Lok Sabha Question No. 1615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: NGO in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1615

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 13/02/2023

## NGO IN TRIBAL AREAS

## 1615.  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 Organizations (NGOs) working in tribal areas in the State of Odisha during the last five financial years, year-wise;
- (b) list of NGOs working in the tribal areas of Keonjhar HPC along with the grants provided to each of them during the last five years, year-wise;
- (c) whether the activities of these NGOs are monitored periodically by the Government, if so, the names of under-performing NGOs during the same period;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether NGOs are considered to be a better executor than the Government departments, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : The  details  of  the  funds  released  under  Scheme  'Grant  in  Aid  to  Voluntary Organizations  working  for  the  welfare  of  the  Scheduled  Tribes'   of  the  Ministry  of Tribal Affairs to NGOs working in tribal areas in the State of Odisha during last five last financial years are as under:
- (b) : The  Ministry  has  been  funding  one  NGO,  namely  'Prakalpa',  for  the  project Educational Complex (Secondary) ' in Keonjhar District in the State of Odisha for which year-wise details of funds provided by the Ministry in the last five years are as under:
- (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 State Government /UT Adminstration.
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  using  Receipt  Expenditure Advance&Transfer (REAT) module.
6. Provision for Third-party monitoring by an independent agency appointed by the Ministry.

| Year    | Funds released (in Rs)   |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2017-18 | 22,71,15,120             |
| 2018-19 | 32,36,41,558             |
| 2019-20 | 29,39,97,570             |
| 2020-21 | 15,36,81,894             |
| 2021-22 | 24,24,81,660             |

| Year    | Funds released(in Rs)   |
|---------|-------------------------|
| 2017-18 | -                       |
| 2018-19 | 1,43,33,280             |
| 2019-20 | 1,02,16,905             |
| 2020-21 | -                       |
| 2021-22 | 87,01,673               |

Funds  are  only  released  to  the  NGOs  for  their  projects  after  receiving  the  inter-alia inspection  report  of  the  district  authorities  indicating  satisfactory  performance  and recommendation of the State Governments.

- (e): The  services  rendered  by  the  NGOs  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  Government  to cater to comparatively service-deficient areas with significant tribal population.

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