Lok Sabha Question No. 2313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Projects under PMJVK
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Jayadev Galla

## Projects under PMJVK

## 2313.   SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of funds disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b)  the  quantum  of  funds  utilised  by  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  out  of  the  funds  disbursed during the said period;

(c) the number of projects approved under PMJVK along with the start date of the project in the country, State-wise, particularly in the State of Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;

(d) the quantum of funds sanctioned for each of the projects and their date of completion for the State of Andhra Pradesh;

(e) whether there is a mechanism to monitor the timely completion of projects under PMJVK; and

(f)  if  so,  the  details  of  such  a  mechanism  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to complete the delayed projects under PMJVK?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d)  The Government implements various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, specially the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections of the  society,  through  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  Ministry  of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development. Ministry of Minority Affairs specifically implements various schemes across the country  for  socio-economic  and  educational  empowerment  of  the  six  (6)  Centrally  notified minority communities.

Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK),  a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS),  is  an area  development  programme  under  which  community  infrastructure  and  basic  amenities  are being created in the identified areas. The scheme is being implemented under the aegis of the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations (UTAs)  on a fund sharing pattern and the projects are implemented and managed by the concerned State Government/ UT Administration. The  scheme  has  been  approved  with  effect  from  financial  year  2022-23  with  the  revised guidelines, for implementation in all districts of the country during the period of 15th Finance Commission Cycle. As per the revised PMJVK guidelines, approval of new projects and release of funds has been linked to the progress of implementation of projects already approved in the States,  pace  of  expenditure,  pending  Utilisation  Certificates  (UCs),  unspent  balance  available with  the  State  Governments  and  geo-tagging  of  PMJVK  assets.  The  State/UT-wise  funds released  under  PMJVK  and  the  details  of  projects  approved  in  the  States/UTs,  district-wise, including Andhra Pradesh is available on the website the Ministry www. Minority affairs.gov.in.

As per the information received from the State of Andhra Pradesh from time to time, the State has utilised only 40% of the total releases under PMJVK. There is an unspent balance of Rs.262 crore and pending UCs of Central share of Rs.21.57 crore against the expenditure reported by the State under PMJVK.

(e)  &  (f) Projects  under  PMJVK  are  monitored  by  the  committees  constituted  by  the  State Governments/  UT  Administrations  at  the  District  level  and  State  level.  The  Empowered Committee of PMJVK reviews the progress of the scheme with the State Governments from time to time.  For effective implementation of PMJVK and to ensure that funds are optimally utilised, the States/ UTs have been given flexibility to use the funds released under PMJVK. As per the revised procedure of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, now the release of funds under PMJVK are not tied to the individual projects. The amount available in the bank account of State Nodal Agency (SNA) of PMJVK forms a common pool, which can be utilised by the States to complete the ongoing projects. A mobile app PMJVK Bhuvan has been developed for Geo-tagging  of  assets  created  under  PMJVK  and  capturing  the  project  specific  attributes including  photographs  of  different  stages  of  construction/  completion  of  projects  for  better implementation/ monitoring under PMJVK. A portal has also been developed for submission of project proposals, progress reports and utilisation certificates by the States/UTs.

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