Question : POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES



(a) the details of poverty alleviation programmes for the urban areas of the country alongwith the amount allocated and released during each of the last three years and till date, State-wise and scheme-wise;

(b) the details of funds that remained unutilised/unspent as on date and the reasons therefor, State-wise and scheme-wise;

(c) whether any special allocation has been made to Orissa under the Poverty Alleviation Programmes in view of the highest percentage of population below poverty line in the State;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) if not, whether the Union Government are considering special dispensation for this purpose for poverty eradication at quicker pace in the State; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA )

(a): The Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation has been implementing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) through the State Govts./U.Ts w.e.f. 1.12.1997 to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor
(i) through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures by those who have read upto 9th standard and
(ii) through provision of wage employment. A statement showing the state-wise details of central funds allocated and released during the last three years and till date under SJSRY is enclosed as Annexure-I.

(b): Unspent funds with the States are listed at Annexure-II. These are mainly due to transfer of huge sums from erstwhile UPA programmes to SJSRY.

(c)to(f): Does not arise since the allocation of funds under SJSRY to various Statess/UTs is made on the basis of the incidence of urban poverty as communicated by the Planning Commission from time to time.

ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN RPELY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.259 FOR 24.7.2001.
ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE CENTRAL SHARE ALLOCATED/RELEASED DURING 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-2001 & 2001-02 UNDER SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)

Rupees in lakhs
SL. NAME OF THE ALLOCATION/ ALLOCATION RELEASED ALLOCATION RELEASED ALLOCATION NO. STATE RELEASED DURING DURING DURING DURING DURING DURING 99-2000 99-2000 2000-01 2000-01 2001-02 1998-99 (BASED ON (BASED (BASED (BASED B.E.) ON R.E.) ON (B.E.) ON R.E.) (X)
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 1364.28 1526.5 1398.08 1417.04 1417.04 1417.04

2. ARUNACHAL PD. 65.01 68.19 88.65 72.82 - 72.82

3. ASSAM 823.08 916.57 191.07 864.89 63.30 864.89

4. BIHAR 779.22 872.36 408.63 606.30 - 606.30

5. CHHATTISGARH+ 422.69 422.69 422.69 6. GOA 34.40 37.72 28.72 35.86 - 36.86

7 GUJARAT 788.28 882.58 340.62 818.01 697.47 818.01

8. HARYANA 134.79 150.79 182.23 138.77 125.14 139.77

9. HIMACHAL PD. 74.94 75.06 70.91 78.44 56.72 78.44 10. JAMMU & KASHMIR 72.31 74.84 97.76 89.68 25.34 89.68 11. JHARKHAND+ 202.10 202.10 202.10 12. KARNATAKA 1114.08 1246.57 1340.11 1150.40 168.00 1150.40 13. KERALA 377.09 421.93 448.32 389.46 256.50 389.46 14. MADHYA PRADESH 1511.77 1692.17 1836.21 1143.05 888.59 1143.05 15. MAHARASHTRA 2043.29 2310.71 715.38 2129.23 - 2129.23 16. MANIPUR 191.12 211.04 44.24 200.45 - 200.45 17. MEGHALAYA 118.45 131.76 27.30 123.56 19.00 123.56 18. MIZORAM 125.64 139.22 146.30 128.15 126.77 128.15 19. NAGALAND 84.16 94.41 82.34 85.13 76.25 85.13 20. ORISSA 360.44 403.63 460.83 375.11 69.24 375.11 21. PUNJAB 135.22 151.27 160.99 139.42 41.29 139.42 22. RAJASTHAN 620.52 694.64 330.23 643.53 376.08 643.53 23. SIKKIM 30.98 31.02 30.02 33.48 32.49 33.48 24. TAMIL NADU 1479.77 1655.95 514.00 1529.39 764.70 I529.39 25. TRIPURA 157.74 174.11 82.52 162.00 162.00 162.00 26. UTTARANCHAL+ 102.97 102.97 102.97 27. UTTAR PD. 1988.42 2202.09 2344.02 1956.43 1340.78 1956.43 28. WEST BENGAL 822.00 919.87 285.52 849.64 826.54 849.64 29. A&N ISLANDS 116.43 118.13 71.97 111.43 - 111.43 30. CHANDIGARH 80.98 75.88 0.00 102.29 - 102.29 31. D&N HAVELI 37.67 39.37 54.06 27.08 145.00 27.08 32. DAMAN & DIU 63.92 65.62 47.66 52.20 - 52.20 33. DELHI 183.61 183.61 19.00 139.96 40.00 139.96 34. PONDICHERRY 67.39 67.39 29.60 49.04 67.00 51.04 - TOTAL 15847.00 17635.00 11877.29 16370.00 8513.00 16374.00 + NEWLY CREATED STATES.
(X) NO RELEASE AS YET ANNEXURE-II
STATE-WISE FUNDS POSITION UNDER SJSRY Rupees in lakhs

