(a) whether the Government has decided to entrust the responsibility of
implementation of the centrally sponsored rural development schemes to the
district level units;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has selected some institutes at district level for
implementation of the said schemes;
(d) if so, the names of such institutes;
(e) whether the Government would also address the local district level problems
through these schemes; and
(f) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)
(a) &(b) The Ministry of Rural Development releases the funds to implement the major
Rural Development Programmes directly to the District Rural Development Agencies
(DRDAs)/Zilla Parishads, and the implementing agencies. The procedure has been
evolved in consultations with the State Governments, based on the experience of the
Ministry in programme implementation and in consonance with the principles of
decentralization as enshrined in the Constitution. The procedure is expected to accelerate
the pace of implementation.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Question does not arise.
(e) and (f)Yes Sir, the Ministry addresses the local district level problems, concerning
rural areas through the implementation of various Rural Development Programmes.
Under the decentralized a system of Panchayat Raj Institutions, District Planning
Committees are also set up to addresses the local level problems.