(a) the details of funds released to various States/UTs under Watershed Development
Programmes, area-wise;
(b) whether the State Governments have made full utilization of funds allocated thereunder;
(c) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU)
(a) to (d) The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development is implementing
three area development programmes i.e. Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), Desert Development
Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) on watershed basis.
Details of the funds released to various States/Union Territories under these programmes
from their inception upto 30.11.2007 are given in a statement at Annexure.
The watershed projects are sanctioned for a period of five years and the total project cost
is released in five instalments. There is an inbuilt mechanism to monitor the fund utilization,
under which the next instalment of Central share is released only when more than 50% of
the Central and State Share released earlier, has been utilized. Various measures involving
the State Rural Development Departments have been taken to monitor the performance of the
projects. Meeting of the State Nodal Officers is convened regularly to review the performance
of each State. A web-based online system has been launched for monitoring the physical and
financial progress. The Department has also modified the proforma of Utilization Certificate,
which has necessitated the implementing agency to furnish the details of outputs and outcomes
as incorporated in the outcome budget.
Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3216 due for 7.12.2007
Statement showing details of the funds released to various States/UTs under Watershed Development Programmes since inception upto 30.11.2007
(Rs. in crore) S.No. State/UT IWDP DPAP DDP
1. Andhra Pradesh 225.01 475.52 150.15
2. Arunachal Pradesh 57.30
3. Assam 155.61
4. Bihar 29.40 32.50
5. Chhattisgarh 99.02 87.65 6. Goa
1.07
7 Gujarat 132.74 226.82 366.54
8. Haryana 30.18 146.68
9. Himachal Pradesh 122.92 36.17 61.29 10. Jammu & Kashmir 39.38 28.85 91.91 11. Jharkhand 12.84 64.35 12. Karnataka 157.82 234.36 160.60 13. Kerala 20.69 14. Manipur 50.15 15. Meghalaya 29.29 16. Mizoram 67.50 17. Maharashtra 103.15 277.79 18. Madhya Pradesh 235.22 413.36 19. Nagaland 143.79 20. Orissa 122.34 101.91 21. Punjab 11.79 22. Rajasthan 163.86 139.80 980.29 23. Sikkim 22.96 24. Tripura 14.25 25. Tamil Nadu 140.24 178.97 26. Uttar Pradesh 224.05 195.63 27. Uttarakhand 64.85 50.46 28 West Bengal 14.28 24.32 29. Others 12.50 11.36
Total - 2504.20 2579.82 1957.46