Lok Sabha Question No. 2093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Bundelkhand Package
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2093 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.7.2016

## BUNDELKHAND PACKAGE

2093. SHRI BHARON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the schemes/projects implemented by the Government under the special package for the Bundelkhand region;

(b) the funds allocated, released and utilised for the region during each of the last three years, scheme/project-wise;

(c) whether the Government has received complaints of irregularity/misuse of funds, if so, the details thereof including the number of such complaints received during the said period along with the action taken thereon;

(d) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for generating employment in the said region; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to check migration of people from the said region?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTR OF STATE FOR HOUSING &  URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## ( RAO INDERJIT SINGH )

- (a)         In view of the consecutive deficient rainfall in Bundelkhand Region since 2004, an  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Team  (IMCT)  was  constituted  by  the  Department  of Agriculture  and  Cooperation  in  2008  to  assess  the  situation  and  recommend measures to mitigate the effects of frequent droughts and agricultural development of  the  region.  IMCT submitted its report in April 2008. Based on the report of the IMCT,  the  Cabinet  approved  a  Special  Package  on  19.11.2009  for  implementing Drought  Mitigation  Strategies  in  Bundelkhand  region  at  a  cost  of  Rs.7266  crore comprising  of  Rs.  3506  crores  for  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Rs.  3760  crores  for  Madhya Pradesh to be implemented over a period of 3 years from 2009-10 to 2011-12. The Government further approved, on 19 th  May 2011, an additional amount of Rs. 200 crore (Rs.100 crore each for Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) to provide drinking water in Bundelkhand region. The package was extended during 12 th  Plan under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF). Since 2015-16, the BRGF including Bundelkhand Package has been delinked from Central Funding.

(b)     The total releases under Bundelkhand package were Rs.4685.62 crore to both the States since its inception in 2009. It includes Rs.2110.67 crore to Uttar Pradesh and Rs.2574.95 crore to Madhya Pradesh. During last three years (2013-14 to 20152016), Rs.898.12 crore to UP and Rs.694.09 crore to MP were released as given below:

(Rs. Crore)

| States   |   Release 2013-14 |   Release 2014-15 |   Release 2015-16 |   Total Released |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| U.P.     |            250.17 |            383.11 |            264.84 |           898.12 |
| M.P.     |            288.51 |              0    |            405.58 |           694.09 |

(c) The State Governments reported irregularities under Bundelkhand package. Administrative action was also taken against 17 Officers/employees in Uttar Pradesh and 33 Officers/employees in Madhya Pradesh. (d) & (e) The

Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (MGNREGA) is already being implemented in the country including all the districts of the  Bundelkhand  Region  to  provide  wage  employment  to  rural  workforce  for unskilled  work and  minimize their  migration. During the year  2016-17, the funds released to Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh under MGNREGA  (as on 21.07.2016) were  Rs. 2223.29 crore and Rs. 2044.40 crore, respectively.

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