(a) whether the Union Government has cut the budget under security
related expenditure scheme for the financial year 2012-13 submitted
by the State Government of Odisha to meet the challenges from the left
wing extremists in spite of the new threats from the States such as
Jharkhand, Andhra border and Chhattisgarh; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to reconsider the proposals
submitted by the State?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b): Under the Security related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme, the MHA
gives in-principle approval to the annual Work Plan of the Left Wing Extremist
(LWE) affected States including Odisha for the purpose of reimbursing the
expenditure incurred by the State Governments on Anti-naxal operations.
However, the reimbursement of the claims of the State Governments under
the Scheme is done on the basis of actual expenditure incurred by them.
During the current year, the MHA has given in-principle approval to the
Annual Work Plan of the Government of Odisha for Rs.85.15 crore, compared
to Rs.86.26 crore last year. It may be seen that the Annual Work Plan
sanctioned for the last two years are almost at par.