(a) the total funds released for various schemes/ programmes of the Ministry during each of the last two years, State and year-wise;
(b) whether the funds released are being utilised by the States as per the prescribed norms and if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the corrective steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) to (c) IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING FUNDS RELEASED FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ SCHEMES/ PROGRAMMES
(a) The statements, indicating State/Union Territory-wise and year-wise grants released during the last two years in respect of Capacity Building Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA)/ Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) and Incentivization of Panchayats are enclosed at Annexures-I and II respectively.
(b) & (c) Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of RGSA, funds released to States/ UTs are utilized by them for undertaking the activities sanctioned / permitted under their Annual Plans as recommended by Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and finally approved by the Competent Authority. The progress of implementation of the scheme, including utilisation of funds, is closely monitored through meetings, video-conferences etc. with the States. For further release of funds to the States, the status of utilization of funds released earlier is also taken into account. In addition to this, an online monitoring and reporting system (MIS) for RGSA has been developed and operationlised. Moreover, transaction based Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has been introduced for release and tracking of funds under RGSA.
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