Question : UTILISATION OF FUNDS BY CAPART

(a) the functional status of the Council for Advancement of People`s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Regional office, Guwahati with manpower, total outlay and utilization of fund during the last three years;

(b) whether the programmes of this office have suffered greatly due to inadequacy of manpower and instituting agency for appraisal and monitoring;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the action taken by the Government to empower this office to make it an effective functional entity and the time by which the exercise would be completed?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)

(a) The Regional office, CAPART, Guwahati is functional with 2 Group `A` officers and 15 other supporting staff. The total outlay of funds and the amount utilized during the last three years is as follows:-

Year	Total outlay	Amount utilised	(Rs. Crores) (Rs. Crores)
2005-06 3.70 1.96
2006-07 2.79	1.15
2007-08 2.64	1.86

Name of State No.of Institutional Monitors
Arunachal Pradesh	-	3
Assam	- 10
Manipur	-	1
Meghalaya	-	3
Mizoram	-	1
Nagaland	-	2
Sikkim	-	1
Tripura	-	2