Question : ASSISTANCE UNDER ICDS



(a) The financial assistance provided by the World Bank under ICDS during the last three years, State-wise;

(b) Whether the State Governments especially Gujarat Government has utilized the financial assistance provided by the Union Government and the World Bank;

(c) If so, the details of projects in which these funds have been utilized, State-wise; and

(d) If not, the reasons for not utilizing the funds fully so far?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATIKANTI SINGH)

(a) During the last three years, World Bank assisted ICDS-H Project in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, ICDS component of Andhra Pradesh Economic Restructuring (APER) Programme in Andhra Pradesh and ICDS-III Project in Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa & Uttaranchal and also including training component (UDISHA) throughout the country have been under implementation, Financial assistance provided by the World Bank on account of these Projects is as follows:-



(USS MIUION) Project 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 ICDS-II 32.93 15.98 Nil ICDS APER Nil 38.34 17.58 ICDS-ffl 33.31 60.88 1.66 Total 66.24 115.20 19.24


(b),(c)&(d) State-wise details of funds released for ICDS (General), World Bank assisted ICDS Projects and Training of ICDS functionaries (Udisha) are given in Annexures-I to III. Number of projects sanctioned and operationalised state-wise and year-wise for the last three years is given in Annexure-IV. Funds remaining unutilized in a financial year are utilized in the subsequent year.