Lok Sabha Question No. 4410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Utilisation Certificate for Infrastructure Projects
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No. 4410

To be answered on

Wednesday, March 29, 2017/Chaitra 8, 1939 (Saka)

## Question

## Utilisation Certificate for Infrastructure Projects

## 4410.  SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the State Governments of North Eastern Region have delayed in issuing utilization certificates or have not submitted them altogether in respect of infrastructure projects;
- (b) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (c) the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether there have been cases of utilization certificates being submitted beyond the actual expenditure on various schemes in the Region; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) There are cases of delayed submission of Utilization Certificates by some State Governments  of  the  North  Eastern  Region  in  respect  of  infrastructure  projects  under Non lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) and schemes of the North Eastern Council (NEC).
- (b)     State-wise details of pending Utilization Certificates (UC) in respect of projects sanctioned under NLCPR Scheme and  NEC are as under :-

|   Sl. No. | State             | Amount of Pending UCs (NLCPR Scheme)   |   (Rs. in crore) Amount of Pending UCs (NEC) |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 77.33                                  |                                        14.16 |
|         2 | Assam             | 141.49                                 |                                        39.69 |
|         3 | Manipur           | Nil                                    |                                        18.8  |
|         4 | Meghalaya         | 26.77                                  |                                        16.36 |
|         5 | Mizoram           | 25.52                                  |                                         3.09 |
|         6 | Nagaland          | Nil                                    |                                        20.8  |
|         7 | Sikkim            | Nil                                    |                                         5.3  |
|         8 | Tripura           | Nil                                    |                                         5    |

Main reasons for delays in issue of Utilization Certificates by State Governments are delay in release of funds to the Implementing agencies, procedural delays related to the tendering processes and the relatively short working season.

- (c) Various  measures  for  timely  submission  of  Utilization  Certificates  have  been taken including sanction of token release of only Rs.10 lakh and the remaining release just-in-time after work order is issued apart from review at various levels and extensive use of Information Technology (IT) tools.
- (d)  and  (e)  The  schemes  are  implemented  by  the  State  Governments  through  their agencies who also send Quarterly Progress Reports (QPR) and Utilisation Certificates (UC). The UCs are countersigned by the competent authority in the State Government. Instances of deviations in reporting utilization of funds would be addressed through the institutional mechanisms existing at the State level.

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