Lok Sabha Question No. 3856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Infrastructure Development
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3856 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

## 3856.  ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has released grants-in-aid for infrastructure development of minorities educational institutions;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government releases the sanctioned amount of grants to the institutions in instalments and if so, the details thereof Statewise including Kerala;
- (d) whether there is any delay in  granting the second instalment of the sanctioned fund; and
- (e) if  so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same, State-wise especially in Idukki district and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)  to  (c):  The  Government  of  India  runs  the  scheme  for  Infrastructure Development in Minority  Institutions  (IDMI)  under  Prime  Minister's  New  15 Point Programme  for  the  welfare  of  minorities  (PM's  New  15-PP)  for elementary,  secondary  and  senior  secondary  schools  under  which  financial assistance is provided to the minority institutions for infrastructure development.  The  scheme  is  implemented  through  State  Governments  and the grant is released to the beneficiary institutions in two installments.

Besides, Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), one of the Centrally Sponsored  Scheme,  run  by  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs,  is  a  special  area development  programme,  which  aims  at  improving  the  socio-economic infrastructure  and  basic  amenities  for  uplifting  the  quality  of  life  of  the minorities. This programme gives funds for creation of infrastructure related to  school  building,  class  rooms,  hostels,  health  centres,  housing,  drinking water,  ITIs,  polytechnics  etc.  Under  this  programme  grant  for  creation  of infrastructure like additional classrooms, hostels, drinking water facilities etc have been approved for Madarsas.  The project related with imparting digital literacy to students of Madarsas of identified Minority Concentration Area has also been approved.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs is also implementing the scheme of 'Grant-inAid to NGOs' by Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) for infrastructure development  of  existing minority educational institutions. The  eligibility criteria,  etc.  for  seeking  grant-in-aid  under  this  scheme  is  available  on  the website of MAEF at www.maef.nic.in. The amount of grant-in-aid sanctioned by  the  Governing  Body of MAEF  is  released  in  two  installments  in  the  ratio 70:30. The first installment of 70% is released after sanctioning of grant and completion of pre-release formalities. The MAEF has sanctioned grant-in-aid of Rs. 15.56 crore to 98 NGOs in Kerala so far. The State-wise numbers of NGOs assisted by MAEF including the State of Kerala are available on the website of MAEF at www.maef.nic.in.

(d) and (e): Under IDMI, as per procedural  requirement of the scheme, the second  installment  is  to  be  claimed  within  one  year  of  release  of  the  first installment.  25%  of  the  total  grant  has  to  be  contributed  by  the  minority institution.  The  beneficiary  institutions  are  also  required  to  furnish  audited details of expenditure in the prescribed proforma duly attested by a Chartered Accountant. The funds for the second installment are released only after the fulfillment of the requisite requirements.

Under MsDP, the funds are released in two installments of 50% each and the 2nd installment would be released on utilization of 60% of 1st installment.  In case of  innovative  projects,  the  funds  are  released  in  three  installments  of 30%, 30% and 40%.  The 1st installment of the approved Central Share is released  after  approval  of  the  project  by  the  Ministry.    The  Ministry  has released 1 st installment to the States/UTs for all the approved projects. The release  of  subsequent  installments  depends on  the  receipt  of  the  Utilisation Certificates (UCs) along with the necessary documents for the projects. The 2 nd installment in cases of plans/projects have been released wherever all the necessary documents viz. UC, Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) etc. have been submitted by the State Government.

Besides, under MAEF, the second installment of 30% is released after receipt of the utilization certificate (UC) of first installment, physical inspection of the assisted project and approval of the Governing Body of MAEF. The decision for release of second installment  is taken by the Governing Body. The delay,  if any, occurs in  release of second installment of grant due to requirement  of UC, inspection report and approval by the sub-committee and Governing Body of MAEF. There are 82 cases of second installment of grant-in-aid for approval of the sub-committee and Governing Body of MAEF.

No case of  Idukki  district  of  Kerala  is  pending  for  release  of  grant  in  the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

State-wise details of funds released under IDMI and MsDP schemes including Kerala are given in Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY TO  PARTS  (d)  AND  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3856 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015 ASKED BY ADV. JOICE GEORGE REGADING 'INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT'

## (I) Financial  and  Physical  progress  under  IDMI  (Rs.  in  Lakh)  during  last  two years

| S. N .   | States         | 2014-15           | 2014-15   | 2015-16           | 2015-16   |
|----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|          |                | No. of Institutes | Amount    | No. of Institutes | Amount    |
| 1.       | Gujarat        | -                 | -         | -                 | -         |
| 2.       | Haryana        | 6                 | 17.68     | -                 | -         |
| 3.       | Karnataka      | 20                | 291.51    | -                 | -         |
| 4.       | Kerala         | -                 | -         | -                 | -         |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh | 4                 | 32.11     | -                 | -         |
| 6.       | Maharashtra    | 60                | 572.34    | -                 | -         |
| 7.       | Rajasthan      | -                 | -         | -                 | -         |
| 8.       | Uttarakhand    | 3                 | 15.02     | 4                 | 39.58     |
| 9.       | Sikkim         | -                 |           | -                 | -         |
| 10.      | Mizoram        | 31                | 205.84    | -                 | -         |
| 11.      | Tamil Nadu     | 1                 | 4.88      | -                 | -         |
| 12.      | Uttar Pradesh  | 1                 | 5.33      | -                 | -         |
|          | Total          | 126               | 1144.71   | 4                 | 39.58     |

- II.  State-wise  amount  sanctioned  and  released  for  infrastructure  development  projects  in  Madarsas  under Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)

(Rs. in lakh)

| Year            | State       | Additional Classrooms   | Additional Classrooms   | Additional Classrooms            | Hostels       | Hostels       | Hostels                          | Water Tank    | Water Tank    | Water Tank                       |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------|
| Year            | State       | Unit Sanction           | Fund Approved           | Fund Released (1 st installment) | Unit Sanction | Fund Approved | Fund Released (1 st installment) | Unit Sanction | Fund Approved | Fund Released (1 st installment) |
| During 2014- 15 | West Bengal | --                      | --                      | --                               | 20            | 1397.94       | 699                              | --            | --            | --                               |
| During 2014- 15 | Tripura     | 5                       | 25                      | 13.5                             | --            | --            | --                               | 1             | 0.9           | 0.45                             |
| During 2014- 15 | Total       | 5                       | 25                      | 13.5                             | 20            | 1397.94       | 699                              | 1             | 0.9           | 0.45                             |
| During 2015- 16 | West Bengal | 124                     | 469                     | 234.75                           | 3             | 280           | 109                              | --            | --            | --                               |
|                 | Total       | 124                     | 469                     | 234.75                           | 3             | 280           | 109                              | --            | --            | --                               |