Lok Sabha Question No. 100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Implementation of Government Schemes
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## IMPLIMENTION OF GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

## 100. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has evaluated programmes/schemes under implementation, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) The details of the allocation of funds made for various major programmes during the last three years;
- (c) whether the allocated funds have not been spent and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether any committee has been constituted/to be constituted  to monitor, supervise and give advice  for  proper  spending  and  implementation  of  these  programmes/schemes  by  the Miniseries and Departments of Government of India /State Governments /UTs-wise; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a): Ministries/Departments  of  the  Government  of  India  conduct  evaluation  studies  for  their schemes/programmes and NITI Aayog also conducts concurrent evaluations of selected programmes/schemes.  Besides  this,  in  States,  the  State  evaluation  offices  conduct  evaluations  of prominent schemes/programmes. Guidelines are in-place to spell out Evaluation arrangement in the scheme/programme. Further, continuation of schemes from one period to another is not permissible without a third party evaluation. List of programmes evaluated by the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog is attached as Annexure-I.

(b)&(c): The funds are allocated in the Expenditure Budget to the different Ministries/Departments in a scheme-wise manner and the Ministries/Departments monitor the release and utilization of funds as per the specific scheme guidelines. Most of the ministries and departments are using the Direct Benefit Transfer platform for seamless and expeditious flow of benefits to the last mile beneficiaries.  The overall expenditure profile of the Budget documents of the financial years 2015-16 (Actual), 2016-17 (Actual) and 2017-18 (RE) are as below:

(In Rs Crores)

|                                |   2015-16 (Actual) |   2016-17 (Actual) |   2017-18 (R.E.) |
|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) |             203740 |             241296 |           285581 |
| Central Sector Scheme (CS)     |             521374 |             589471 |           634318 |

However,  the  scheme-wise  allocation/utilization  of  funds  under  the  various  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Schemes for the last three years are available at the following links of the Government of India website:

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget2017-2018/ub2017-18/eb/stat4a.pdf https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget2017-2018/ub2017-18/eb/stat4b.pdf

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/stat4a.pdf https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/stat4b.pdf

(d)&(e): The primary responsibility for monitoring and supervising the implementation of schemes lies with the concerned Ministries/Departments. However, the Government of India had constituted 8 Groups of Secretaries (GoS) to look into 8 thematic areas and give recommendations to improve the Governance and Growth in these areas. Recommendations of the Thematic GoS were circulated in February, 2016 among the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India with a direction to prepare Action Plan to implement GoS recommendation pertaining to them. Similarly, the Government constituted another 8 GoS on 8 sectors and their reports were also circulated in January, 2017 among the Ministries/Departments in the Government of India with a direction to prepare timebound Action Plans for implementation of the recommendation pertaining to them. The 8 rapporteurs of  the  Sectoral  GoS  were  given  the  responsibility  to  monitor  the  implementation  of  Sectoral  and Thematic Action Plans prepared by the Ministries/Departments. The list of 8 Thematic Areas and 8 Sectors are attached as Annexure-II :

## Annexure-I

## List of Programmes evaluated by DMEO, NITI Aayog during last 3 years (2015-16 to 2017-18)

|   Sl. | Studies byDMEO                                                                                                                                          | FY      | Ministries             |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------|
|     1 | Evaluation Study on Direct Benefits Transfer in Food(Results from one year of Process Monitoring) : The Evaluation Report was issued on September, 2017 | 2017-18 | DFPD                   |
|     2 | Quick Evaluation Study on Indira Gandhi Matritva SahyogYojana (IGMSY): The Evaluation Report was issued in April, 2017.                                 | 2017-18 | WCD                    |
|     3 | Quick Evaluation Study on Nai Roshni (The scheme for leadership development of Minority Women). The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2016.         | 2016-17 | SJE (Minority Affairs) |
|     4 | Efficacy of Minimum Support Price to Agriculture Farmers (MSP): The Evaluation Report was issued in February, 2016.                                     | 2015-16 | Agriculture/CA CP      |
|     5 | Command Area Development and Water Management Programme (CADWMP): The Evaluation Report was issued in December, 2015.                                   | 2015-16 | Water Resource         |
|     6 | Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                               | 2015-16 | Home                   |
|     7 | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV): The Evaluation Report was issued in july, 2015                                                                 | 2015-16 | School Education       |
|     8 | Rajiv Gandhi Gramin VIdyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY): The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                        | 2015-16 | Power                  |
|     9 | Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF): The Evaluation Report was issued in October, 2015.                                                                   | 2015-16 | Rural Development      |
|    10 | Quick Evaluation study on Anaganwadis under ICDS: The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                       | 2015-16 | WCD                    |
|    11 | Role of Public Distribution System in shaping Household and Nutritional Security: The Evaluation Report was issued in Dec., 2016                        | 2016-17 | DFPD                   |

## Eight Thematic areas

| i)    | Good Governance -Challenges and Opportunities           |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| ii)   | Employment Generation Strategies                        |
| iii)  | Farmer Centric Issues in Agriculture and Allied Sectors |
| iv)   | Energy Conservation and Efficiency                      |
| v)    | Innovation Budgeting and Effective Implementation       |
| vi)   | Accelerated Growth with Inclusion and Equity            |
| vii)  | Swachh Bharat and Ganga Rejuvenation                    |
| viii) | Health and Education: Universal Access and Quality      |

## Eight Sectors

- i) Transport & communications
2. ii) Energy & Environment
3. iii) Health, Sanitation and UD Report
4. iv) Education & Social Development
- v) Commerce & Industry
6. vi) Science & Technology
7. vii) Governance Final Report
8. viii) Crisis Management

## Annexure-II