Question : ALLOCATION OF FUND

(a) whether the amount sanctioned for the implementation of schemes during Ninth Five Year Plan have been reduced;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether it is likely to affect the target fixed in respect of developmental works;

(d) whether the Government propose to take any concrete steps in this regard; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND DISINVESTMENT (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)

(a) & (b): The Central budgetary support estimated for the five-year period for the implementation of a Five Year Plan is merely indicative, it is operationalised through allocations made in its Annual Plans. In respect of the Ninth Five Year Plan, the year wise budgeted gross budgetary support and the actual/revised estimates are given in the statement enclosed. The Statement shows that the allocation has been increased each year and that the gap between the budgeted and the actual / revised allocations has varied from year to year during the period 1997-98 to 1999-2000.

(c), (d) & (e): It is for the Central Ministries/Departments and the States/UT Governments, (in respect of Central Assistance to State/UT Plans), to undertake plan expenditure in accordance with the allocations for the Plan and with a view to meet targets fixed in respect of their development works. In the course of finalising Annual Plan allocations for the Central Ministries/Departments and the Central Assistance to State/UTs Plans, the Planning Commission reviews the budgeted and actual /revised plan expenditure along with the physical achievements on various Plan programmes/schemes. The plan allocation for the subsequent year is, accordingly, fixed. The Standing Finance Committees attached to the various Central Ministries have also been making suggestions in respect of under- utilisation of budgetary allocations, from time to time, to the concerned Ministries. In addition, the Mid-Term Appraisal exercise for the Ninth Five Year Plan has been initiated by the Planning Commission with a view to assess the performance of the Plan for the years it has been implemented and to take corrective action to effectively achieve the objectives laid out for the Plan period as a whole. The exercise is currently in progress.

Centre`s Gross Budgetary Support(GBS) `(in Rs.crores, at current prices)`

1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000 2000-01
Budget	Actuals	Percentage	Budget	Actuals	Percentage	Budget	Revised	Percentage	Budget	Estimates	Shortfall	Estimates	Shortfall	EstmatesEstimates	Shortfall	Estimates
I.GBS to Centre	36130.34 32331.00	-10.52	42464.27 37108.00	-12.61	44000.00 43660.58	-0.77	51275.60
Sector Plan
II.Central Assistance	26722.01 26746.00	0.09	29538.01 29710.00	0.58	33000.00 35734.66	8.29	36824.40
to State/Uts Plans
III.Centre`s Total
Budgetary	62852.35 59077.00	-6.01	72002.28 66818.00	-7.20	77000.00 79395.24	3.11	88100.00
Support to the
Annual Plans.