Lok Sabha Question No. 5180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Social Audit of Welfare Schemes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5180 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2018

## SOCIAL AUDIT OF WELFARE SCHEMES

## 5180. SHRI NK PREMACHANDRAN:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to conduct social audit regarding the welfare schemes implemented in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has evaluated the welfare schemes to ensure that the funds reach the intended beneficiaries and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government had noticed any drawback in the implementation of the welfare schemes on evaluation, if the details thereof and the action taken to rectify the deficiencies; SO,
- (e) whether the Government proposes to ensure the involvement of social organization in the implementation of the welfare schemes and if SO, the details thereof and
- (f) the details of the organizations approved by the Government  for the implementation of centrally sponsored welfare schemes, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a) & (b): While the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment does not conduct social audits for  its welfare   schemes, the   Ministry its  Corporations   have a robust mechanism for monitoring the progress of the schemes/programmes implemented through the various agencies viz  (i) State Governments/UT Administrations (ii) Non-Governmental Organisations and (iii) its own organisations viz. National Institute, Corporations etc. The   monitoring framework includes inter alia Monitoring performance of schemes through the quarterlylannual progress reports furnished by the State Governments/UT Administrations (ii) Review of Financial and physical performance regularly to ensure that the allocations provided for the schemes of the Department of SJ&E are fully utilized (iii) Organizing Conferences of State Social Welfare Ministers and the State  Welfare Secretaries wherein all the schemes get reviewed States/ UTs arc to strengthen   their  monitoring mechanism (iv) The Ministry and its   Corporations also   sponsor   evaluation studies from time to   time   through independent third party evaluation agencies to check the effectiveness of the Schemes (v) The and being

Finance and   Development   Corporations have also evolved the   monitoring and evaluation mechanisms of the schemes implemented by them and have in place internal as well as external monitoring mechanisms. put

- (c) & (d): The Ministry awarded third party evaluation studies in respect of some of its major schemes 2018-19\_ The   studies completed are as  follows: Functioning of Old Homes/Day Care Centres and Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (ii) Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes Entrepreneurs (iii) Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (iv) Outcome Based Evaluation of Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhattravas Yojana for SC and Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls (v) Outcome Based Evaluation of Post-Matric Scholarship   Scheme for   Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The evaluation studies affirmed the effectiveness and usefulness of these programmes with suggestions for their improvement: during Age Drug Boys

(e): Social organizations have been involved in the implementation of some of the central sector welfare schemes of the  Ministry: These includes central sector schemes of Voluntary Organizations working for SCs, OBCs, senior citizens, de-addiction centers and the divyangjan Scheme details are available on website of the Ministry and

- (f): Social organizations are currently not involved in the implementation of centrally sponsored welfare schemes of the Ministry.