Lok Sabha Question No. 1104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-22
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JANARDAN MISHRA, N.K. PREMACHANDRAN, JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, HARISH DWIVEDI, ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1104 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2016

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

- +1104. SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of schemes under implementation for empowerment of women including tribal  women  and  development  of  children  in  the  country  including  through  NonGovernmental  Organisations  (NGOs)  along  with  the  budgetary  allocation,  funds released and utilized thereunder during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b)  whether the Government has also sought additional funds for such schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has evaluated the performance of NGOs in implementation of schemes, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d)  whether several NGOs seeking financial assistance have been found to be fake and if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government to check credential of such NGOs and the criteria/parameter adopted to grant assistance to them; and
- (e)  the irregularities reported/noticed in funds utilization by States/UTs and NGOs during the said period and the action taken against them along with the mechanism in place for effective  implementation  of  schemes  and  to  check  misutilisation  of  funds thereunder?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) : The Ministry of  Women  and  Child  Development is implementing a number  of schemes/programmes  for  empowerment  of    women  and  development  of  children  across  the country.  The schemes/programmes are implemented for all women including tribal women for their  empowerment.    Some  of  the  schemes  are  implemented  through  Non-Governmental Organizations  (NGOs).  The  details  of  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry  and  funds  allocated  / sanctioned,  released  and  utilization  reported  by  the  States/UTs  under  these  schemes  are available in the Annual Reports of the Ministry for the respective years.  The copies of these Reports  are  available  in  the  Library  of  Lok  Sabha  Secretariat  and  are  also  available  on  the Ministry's website viz. www.wcd.nic.in.

The details of  budget  allocation  (Budget  Estimates  -  BE)  and  Revised  Estimates  (RE) and  funds  released  /  expenditure  incurred  under  the  schemes  of  the  Ministry  during  the  last three financial years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and the current year 2016-17 are as under:

(Rs. in crores)

| Year    | BE        | RE        | Expenditure                 | %Expenditure w.r.t. RE   |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14 | 20,350.00 | 18,200.00 | 17979.40                    | 98.79                    |
| 2014-15 | 21,100.00 | 18,500.00 | 18,447.54                   | 99.72                    |
| 2015-16 | 10,286.73 | 17,257.00 | 15,187.19                   | 87.88                    |
| 2016-17 | 17,300.00 | -         | 4,468.26 (as on 21.07.2016) | -                        |

(b), (c) and (d): No Madam.

(e): Review Meetings with Women  and Child Development Departments of State Governments / UT Administrations are held to discuss the issues for effective implementation of the  programmes  and  schemes  to  expedite  beneficiary  coverage  and  proper  fund  utilization. Regional  level  consultations  are  also  held  to  discuss  issues  concerning  implementation  of schemes.    The  monitoring  reports  received  from  States  are  analysed  in  the  Ministry.    The problem  areas  are  communicated  to  concerned  States/UTs  for  taking  corrective  actions.    In addition, regular State visits are conducted by the Ministry's officials in order to understand the implementation problems being faced by States/UTs.  The Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) are  monitored  with  the  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  including  operationalisation  of sanctioned projects.  The Central Sector Schemes of the Ministry, which have inbuilt monitoring mechanism, are also periodically reviewed for their proper and better implementation.

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