Lok Sabha Question No. 1842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: NGOs in Tribal Areas of Odisha
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## OVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-   1842

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2022

## NGOS IN TRIBAL AREAS OF ODISHA

## 1842.    MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  data  of  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 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the list of NGOs working in the tribal areas of Keonjhar High Performance Computing (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 and if so, the names of under-performing NGOs during the same period;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the NGO's considered to be a better executor than the Government departments and 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 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.  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 released to the NGOs for their projects for which inter-alia inspection report of the district authorities indicating satisfactory performance and recommendation of the State Governments have been received.

- (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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