Question : OVERLAPPING OF SCHEMES

(a) whether certain Women and Child Development Schemes of Department of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have been found to be overlapping;

(b) if so, the details and the reaction of Ministry of HRD in this regard;

(c) the steps taken by Ministry of HRD to distinct each scheme from one another;

(d) the role of States/NGOs in each of such schemes; and

(e) the list of Nodal agencies for such programmes and the number of persons benefited during each of the last three years, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMAT1 KANT1 SINGH)

(a) No, Sir. However, certain interventions under ICDS viz., Immunization, Health Check-up & Referral services are delivered under the Schemes/Programmes of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Thus some of the schemes of the two Ministries/Departments do complement each other.

(b)&(c) Does not arise.

(d)&(e) The Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Department are implemented through State Governments/UTs. In case State Government decides they can take the help of NGOs.There is no nodal agency system prevalent in the schemes sanctioned by the Department. The Central Schemes of the Department are implemented through NGOs. The list of NGOs, under various schemes, and number of beneficiaries during last 3 years are given in the Annual Reports of the Department and also at Departmental Website -www.wcd.nic.in.