SL. NAME OF THE REPORTED CENTRAL STATE TOTAL EXPENDI- BALANCE REPORTING NO. STATE UNSPENT SHARE SHARE (3+4+ TURE FUNDS PERIOD BALANCES RELEA- RELEA- 5 REPORT- AVAILA- OF OLD SED SED TED BLE WITH SCHEMES UNDER FROM THE STATES/ AS ON SJSRY 1.12.97 UTs 30.11.97 FROM (6-7)

1.12.97 TO 30.3.2001
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 3953.26 5019.06 646.82 9619.14 6991.25 2627.89 Mar-01

2. ARUNACHAL PD. 458.65 204.65 182.96 846.26 191.74 654.52 Mar-01

3. ASSAM 1773.96 1617.83 111.72 3503.51 786.37 2717.14 Mar-01

4. BIHAR 4647.39 1693.94 201.43 6542.76 555.99 5986.77 Sep-99

5. CHHATTISGARH+ 0.00 422.69 124.02 546.71 294.92 251.79 Mar-01 6. GOA 221.90 84.06 20.60 326.56 202.70 123.86 Dec-00

7 GUJARAT 2728.98 2348.23 1317.57 6394.78 3910.34 2484.44 Mar-01

8. HARYANA 544.10 529.03 134.62 1207.75 840.99 366.76 Mar-01

9. HIMACHAL PD. 698.04 253.11 150.36 1101.51 982.03 119.48 Mar-01 10. JAMMU & KASHMIR 939.20 258.95 10.68 1208.83 787.55 421.28 Mar-01 11. JHARKHAND+ 0.00 202.10 0.00 202.10 0.00 202.10 N.R. 12. KARNATAKA 4888.75 3358.65 1121.51 9368.91 5283.99 4084.92 Mar-01 13. KERALA 846.82 1284.90 342.79 2474.51 2093.00 381.51 Mar-01 14. MADHYA PRADESH 3053.95 5163.75 810.01 9027.71 7140.89 1886.82 Mar-01 15. MAHARASHTRA 4860.44 4160.89 1386.95 10408.28 3821.18 6587.10 Dec-00 16. MANIPUR 543.38 358.31 40.98 942.67 98.22 844.45 Mar-01 17. MEGHALAYA 311.47 237.99 73.00 622.46 160.60 461.86 Sep-99 18. MIZORAM 89.77 468.34 168.81 726.92 543.36 183.56 Mar-01 19. NAGALAND 641.10 296.08 55.31 992.49 429.20 563.29 Mar-01 20. ORISSA 1116.34 1113.62 514.72 2744.68 2365.53 379.15 Mar-01 21. PUNJAB 1541.47 405.83 139.26 2086.56 1527.10 559.46 Mar-01 22. RAJASTHAN 3160.17 1656.74 390.28 5207.19 3357.42 1849.77 Dec-00 23. SIKKIM 106.16 114.00 22.90 243.06 162.50 80.56 Mar-01 24. TAMIL NADU 7514.65 3677.97 1093.81 12286.43 10690.61 1595.82 Mar-01 25. TRIPURA 151.20 496.24 117.67 765.11 492.72 272.39 Mar-01 26. UTTARANCHAL+ 0.00 102.97 0.00 102.97 0.00 102.97 N.R. 27. UTTAR PD. 7372.06 6854.25 1972.71 16199.02 13409.59 2789.43 Mar-01 28. WEST BENGAL 2679.15 2452.70 666.60 5798.45 4232.14 1566.31 Mar-01 29. A&N ISLANDS 120.31 261.06 N.A. 381.37 38.61 342.76 Dec-00 30. CHANDIGARH 77.70 129.40 N.A. 207.10 27.44 179.66 Mar-01 ]1. D&N HAVELI 73.31 249.23 N.A. 322.54 117.53 205.01 Mar-01 32. DAMAN & DIU 81.65 161.63 N.A. 243.28 20.05 223.23 Sep-00 33. DELHI 184.24 275.31 58.62 518.17 79.90 438.27 Dec-00 34. PONDICHERRY 259.13 186.65 85.81 531.59 164.36 367.23 Mar-01 TOTAL 55638.70 46100.16 11962.52 113701.38 71799.82 41901.56
+ Newly created States.