Lok Sabha Question No. 381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: District Vigilance and Monitoring Committees
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 381

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.2.2016

## DISTRICT VIGILANCE AND MONITORING COMMITTEES

## 381. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the meetings of the District Vigilance and M Committees in the country particularly in the backward States like Bihar are not regularly or have not taken ev en once, if so, the details thereof State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether any action has been taken/proposed to be taken by the Government includin of responsibility in those districts where the said meetings have not taken place conducted on reg ular basis; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDA RSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) : As per the Guidelines of Vigilance & Monitoring Committee (VMC), the district level VMC meeting should be held in every quarter on (i) Last Saturday of May; (ii) First Saturday First Saturday of November; and (iv) First Saturday of February All the States/UTs were requested to conduct the DVMC meetings as per the VMC guidelines. The DVMC meeting held during 2014 - 15 and 2015- 16, State/UT - wise is given at Annexure -I.
- (b) & (c) : After the formation of XVI Lok Sabha, the Ministry advised all State/UTs to reconst VMCs at district level in all the rural districts nominating Hon'ble elected Members of Parliament as Chairpersons /Co - Chairpersons vide letter dated 8.8.2014.

The State Governments were reminded from time to time for regular meeting of VMCs and uploa the agenda, MOM etc. in the Ministry's website. Letters from Secretary ( RD) toChief Secretaries of all the States/UT Administration issued on 15 th May, 2015 and again on 5 th November, 2015 to instruct th e District  Collectors  to  hold  the  District  level  VMC  meetings  as  per  the  guidelines Additional Secretary(RD) has also requested Principal Secretary(RD) of all the States on 3 rd December, 2015to instruct the District Collectors to hold the District level VMC meetings as per the guidelines . Such letters from Adviser (Stat) were issued on 28 th November, 2014 and 17 th March, 2015.

It is also emphasized in the Performance Review Committee (PRC) meeting held on 18 th and 19 th September, 2014, 13 th and 14 th Ja nuary, 2015 and8 th and 9 th July, 2015.

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## Annexure referred in reply to Lok SabhaUnstarred Question No. 381 due for answer on 25.2.2016

District level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee Meeting -held during  2014 - 15 and 2015- 16 ( State/UT - wise )

| Sl. No.   | Name of State        |   No of Meetings held during 2014 - 15 |   No of Meetings held during 2015 - 16 |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                                      3 |                                      8 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                      3 |                                      1 |
| 3         | Assam                |                                      7 |                                      5 |
| 4         | Bihar                |                                      9 |                                      1 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                                     23 |                                     33 |
| 6         | Goa                  |                                      0 |                                      1 |
| 7         | Gujarat              |                                      6 |                                      2 |
| 8         | Haryana              |                                     18 |                                     35 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     |                                      7 |                                      1 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand            |                                      4 |                                      7 |
| 12        | Karnataka            |                                     12 |                                     18 |
| 13        | Kerala               |                                      5 |                                     14 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |                                     15 |                                     30 |
| 15        | Maharashtra          |                                     15 |                                     63 |
| 16        | Manipur              |                                      0 |                                      6 |
| 17        | Meghalaya            |                                      0 |                                      2 |
| 18        | Mizoram              |                                     10 |                                     13 |
| 19        | Nagaland             |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 20        | Odisha               |                                     10 |                                     14 |
| 21        | Punjab               |                                      0 |                                      1 |
| 22        | Rajasthan            |                                      8 |                                     48 |
| 23        | Sikkim               |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 24        | Telangana            |                                      0 |                                      4 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           |                                      6 |                                      1 |
| 26        | Tripura              |                                      1 |                                      1 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          |                                      8 |                                     15 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        |                                     13 |                                     13 |
| 29        | West Bengal          |                                      0 |                                     12 |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 31        | Daman & Diu          |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 33        | Lakshadweep          |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 34        | Puducherry           |                                      0 |                                      0 |
|           | Total                |                                    183 |                                    349 |