Lok Sabha Question No. 1349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Financial Assistance to NGOs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, RODMAL NAGAR, VIRENDER KASHYAP

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT**

**LOK SABHA**

#### UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1349

#### TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2015

**1349. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NGOS**

**SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:**

**SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:**

**SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:**

**SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:**

**Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:**

(a) the details of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Voluntary Organisations(VOs) which have been provided financial assistance under various schemes run by the Ministry during each of the last three years and the current year, State, NGO and Scheme-wise;

(b) the criteria/mechanism followed by the Government to monitor the utilisation and detect misutilisation of funds by these NGOs/VOs;

(c) the details and names of the NGOs/ VOs found involved in irregularities such as misuse of funds etc. during the said period, State-wise; and

(d) the action taken by the Government against these NGOs/VOs, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE FOR Social Justice and Empowerment

**(SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)**

(a):   The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

(b): The following criteria/mechanism is followed to monitor the utilization and detect misutilisation of funds by the NGOs:

(i) Funds are released to the NGOs only after receipt of recommendation of the State Level Grant-in-Aid (GIA) Committee, Inspection Reports, Utilization Certificate and Audited Accounts.

(ii) Surprise inspections of the NGOs by the officers of the Ministry.

(iii) The schemes/programmes implemented through NGOs are also monitored by respective State Governments /UT Administrations.

(iv) The Ministry sponsors evaluation studies from time to time through independent evaluation agencies, inter alia, to check proper utilization of funds by the implementing agencies under various Schemes/Programmes.

(v) In the event of proven misappropriation of funds by an NGO, the Ministry initiates action to blacklist the NGO.

(vi) To ensure greater speed and transparency in  processing of applications for grants in aid (G-I-A) and release of GIA to the NGOs, the system has been made mandatorily online w.e.f. 1/4/2014.  As per this system NGOs are required to upload their application on the online processing and tracking portal of the Ministry, which are then processed online at various levels in the district administration, State secretariat and the Central Ministry.

(c) and (d) : The details of NGOs/VOs, State-wise who have been found involved in irregularities and have been blacklisted and the action taken against them is given in Annexure.

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**Annexure**

**Annexure referred to in part (c) and (d) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1349 for answer on 28-07-2015 regarding "Financial Assistance to NGOs".**

**Details of NGOs/VOs, , State-wise, who have been found involved in irregularities and have been blacklisted and the action taken against them.**

|   Sl.No. | Name of State                      | Name of NGO/VO                               | Action Taken                                                                                                                                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh,  Guntur District.  | Sree Sarda Mahila Vignan Samithi.            | These NGOs were blacklisted and the State Governments have been asked for recovery of the grant-in-aid released to them to the extent of misutilisation. |
|        2 | Assam                              | Dhalopur Rural Development Centre.           |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        3 | Delhi,  Delhi North East District. | Saint Sainath Modern Public Shiksha Samiti.  |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        4 | Haryana                            | Haryana Nav  Yuvak Kala Sangam.              |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh,  District Morena.  | Shri Gopal Shikshan And Samaj Seva Samiti.   |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        6 |                                    | Kamla Swasthya Evam Shiksha Prasarak Samiti. |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        7 |                                    | Pawan Gramin Samaj Sewa Samiti               |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        8 | Maharashtra,  District Jalgaon.    | Akanksha Bahuddeshiya Sansthan *             |                                                                                                                                                          |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh,  Bijnor.            | Arya Sugandha Sansthan.                      |                                                                                                                                                          |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh,  Varanasi.          | Chitragupt Shikshan Sansthan.                |                                                                                                                                                          |

* Note: The organization was blacklisted on 12-09-2014 and later de-blacklisted

on 20-07-2015 based on fresh inspection  reports obtained from the State Government.