(a) the amount of money spent by NACO in the North-East
States during the last three years, year-wise, State-wise;
(b) whether the Manipur State Government had delivered the
fund allocated by NACO for AIDS control and prevention;
(c) the funds provided by NACO to States AIDS Control
Society, Manipur during the above period; and
(d) the monitoring mechanism to see the funds are spent
judiciously by the respective State Governments and the
NGOs?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a) to (d) The funds released under National AIDS
Control Programme to the North-Eastern States, including
Manipur, in the last three years, year wise and State-wise,
is placed at Annexure.
The funds have been spent by the State AIDS Control
Societies, including Manipur State AIDS Control Society, as
per their action plans approved by the National AIDS Control
Board and as per the norms fixed by the NACO for expenditure
under various components.
Monitoring is done through Quarterly and annual reports
which constitute a major corner-stone for the progress
review and are reported to NACO by the States, UTs &
Municipal Bodies. These reports are audited in accordance
with internationally accepted auditing standards of ICAI by
the Chartered Accounts, approved by the C&AG of India. The
audit is conducted on a quarterly basis. Apart from this
the DGACR and various Accountant Generals of the States
conduct superimposed audit of these statement of
expenditures from time to time. In addition, periodic
visits are made to States/UTs by the World Bank review
missions as well as officers from NACO to review the
progress of expenditure in a Society.
As regards NGOs a bond is got signed from them for
making proper utilization of funds for an activity approved
by concerned AIDS Control Society. An NGO Adviser has also
been appointed with each AIDS Control Societywho carries
out review of the activities conducted by the NGOs and
monitors the expenditure made by them. All the
statements of expenditures submitted by the NGOs are subject
to audit by the Chartered Accountants.
Annexure
National AIDS Control Project - Phase II
Statement indicating funds released to North-Eastern SACS
S.N State/UT Released Released Released during 1999- during 2000- during 2001- 2K 01 02
01 Arunachal 159.00 111.00 214.88 Pradesh 02 Assam 322.00 375.00 653.80 03 Manipur 352.38 415.30 708.15 04 Meghalaya 70.14 87.50 224.93 05 Mizoram 168.00 179.00 246.70 06 Nagaland 380.00 250.50 635.50 07 Sikkim 25.00 66.00 120.02 08 Tripura 50.00 92.00 196.67
Total 2377.52 2751.30 3000.65