Lok Sabha Question No. 3453 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: NGOs in Tribal Areas of Odisha
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3453

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 08/08/2022

## NGOs IN TRIBAL AREAS OF ODISHA

3453.   MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of Grants in Aid given by the Government to Non-Governmental Organisations  (NGOs)  working  in  tribal  areas  in  the  state  of  Odisha  during  the  last  five financial years;
- (b)  the list  of  NGOs  working  in  the  tribal  areas  of  Keonjhar  HPC  along  with  the  grants provided to each of them in the last five years, year-wise and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the activities of these NGOs are monitored periodically by the government and if so, the names of under-performing NGOs during the same period; and
- (d) if not, the reason thereof, since money given belongs to the tax payers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a): Grant-in-aid  released  by   the  Ministry  to Non-Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs) working in tribal areas in the state of Odisha during the last  five financial  years under the scheme  'Grant-in-Aid  to  Voluntary  Organizations  working  for  the  welfare  of  Scheduled Tribes' is given below:-
- (b): The list of NGOs working in the tribal areas of Keonjhar Parliament Constituency along with the grants provided the Ministry under the aforementioned scheme to each of them in the last five years, year-wise is given below:-

|   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 227115120 | 323641558 | 293997570 | 153681894 | 242481660 |

| NGO Name                                            | District   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |   In Rs. 2021-22 |
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
| Organization for the Rural Women &Youth Development | Mayurbhanj | -         |   2962290 |   2462020 | 2196110   |           689852 |
| Prakalpa                                            | Keonjhar   | -         |  14333280 |  10216905 | -         |          8701673 |

(c) & (d): The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) / Voluntary Organizations (VOs) funded under the scheme  'Grant-in-Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes' are monitored as per the following schematic procedures:

1. Annual inspection by District Authorities.
2. Scrutiny and recommendation by multi-disciplinary State Level Committee.
3. Mandatory  submission  of  annual  audited  accounts  and  utilization  certificate  by NGOs/VOs.
4. Inspection by Officers of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs from time to time.
5. Filing of expenditure by aided NGOs / VOs on PFMS Expenditure Advance Transfer (EAT) module.
6. Third-party monitoring  by  an  independent agency  appointed  by  the  Ministry.

Grants  are  provided  to  the  NGOs/VOs  after  their  online  application,  providing relevant  information,  recommendation  of  Authorities  at  District  level  with  District Inspection Report, duly recommended by the multi-disciplinary State Level Committee of the concerned State Government/UT Administration.

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