Lok Sabha Question No. 2832 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Special Projects under IAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF RURAL  DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABIIA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2332

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 06.08.2015

## SPECIAL  PROJECTS  UNDER  IAY

## 2832. SHRI ABHISEEK  SINGH:

Will the Minister  of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased  to state:

- whether  the Govemment  retains  a part  of the aanual  lndira Awaasyojana  (IAy) allocation  as reserved  fund for\_ special project  po.J  uy the states/ur-wise  for the purpose  of rehabiritation  of families  affected  by naturar "ulu-iri". and if so, the details thereof; (a)
- the amounts  rereased  by the Govemment  to states ftom  the reserve  fund during each  of the last three years and the cument  year,  State-wise: (b)
- if so, the details  thereofalong  with the reasons  therefor;  and (d)
- whether  the instalment  under  the special projects  has  not been  released  to some  shtes which  have been affected from natural  calamities; (c)
- the steps taken  by the Govemment  to expedite  timely assistance  to such affected States? (e)

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY  OF RURAL  DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN  BHAGAT)

(a)  & (b): As per Indira  Aweasyojana  guiderines,  five percent  of the annual outray  is retained  at rhe  Ministrv  for Speciar  projectr  p"i"Juy-itJ  sr"tes/uPs.  projects  may be posed for the purposes  of rehabiritation  or epi ramities  ,i';.;;l  ;; narurar caramiries,  by viorence  and law and order problems,  s"tttemenr  or rre";"il;;'il;"."rs, riberated  manuar  scavengers, settlement  of particularlv  vulnerabre.  rib"i  ;;;;." 'i"iauiritution of peopre affected  by occupational  diseases  rike Siricosis,  Asbestosis. ["".ri"'rn:*t.a by overuse  of pesticides.  peopre affected  in an epidemic,  settrement  ofFRA beneficil.i".,  ."u"-"n, ofpeople forced  to rerocate in districts  along the internationar  uora".  *J-n"r.,J'i""irr"r.gy  demonsrrations.  The amount released  under Special projects  in the previous  ih."" y""..'.a current year is placed  in Annexure

(c)'  (d)  & (e): speciar  proiecrs  are sanctioned  to states which  submit  proposar  for the purpose. First insralment  is rereaied -immedirr"rt ;n;;;;;-.i.., i, ^pp.".d. Second insrarments  are

ltb*:d  gl  receipl  of proposals  from  the district/State  subject  to tulfi,ing  all conditions prescribed  in the scheme  guiderines  and rr"a "r"ii"-tiiity *der the reserve fund.

Annexure  I Releases from 5% Reserve Fund for Special Projects under IAY

Rs. ln lakh

| S.No.   | State             | 2012-13   | 2073-L4   | 20L4-t5    | 2015-16{',   | Total     |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|--------------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |           | 3563.42   |            |              | 3553.42   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 380.61    | 1054.43   | !108.822   | 1108.82      | 3652.69   |
| 3       | Assam             | 1655.65   |           |            |              | 1655.65   |
| 4       | Bihar             |           |           |            | 2.9?5        | 2.93      |
| 5       | Chhattis rh       | 3435.51   | 2461A.50  | 14513.450  | 15.834       | 42643.30  |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  |           | 9L.55     |            |              | 91.55     |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 1226t.OO  | 1709.63   | 4513.511   |              | 18484.14  |
| 1L      | Karnataka         |           | s915.63   | 49.235     |              | 5964.87   |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 74529.2L  | 133.28    | LO417 .7a0 | 7t28.O57     | 26208.33  |
| L4      | Maharashtra       |           | 909.38    |            |              | 909.38    |
| 15      | Manipu r          |           | 838.01    |            | a71.534      | 1709.55   |
| 16      | Mizoram           |           |           | t.404      |              | 1.40      |
| t7      | Nagaland          |           |           | 4056.233   |              | 4056.23   |
| 18      | Orissa            |           | 29215.10  | s628.aZa   | 1113.93      | 3s957.86  |
| 19      | Ra asth a n       | tr577.53  | 2473.99   | 2312.397   |              | 16298.91  |
| t.L     | Tamil Nadu        |           | 9263.08   | 9385.740   |              | 18648.82  |
| 22      | Tripura           |           | 5236.74   | 3719.744   | 77 L.498     | 9728.02   |
| 23      | Uttarakhand       |           | L406.25   | 361.400    |              | L767.65   |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh     |           | 162.30    | 792.792    |              | 1ss5.09   |
| 25      | West Bengal       |           | 337.50    | 504.160    |              | 841.66    |
|         | Total             | 43834.51  | 8752a.74  | 57355.53   | 5012.60      | 19374t.42 |

*  As on 30.06.2015