Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Tribal Sub-Plan for Bihar
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rama Devi, Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †259 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## TRIBAL SUB-PLAN FOR BIHAR

## †259.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds allocated by the Union Government to Bihar under the Tribal Sub-Plan;
- (b) the details of works proposed to be undertaken under the said Tribal Sub-Plan;
- (c) the amount of funds remained unutilized out of the allocation to Bihar under the Tribal SubPlan till date;
- (d)   the reasons for non-utilisation of the said funds;
- (e)   whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  investigation  regarding  the  construction  works undertaken under the Tribal Sub-Plan in Bihar by an independent agency;
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a) to (d): Release of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) funds by Central Ministries / Departments to the States including Government of Bihar is a continuous process. Monitoring of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)  has  been  mandated  to  MoTA  since  2017.  Funds  released  by  Central  Ministries  / Departments  during  2017-18  and  2018-19  to  the  Government  of  Bihar  is  at Annexure  1. Statement showing details of funds released to Government of Bihar and utilization reported by the State Government under the schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) during 2015-16 to 2018-19 is at Annexure 2 . The State Government has not communicated the reasons for nonutilization of funds released by MoTA.

(e) to (g): Ministry of Tribal Affairs has not conducted any such investigation.

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## ANSWER

## Annexure 1 referred to in reply of part (a) to (d)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 259 for answer on 2406-2019

## Release to the State Government of Bihar during 2017-18

|   S.No. | Ministry Name                                              | Name of the Scheme                                                                      |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in Lakhs) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | National Food Security Mission                                                          |                              25.83 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | National Mission on Horticulture                                                        |                              18    |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | National Mission on Oil Seed and Oil Palm                                               |                               4.65 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | National Project on Agro- Forestry                                                      |                               4.18 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana                                                        |                               2.14 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)- Per Drop More Crop                        |                              12.5  |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Rainfed Area Development and Climate Change                                             |                               1.47 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna                                                            |                              78    |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Sub - Mission on Agriculture Extension                                                  |                              32.01 |
|       1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | Sub- Mission on Seed and Planting Material                                              |                               1.44 |
|       2 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                    | Human Resources for Health and Medical Education                                        |                             660    |
|       2 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                    | National Rural Health Mission                                                           |                            3478.27 |
|       3 | Department of Higher Education                             | RashtriyaUchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)                                                |                              83.25 |
|       4 | Department of Rural Development                            | National Rural Livelihood Mission (State Component)                                     |                            7350.77 |
|       4 | Department of Rural Development                            | Pradhan Mantri AwasYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                            |                            2796.16 |
|       5 | Department of School Education and Literacy                | National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools (Amount met from Gross Budgetary Support) |                            1771.48 |
|       5 | Department of School Education and Literacy                | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (Programme Component)                               |                             278.37 |
|       5 | Department of School Education and Literacy                | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan                                                                   |                            4576    |
|       6 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                  | Nation Rural Drinking Water Programme (State Component)                                 |                             505.94 |
|       6 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                  | SBM-Rural (State Component)                                                             |                            1194.5  |
|       7 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation          | PMAY-Urban (Other items of States/UTs Component)                                        |                             663.6  |
|       8 | Ministry of Labour and Employment                          | National Career Services                                                                |                               6.96 |
|       9 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                 | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)                            |                             295.91 |
|       9 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                 | Grants under proviso to Article 275(1) of the Constitution                              |                             991.89 |
|       9 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                 | Post-Matric Scholarship                                                                 |                              71.25 |
|      10 | Ministry of Women and Child Development                    | Anganwadi Services (Erstwhile Core ICDS)                                                |                            9647.61 |
|      10 | Grand Total                                                |                                                                                         |                           34552.2  |

## Release to the State Government of Bihar during 2018-19

|   S. No. | Ministry Name                                               | Name of the Scheme                                                                              |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in Lakhs) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | National Bamboo Mission                                                                         |                               6.4  |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | National Food Security Mission                                                                  |                              41.96 |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | National Mission on Horticulture                                                                |                              19    |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | National Project on Soil Health and Fertility                                                   |                               9.68 |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)- Per Drop More Crop                                |                              36.28 |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Rainfed Area Development and Climate Change                                                     |                               1.26 |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna                                                                    |                             160    |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Sub - Mission on Agriculture Extension                                                          |                              24.58 |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Sub- Mission on Agriculture Mechanisation                                                       |                              50    |
|        1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare | Sub- Mission on Seed and Planting Material                                                      |                              15    |
|        2 | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries                                              |                              54.49 |
|        2 | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey                                                   |                               2.75 |
|        2 | and Fisheries                                               | Livestock Health and Disease Control                                                            |                             199    |
|        3 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                     | Human Resources for Health and Medical Education                                                |                            1059    |
|        3 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                     | National Rural Health Mission                                                                   |                            2977.52 |
|        3 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                     | National Urban Health Mission (Support from National Investment Fund)                           |                               6    |
|        4 | Department of Higher Education                              | RashtriyaUchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)                                                        |                              11.25 |
|        5 | Department of Rural Development                             | National Rural Livelihood Mission (Programme Component)                                         |                           11240.1  |
|        5 | Department of Rural Development                             | Pradhan Mantri AwasYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                                    |                           16128.5  |
|        6 | Department of School Education and Literacy                 | National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools                                                   |                            2045.09 |
|        6 | Department of School Education and Literacy                 | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan                                                             |                             158.49 |
|        6 | Department of School Education and Literacy                 | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan                                                                           |                            3876.19 |
|        7 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                   | National Rural Drinking Water Mission - Nation Rural Drinking Water Programme                   |                             330.73 |
|        7 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                   | SBM-Rural (Programme Component)                                                                 |                            2923.46 |
|        8 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change         | Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (Funded from NCEF)-Development of Wildlife Habitats |                              50    |
|        9 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                       | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) (States/UTs Component)  |                             182.81 |
|        9 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                       | PMAY-Urban (Other items of States/UTs Component)                                                |                              16.2  |
|       10 | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                                  | Capacity Building- Panchayat SashaktikaranAbhiyaan (PSA) / Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) |                               5.44 |
|       11 | Child Development                                           | Scheme for Adolescent Girls                                                                     |                               0.33 |

Annexure 2

Annexure 2 referred to in reply of part (c) to (d)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.259 for answer on 24-06-2019

Statement showing details of funds released to Government of Bihar and utilization reported by State Government under the schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs during 2015-16 to 2018-19

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Scheme                                        | 2015-16       | 2015-16              | 2016-17       | 2016-17              | 2017-18   | 2017-18              | 2018-19   | 2018-19              |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Scheme                                        | Total Release | Utilization Reported | Total Release | Utilization Reported | Release   | Utilization Reported | Release   | Utilization Reported |
| 1         | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan | 1368.26       | 0.00                 | 743.74        | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 |
| 2.        | Grant under Article 275(1)                    | 0.00          | 0.00                 | 1467.58       | 1433.88              | 991.89    | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 |
| 3.        | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) | 0.00          | 0.00                 | 342.87        | 0.00                 | 295.91    | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 |
| 4.        | Pre-Matric Scholarship                        | 375.00        | 24.44                | 0.00          | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 |
| 5.        | Post Matric Scholarship                       | 0.00          | 0.00                 | 0.00          | 0.00                 | 71.25     | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                 |