Lok Sabha Question No. 5545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Grants in Aid to NGOs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Ganesan Selvam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5545

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## GRANTS IN AID TO NGOS

5545. DR. T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN: SHRI SELVAM G.:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  various  Non-Governmental  Organizations  (NGOs)  are  working  in  the  field  of women and child development and receiving funds/grants from the Ministry;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  such  NGOs  which  have  received  grants-in-aid  from  the  Union Government  for  the  implementation  of  various  schemes  under  the  Ministry  in  their respective States during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether there is a mechanism to monitor the utilization of grants-in-aid by the NGOs, and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether such mechanism has been effective and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government have evaluated and monitored the performance of these NGOs and if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (f) whether many NGOs have been found to be non-performing and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government against such NGOs to prevent them from indulging into irregularities, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to  (f):  The  Ministry  is  implementing  various  schemes/  programs  for  empowerment  of Women and development of Children including through Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) across the country. Under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes, the Central  Government  provides  funds  to  State  Governments/  UT  Administrations  for implementation  of  welfare  schemes  for  Women  and  Children,  some  of  which  are implemented through NGO's such as Swadhar, Ujjawala, Working Women Hostel, Child Protection  Services  (erstwhile  ICPS)  and  National  Crèche  Scheme.  Scheme-wise allocations  and  releases  for  the  last  three  years  are  available  in  respective  Annual Reports, which are available in the Library of Lok Sabha. The details are also available on the Ministry's website i.e. https://www.wcd.nic.in.

The schemes have in-built monitoring mechanism for their effective implementation by NGOs and to check funds utilization. Regular follow-up is done by the Ministry and the States/UTs for every sanction of fund to the NGOs. The schemes are also  periodically  reviewed  for  their  proper  and  better  implementation.  The  schemes contain  provisions  for  monitoring  of  the  projects  at  Panchayat  /  Block  /  District  Level, State Level and the Central Level. The same mechanisms are being followed in the State of Tamil Nadu also.

Further,  the  Ministry  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  'Child Protection  Services  (CPS)'  to  provide  Institutional  and  Non-institutional  safety  net  for vulnerable  children  as  envisaged  under  the  JJ  Act,  2015.  The  scheme  supports  24x7 outreach  helpline  service  for  children  in  distress.  The  service  is  available  through  a dedicated toll free number, 1098 which can be accessed by children in crisis or by adults on  their  behalf  from  any  place  in  the  geographical  location  of  India  and  the  outreach service is presently executed through a mother NGO namely, Childline India Foundation (CIF), Mumbai. The 'CIF' submits its financial proposal regarding its annual grant which includes,  its  four  Regional  centres  and  all  existing  partner  NGOs,  before  the  Project Approval  Board  (PAB)  at  the  Ministry  which  has  been  constituted  to  scrutinize  and approve implementation plans, Annual Plans and financial proposals from States / UTs and other organizations for release of grants under the CPS scheme. The Ministry also monitors and reviews the progress of implementation of the scheme from time to time. Details of Funds released to Mother NGO during the last three years are as follows:

## (Amount in Rs. lakhs)

| Financial Year   |   Unspent of Previous Year |   Grant released to CIF |   Expenditure |
|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
| 2016-17          |                     379.02 |                 6315.93 |       6564.96 |
| 2017-18          |                     139.99 |                11209.8  |      11251.8  |
| 2018-19          |                      98    |                17583    |      15758.4  |

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