(a) the funds allocated and utilised for empowerment of persons with disabilities under various schemes/programmes during the 12th Five Year Plan, year and scheme- wise;
(b) whether a large amount of the said allocation has remained unutilized during the said plan period; and
(c) if so, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)
(a) :Funds allocated and utilised for empowerment of persons with disabilities during 12th Five Year Plan is placed at Annexure A.
(b) to (c) : No sir. The Department had utilized about 89.39 percent of the total budget allocated during the 12th Five Year Plan Period. Remaining funds could not be utilised due to following reasons:
• Insufficient proposals received to utilise funds under SC/ST/NE Components.
• Inadequate/late/incomplete proposals from States /UTs despite constant follow-up; serious delay in responses and recommendations from States/UTs.
• Non-furnishing of Utilization Certificates (UCs) of past releases by NGOs/State Governments.
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