Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: National Children Fund
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 94

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2018

## NATIONAL CHILDREN FUND

## 94. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government has created National Children Fund (NCF) in the country and if so, the details thereof along with its aims and the objectives;
- (b) the funds raised/released for NCF during each of the last three years and current year;
- (c) whether the cases of diversion of funds, to meet the administrative expenses for various schemes have been reported during the said period;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  action  taken  in  this regard;
- (e) the  total  funds  released  from  NCF  for  various  schemes  and  the  utilization  of  the  same during the said period, State/UT wise; and
- (f) the corrective steps taken/being taken for proper utilization of the funds under NCF by the Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) Yes, Madam. The Government of India, in the International Year of the Child (1979), created the National Children's Fund (NCF) under the Charitable Endowments Act 1890 to  promote  innovative  projects  by  voluntary  organisations.  The  Scheme  of  NCF  was further  revised  and  notified  on  24th  November,  2004.  The  Objectives  of  the  National Children's  Fund are to raise funds from individuals, institutions, corporates and others; promote  and  fund  the  various  programmes  for  children  who  are  affected  by  natural calamities,  disaster,  distress,  and  in  difficult  circumstances  through  voluntary  agencies and  State  Government,  in  unserved  and  underserved  areas  including  tribal  and  remote areas  and  Children  in  difficult  circumstances  including  children  of  prisoners,  children affected by riots, aggression, children affected by trafficking and children of prostitutes; implement various programmes and do all the things that are incidental and conductive to the above objects. Apart from this, recently provisions have been made in the guidelines to give scholarships to children residing in a Child Care Institution (CCI), including orphan or destitute, studying  in  class  9-12  with  a  promising  performance under the scheme  'Unnati', through  the  National  Children's  Fund  (NCF).  The  child  having

minimum 75% attendance and securing minimum 55% marks in the final examination of the previous class, are considered for inclusion in the merit list of 100 students for each class 9-12. As per the scheme guidelines of 'Unnati', the child should not be receiving any  assistance  on  regular  basis  from  any  other  sources  towards  her/his  education  and should have an Aadhar linked savings bank account in a Nationalized Bank. Fifty percent of the total scholarship money is earmarked for girl students.

The Management and administration of the Fund is under a Board of Management (BOM).  The  Minister,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development,  is  working Chairperson of the Board. Director, National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development is Secretary-Treasurer of NCF.

- (b) The details of the fund raised/released towards NCF during the last three years and the current year is annexed at Annexure-I.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise in view of ( c ) above.
- (e)         The  Funds  under the scheme were released to the NGOs. The details of funds released from NCF to NGOs States/UT wise is annexed at Annexure - II.
- (f) The funds are released in accordance to scheme guidelines.

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Annexure - I The details of the fund raised towards NCF during the last three years and the current year are as under:

| Year                      | Current Year* 2017-18   | 2016-17        | 2015-16        | 2014-15        | Total          |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Donations Received in NCF | 17,849.82               | 1,27,770.00    | 2,06,774.00    | 35,000.00      | 3,87,393.82    |
| Interest Received         | 74,98,173.65            | 1,58,30,462.09 | 1,59,55,296.00 | 1,54,00,215.00 | 5,46,84,146.74 |
| Amount Released           | 6,65,000.00             | 5,31,275.00    | 44,89,682.00   | 40,01,202.00   | 96,87,159.00   |

## Annexure - II

The funds were not released to the States but to the NGOs. The details of funds released from NCF to NGOs of various states/UTs are as under:

| State/UTs      | Current Year* 2017-18   | 2016-17     | 2015-16      | 2014-15      |
|----------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| Manipur        | Nil                     | Nil         | 4,69,710.00  | Nil          |
| Andhra Pradesh | 220825.00               | Nil         | 9,33,300.00  | 2,36,375.00  |
| Maharashtra    | Nil                     | Nil         | 6,06,006.00  | Nil          |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Nil                     | Nil         | 3,48,375.00  | 1,82,538.00  |
| Uttarakhand    | Nil                     | Nil         | 2,11,038.00  | 2,41,662.00  |
| Assam          | Nil                     | 62,200.00   | 3,89,556.00  | 8,35,180.00  |
| Punjab         | Nil                     |             | 17,650.00    | Nil          |
| Kerala         | 93,420.00               | 49,653.00   | 3,51,450.00  | 3,73,680.00  |
| Odisha         | 2,99,250.00             | 96,318.00   | 3,42,000.00  | 4,05,072.00  |
| Bihar          | Nil                     | 3,23,104.00 | 3,26,705.00  | Nil          |
| Goa            | Nil                     | Nil         | 3,57,012.00  | Nil          |
| Tamil Nadu     | Nil                     | Nil         | Nil          | Nil          |
| Tripura        | Nil                     | Nil         | 1,36,880.00  | Nil          |
| Delhi          | Nil                     | Nil         | Nil          | 13,49,865.00 |
| Nagaland       | Nil                     | Nil         | Nil          | Nil          |
| Haryana        | Nil                     | Nil         | Nil          | 23,310.00    |
| Gujarat        | Nil                     | Nil         | Nil          | 3,53,520.00  |
| Madhya Pradesh | 51,505.00               | Nil         | Nil          | Nil          |
| Total          | 6,65,000.00             | 5,31,275.00 | 44,89,682.00 | 40,01,202.00 |

*Upto 30.01.2018