Question : NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS



(a) the financial assistance provided to the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) running educational centres for tribal women in Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year;

(b) the number of educational centres recognised in the year 2010 alongwith the number of proposals pending for approval till date in the said State; and

(c) the time by which these proposals are likely to be sanctioned?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS(SHRI MAHADEO SINGH KHANDELA)

(a) : The details of financial assistance provided to the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) running Educational Complexes under the scheme of “Strengthening Education among Scheduled Tribe Girls in Low Literacy Districts” in Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year is given in the Annexure.

(b) : No new project under the scheme has been sanctioned in Maharashtra in the year 2010. Only one proposal duly recommended by the State Level Committee has been received this year.

(c) : It may not be possible to consider the project during the current financial year for reasons of fund constraints.