MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a): Yes Sir.
(b): Under the Inclusive Education of the Disabled at
Secondary Stage (IEDSS) scheme, 10 complaints have been
received against the NGOs implementing the scheme in Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during the last
three years. These were sent to respective State Governments
for enquiry and report. The report submitted by the Committee
of officers constituted by the Central Government to enquire
into the complaint from Tamil Nadu, has been sent to the State
Government.
(c) & (d): Under the scheme of financial assistance for
development of Sanskrit education, 55 NGOs have not submitted
their accounts and related papers for the last three years.
Under the scheme of support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult
Education & Skill Development, ten such cases have been
reported under the scheme. Whenever instances of omission or
commission come to the notice of the Government in respect of
Adult Education, appropriate action under the relevant scheme,
including stoppage of further financial assistance/grants or
even cancellation of allotment of Jan Shikshan Sansthan to the
defaulting NGO is undertaken.
The State-wise distribution of these NGOs scheme-wise is as
under:
S.No. Name of the State No. of NGOs under the No. of NGOs under the scheme of financial scheme of support to assistance for Voluntary Agencies for development of Adult Education & Skill Sanskrit education Development
1. Andhra Pradesh 03 01
2. Bihar 01
3. Haryana 04
4. Himachal Pradesh 01
5. Karnataka 01 01
6. Kerala 03 01
7 Madhya Pradesh 03 01
8. Maharashtra 01 01
9. Mizoram 01
10. Punjab 02
11. Rajasthan 02 01
12. Tamil Nadu 07 01
13. Uttar Pradesh 01
14. West Bengal 28
Total 55 10
(e) & (f): The grant of funds have been stopped in all cases
where complaints have been received. The Government is
committed to provide financial assistance to only the
competent and eligible NGOs. With a view to ensure elimination
of all such NGOs which have been found involved in any sort of
malpractices, the Government has devised appropriate checks
and balances in respective schemes under which the grants are
given to the NGOs to ensure that such defaulting NGOs do not
get financial assistance/ grants.
