Lok Sabha Question No. 1365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: SSA Funds
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMEN DEKA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  July, 2017

## SSA Funds

## 1365.   SHRI RAMEN DEKA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)      the details of fund allocation under Sarva Shiksha Mission during the last three years in Assam;
- (b)     whether the Government of Assam has provided up-to-date utilisation certificate under the mission; and
- (c)     if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a):       The details of the funds allocated i.e. the approved estimate and the  central  share  released  under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  to  the Government of Assam during the last three years are as under:-

(Rs. in lakh)

* This includes an amount of Rs. 18898.43 lakh approved specifically for construction of toilets in Government schools in Assam.

|   Sl. No. | Year    | Fund Allocated (Approved Estimate)   |   Central share released |
|-----------|---------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 | 180927.56*                           |                  97782.2 |
|         2 | 2015-16 | 168215.67                            |                 100465   |
|         3 | 2016-17 | 167692.16                            |                  87652.3 |

(b)  and  (c): For  the  year  2014-15  and  2015-16,  Audited  Utilisation Certificates (UCs) have been submitted by the State of Assam to the Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development.  For  the  year  2016-17, provisional UCs have been submitted by the State.  Details of the UCs of

SSA, Assam  for the last three years are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Year                  | Date of UCs submitted by the State SSA   |   Total funds available to the State SSA Society (Rs. in lakh)# |   Expenditure reported by the State SSA Society (Rs. in lakh) |   Unspent balance at the end of the year (Rs. in lakh) |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15               | 24.12.2015                               |                                                          176334 |                                                        128991 |                                               47343.6  |
|         2 | 2015-16               | 18. 01.2017                              |                                                          168558 |                                                        154777 |                                               13780.9  |
|         3 | 2016-17 (provisional) | 08.06.2017                               |                                                          129101 |                                                        127442 |                                                1659.05 |

# This includes opening balance of previous year, central share and state share released, miscellaneous receipts.

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