.37 1620.58 743.69 2064.05 763.92 8700.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 1512.77 2443.00 1163.10 NA 0.00
6GOA 21.66 10.43 128.42 64.21 50.00 0.00 77.98 21.19 500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 122.00 0.00 NA 0.00
7GUJARAT 3536.90 1451.83 3285.44 1642.72 1154.96 572.98 3468.85 2612.94 5000.00 UP NA 15.00 NA 1003.50 NA 149.95 6546.00 2471.10 NA 0.00
8HARYANA 2080.82 1040.41 1932.88 966.44 679.48 339.74 1172.95 586.48 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 148.13 NA 20.17 2002.00 932.59 NA 125.68
9HIMACHAL PR. 876.31 436.16 814.01 355.66 286.16 141.86 518.91 248.53 6000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 18.69 NA 229.37 5635.00 1667.82 NA 28.65
10J & K 1084.56 467.62 1007.45 461.23 354.16 159.84 620.72 0.00 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 55.80 NA 107.97 12324.00 2968.80 NA 0.00
11JHARKHAND 11965.16 5732.5112114.60 6057.30 2751.41 481.50 9633.38 2082.7211000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 3063.00 0.00 NA 17.95
12KARNATAKA 7095.46 3528.24 6590.99 3295.50 2317.00 887.06 6243.52 3121.76 9500.00 UP NA 87.75 NA 82.69 NA 457.00 11136.00 4064.32 NA 0.00
13KERALA 3183.71 1370.91 2957.35 1478.67 1039.63 519.82 3868.97 1632.06 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 3698.00 1899.30 NA 0.00
14MADHYA PR. 10299.06 5140.6610799.98 5399.99 3474.22 1676.05 7202.92 3395.8621300.00 UP NA 546.38 NA 0.00 NA 2761.15 7159.00 2663.10 NA 0.00
15MAHARASHTRA 14025.89 7012.9513028.76 6514.38 4580.15 2064.6411077.83 0.0013000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 403.16 16829.00 5747.70 NA 0.00
16MANIPUR 860.17 238.78 795.90 146.52 221.40 0.00 679.51 62.00 4000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 1826.00 0.00 NA 0.00
17MEGHALAYA 963.63 389.79 891.69 445.85 248.05 0.00 902.85 160.19 3500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 1957.00 0.00 NA 0.00
18MIZORAM 222.99 111.50 206.33 103.16 57.40 28.70 216.73 108.37 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 1398.00 377.10 NA 0.00
19NAGALAND 660.99 330.48 611.66 246.01 170.16 19.64 582.84 0.00 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 1454.00 392.40 NA 0.00
20ORISSA 10747.32 4740.33 9983.20 4991.60 3509.50 1754.75 9716.97 1524.6017500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 160.61 6225.00 1956.60 NA 124.97
21PUNJAB 1011.26 505.63 939.36 469.68 330.22 165.11 777.00 388.50 2500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 2581.00 683.10 NA 52.67
22RAJASTHAN 5387.82 2623.77 5004.75 2502.37 1759.38 853.60 3273.06 1636.5313000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 796.87 NA 149.22 20731.00 7349.89 NA 0.00
23SIKKIM 246.88 123.44 228.45 0.00 63.55 31.78 156.25 78.13 2000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 597.00 160.80 NA 0.00
24TAMIL NADU 8308.20 4154.10 7717.59 3858.80 2713.06 1356.53 6061.33 3030.67 8000.00 UP NA 40.50 NA 0.00 NA 136.44 6358.00 2386.80 NA 156.62
25TRIPURA 1553.21 776.61 1437.02 718.51 399.75 199.88 1318.25 659.13 2500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 1734.00 467.70 NA 0.00
26UTTAR PR. 31753.75 15876.8829505.8514752.9310509.37 2240.4122100.0010963.1031500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 209.87 13022.00 3980.70 NA 0.00
27UTTARANCHAL 2120.81 1060.41 1960.34 980.17 552.30 276.16 2295.43 867.01 6000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 69.27 3083.00 1006.80 NA 0.00
28WEST BENGAL 11943.50 5305.3011094.33 5547.17 3900.11 91.7613026.91 6083.5613500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 8545.00 2631.90 NA 0.00
29A & N ISLANDS 49.98 0.00 84.64 42.32 50.00 0.00 146.82 0.00 1000.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 13.00 0.00 NA 0.00
30CHANDIGARH NA NA
31D & N HAVELI 49.98 0.00 55.87 27.94 50.00 0.00 77.05 0.00 500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 7.00 0.00 NA 0.00
32DAMAN & DIU 1.67 0.00 27.07 0.00 50.00 0.00 31.89 0.00 500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00
33DELHI NA 5.00 0.00 NA 0.00
34LAKSHADWEEP 3.33 0.00 42.43 0.00 50.00 0.00 2.50 1.25 500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00
35PONDICHERRY 63.31 31.66 86.00 43.00 50.00 25.00 72.90 36.45 500.00 UP NA 0.00 NA 0.00 NA 0.00 5.00 0.00 NA 0.00
TOTAL 176937.02 73298.10164560.067551.0256790.0017136.27165640.058095.44237000.0 1664.88 2105.68 7276.63 174765.00 52749.62 1705.80
UP - Under Process NA - Not Applicable
# - These are demand driven Schemes. State-wise funds are not allocated. - Cumulative (till 30th June,2002)
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY Stream -I) Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) # - These are demand driven Schemes. State-wise funds are not allocated.
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY Stream -II) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP)
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) Rural Water Supply Programme (RWSP) Desert Development Programme (DDP) Contd.. Rural Sanitation Programme (RSP)

ANNEXURE - II
Annexure referred to in Reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question
No. 227 due for Answer on 30.07.2002
Percentage Utilisation of the Total Available Funds under
the Rural Development Schemes during 2001-02

Sl. Name of the State / UT % Expenditure
No. to Available
Funds
1ANDHRA PRDESH 39.86
2ARUNACHAL PRDESH 71.05
3ASSAM 65.67
4BIHAR 51.82
5CHHATTISGARH 39.99
6GOA 66.99
7GUJARAT 58.07
8HARYANA 78.26
9HIMACHAL PRDESH 69.16
10JAMMU & KASHMIR 65.75
11JHARKHAND 28.99
12KARNATAKA 50.40
13KERALA 61.22
14MADHYA PRDESH 53.10
15MAHARASHTRA 69.62
16MANIPUR 39.55
17MEGHALAYA 62.70
18MIZORAM 60.32
19NAGALAND 38.38
20ORISSA 32.07
21PUNJAB 68.52
22RAJASTHAN 51.71
23SIKKIM 57.37
24TAMIL NADU 77.30
25TRIPURA 71.46
26UTTAR PRDESH 50.87
27UTTARANCHAL 62.59
28WEST BENGAL 45.32
29A&N ISLANDS 74.54
30CHANDIGARH 42.30
31D&N HAVELI 11.06
32DAMAN & DIU 2.68
33DELHI 52.31
34LAKSHADWEEP 12.20
35PONDICHERRY 44.94

+ Provisional and incomplete as information upto 31st March has not been received in full.