Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Allocation/Expenditure under Various Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## ALLOCATION/EXPENDITURE UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES

## *209.   SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the amount allocated and spent by the Ministry with respect to Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes during the last and the current financial years;
- (b) whether the Ministry has spent less than the allocated amount and if so, the reasons for the same; and
- (c) the details of amount that has been spent from the total amount allocated to pay salaries of the staff?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.  *209  FOR  ANSWER  ON  05.03.2020  REGARDING  ALLOCATION/EXPENDITURE UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES by SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI

- (a) The  details  of  the  amount  allocated  and  spent  by  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  with respect to Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes during the last and the current financial years i.e. 2018-19 and 2019-2020 (till 4 th March, 2020) is given below:

(Rs. In crore)

|                            | 2018-19          | 2018-19      | 2019-20          | 2019-20                              |
|----------------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                            | Amount Allocated | Amount Spent | Amount Allocated | Amount Spent (till 4 th March, 2020) |
| Central Sector Schemes     | 3265.13          | 2577.27      | 3102.40          | 1339.73                              |
| Centrally Sponsored Scheme | 1320.00          | 1156.07      | 1470.00          | 1213.23                              |
| Total                      | 4585.13          | 3733.34      | 4572.40          | 2552.96                              |

- (b) During the year 2018-19, the Ministry has spent about 81% of the allotted amounts under  Central  Sector  Schemes  and  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme.  In  Central  Sector  Schemes,  the spending against the allotted amount was as per the proposals received during the year which were found  eligible  for  release  of  funds.  In  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  i.e.  PMJVK,  which  is  an infrastructure project scheme, the release of funds was done based on the proposals received from the  States/UTs  for  both  new  and  ongoing  projects.  The  release  of  funds  for  ongoing  projects  is dependent on the status of the project and utilization of funds already released.

During  the  year  2019-20,  the  release  of  funds  of  various  schemes  is  still  ongoing  with sufficient proposals in hand. The release under Scholarship scheme, which is a flagship scheme of this  Ministry  and  constitutes  about  48%  of  the  total  funds,  is  ongoing  because  the  last  date  of submission  of  applications  on  National  Scholarship  Portal  was  extended  till  31.01.2020.  The process of release of scholarship through the portal for the current year is an ongoing exercise till 31.03.2020.

- (c) The details of amount that has been spent from the total amount allocated to pay salaries of the staff is given below:-

(Rs. In crore)

| Year                            |   Amount allocated to pay salaries |   Amount spent on salary |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2018-19                         |                              66.79 |                    62.02 |
| 2019-20 (till 4 th March, 2020) |                              74.01 |                    65.08 |

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