(a) whether the Union Government allots funds under the Employment Assurance Scheme to State Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the funds allotted to Kerala during each of the last three years;
(d) whether Kerala has not been getting its allotment for the current year 1999-2000 and, if so, the reasons for delay and whether the release of the allotment will be expedited; and
(e) whether the Government intends to discontinue the scheme and if so, reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
( SHRI SUNDAR LAL PATWA)
(a) & (b) : Employment Assurance Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme. Funds for
this scheme are shared in the ratio of 75:25 between the Centre and the States. Prior to 1.4.99, EAS was a demand driven scheme with no fixed allocation for States. The EAS has been restructured w.e.f. 1.4.99 and has become an allocation based scheme. The central share is allocated to the States/UTs on the basis of proportion of the rural poor in a state to the total rural poor in the country
(c) : Funds allocated/released under EAS to Kerala during last three years were as follows:
YEAR AMOUNT (ALLOCATED/RELEASED)(d) : The Central allocation for Kerala during 1999-2000 was fixed at Rs. 3589.13 lakhs and this amount was released in two installments as per provisions of the guidelines during the year.
1997-98 Rs.3989.00 lakhs 1998-99 Rs.3661.00 lakhs 1999-2000 Rs.3589.13 lakhs