(a) whether the Union Government has received proposals from the Government of Madhya Pradesh under the centrally sponsored scheme Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production and Intensive Dairy Development Programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the expenditure likely to be incurred thereon;
(c) the action taken by the Union Government on the proposals; and
(d) the time by which said amount is likely to be released??
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI TASLIMUDDIN)
(a) : Yes, Sir.
(b) to (d): The scheme-wise details of the proposals received from the Government of Madhya Pradesh under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme `Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production` and Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP) are as under:
i. Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production
Out of the 14 proposals received from the State Government this Department approved four projects for Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore, Gwalior and Ujjain Milk Unions at a total cost of Rs.804.23 lakh with a central share of Rs.637.49 lakh and organizational share of Rs.166.74 lakh during the years 2004-05 and 2005-06 to be implemented over a period of three years in the districts of Betul, Dhar, Gwalior, Bhind, Datia, Morena, Balaghat, Mandsaur, Dewas, Ratlam, Bhopal, Sehore and Shajapur. A sum of Rs.61.67 lakh and Rs.193.98 lakh as central share was released to the State Government during the year 2004-05 and 2005-06 respectively. Out of it the MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation Limited has reported an expenditure of Rs.56.54 lakh. The Utilisation Certificate in this regard is still awaited.
The remaining ten proposals received from the State Government during end of July, 2006, for the district unions of Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore and Ujjain covering the districts of Morena, Chhindwara, Betul, Sehore, Shajapur, Nasinghgarh, Rajgarh, Seoni, Indore and Mandsaur prepared at a total estimated cost of Rs.3232.57 lakh have been examined in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries and the State Government has been asked to provide certain additional information and also to complete the ongoing projects in physical and financial terms before new proposals are considered.
ii. Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP)
Out of the eight proposals received from the State of Madhya Pradesh five proposals covering the districts of Guna, Narsinghpur, Chattarpur, Khargaon, Satna, Rewa, Jhabua, Balaghat and Chhindwara have been approved with a total outlay of Rs.1743.38 lakhs and Rs.1338.53 lakhs has already been released by Government of India up to 31.3.06, out of which an amount of Rs.439.34 lakhs is lying unspent with the State Government. The balance amount will be released after receiving the utilization certificate of the funds already released and physical progress of the projects from the State Government. As regards the remaining three proposals covering the districts of Neemuch, Harda Badwani, Sheopur, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Vidisha and Raisen, the State Government has been asked to complete the earlier approved projects by preparing a time bound action plan and report achievements made in respect of these projects before any new project is taken up.