Lok Sabha Question No. 535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Utilisation Certificates for MPF Funds
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MEGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA) UTILISATION CERTIFICATES FOR MPF FUNDS

535.  SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all the State Governments have submitted Utilisation Certificates for the funds released for 2015 and 2016 under the Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) Scheme as per General Financial Rules which is required for release of further funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether concurrent audit of MPF Scheme by the Internal Audit Wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs has been conducted to curb corruption/misuse of funds for the past three years; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

- (a) No, Madam. Under the scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces(MPF),

Utilisation Certificates(UCs) for the funds  released up to the financial year

2015-16,  which  are  required  for  release  of  further  funds  as  per  General

Financial Rules, are awaited from the following States, as on 05.02.2018, for the amount shown against them:

## LS.US.Q.No.535 FOR 06.02.2018

(in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | Name of the State   |   Pending amount in respect of which UC is pending | S. No.   | Name of the State   |   Pending amount in respect of which UC is pending |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                               3.12 | 13.      | Maharashtra         |                                              86.74 |
|        2 | Assam               |                                              91.13 | 14.      | Manipur             |                                               5.5  |
|        3 | Bihar               |                                              26.32 | 15.      | Meghalaya           |                                               1.35 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh        |                                               8.65 | 16.      | Orissa              |                                               0.29 |
|        5 | Goa                 |                                               1.36 | 17.      | Punjab              |                                               4.94 |
|        6 | Haryana             |                                               1.37 | 18.      | Rajasthan           |                                               0.02 |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh    |                                               0.44 | 19.      | Tamil Nadu          |                                              32.93 |
|        8 | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                               3.55 | 20.      | Tripura             |                                              13.71 |
|        9 | Jharkhand           |                                              10.56 | 21.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                                              53.84 |
|       10 | Karnataka           |                                               6.7  | 22.      | Uttarakhand         |                                               1.49 |
|       11 | Kerala              |                                               4.7  | 23.      | West Bengal         |                                              75.77 |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh      |                                               4.57 |          | Total               |                                             439.04 |

(b) & (c) Audit  of  MPF  Scheme  for  the  period  up  to  31.3.2016  has  been conducted  for  all  the  States  by  the  Internal  Audit  Wing  of  the  Ministry  of Home Affairs.  The Audit for the year 2016-17 has been conducted of all the States except Kerala, Bihar, Telangana and Goa.

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