(a) the amount disbursed under the Border Area Development Project to
various states of the country during last three years, year-wise ;
(b) the amount spent over to administrative work and the percentage
thereof spent, borderwise; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to check the unnecessary
administrative expenditure?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DISINVESTMENT, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRIES OF PLANNING, STATISTICS & PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES
(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) Under the Border Area Development Programme, Special Central
Assistance is allocated to the States with blocks which have an international
border. The allocations are in Table-I.
(b) Only three states have reported expenditure on administrative work.
The expenditure on this head and the percentage to the total amount released
are in Table-II.
(c) The main objective of the Programme is to meet the special needs of
the people living in remote, inaccessible areas situated near the border, hence
the State Level Screening Committees generally approve schemes of this
nature only, and an attempt is made to keep administrative expenditure to a
minimum.
TABLE I
BORDER AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: SPECIAL CENTRAL
ASSISTANCE DISBURSED DURING LAST THREE YEARS
Rs. crore States 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Assam 2.06 4.27 7.20 Gujarat 8.58 8.88 9.87 J&K 10.34 31.38 33.52 Meghalaya 3.95 4.11 4.52 Mizoram 6.73 6.82 8.00 Punjab 8.54 7.72 9.70 Rajasthan 25.63 26.52 29.17 Tripura 10.96 11.34 12.47 West Bengal 15.00 29.38 38.05 Arunachal Pradesh 4.00 11.00 13.00 Manipur 4.00 4.00 4.00 Nagaland 4.00 4.00 4.00 Himachal Pradesh - 4.00 4.00 Sikkim - 4.00 5.50 Uttar Pradesh - 4.00 12.00 Bihar - - 7.00Note: Border Area Development Programme was extended to the China border in 1998-99 and to the Bhutan and Nepal borders in 1999-2000.
Rs. lakh State / Year Releases Expenditure Percentage Rajasthan 1997-98 2563.00 3.53 0.14 1998-99 2652.00 32.50 1.23 1999-2000 2917.00 4.53 0.16
J & K 1997-98 1034.00 10.13 0.98 1998-99 3138.00 10.00 0.32 1999-2000 3352.00 8.13 0.24
Mizoram 1997-98 673.00 1.50 0.22 1998-99 682.00 0.00 0.00 1999-2000 800.00 18.53 2.32