I think you may be right. But the news item is not clear whether Assam (or the other states) actually put up the 25% and then could not utilize the funds or whether they couldn't get the funds because they could not meet the 25% stipilation.
But again, its not just in this particular case. For a state, so strapped for funds, we continuously hear of funds being returned to the Center for non-utilization. It seems many a time, the funds just sit there and promptly returned at the end of the fiscal year, every year. >I wonder if there is one official in Assam government who has the responsibility >of an overview of all such grants and challenge funds. There probably isn't, and if there were one, the person is not 'being able' to do hir/her job right. On 5/13/05, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the root of the problem is in, " According to the existing norm, > schemes are implemented with the states contributing 25 per cent of the > total expenditure. But the northeastern states have been demanding a change > in the funding pattern to 90:10." > Most probably the states cannot put up the 25 per cent, so they do not get > the other 75 per cent. I wonder if there is one official in Assam government > who has the responsibility of an overview of all such grants and challenge > funds. If there is not, there needs to be one, and he should be closely > attached to the chief minister. That is the only way money from the center > can be used to the last paisa according to the rules and stipulations. > Dilip > > Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here it is again - non utilization of Central funds. Can someone > explain why these states have not been able to utilize nearly 600 > crores? At the same time they are asking for more. > > Again Assam is the leader among NE states : > > "Giving estimates of individual states for the last year, the minister > revealed that Assam had the worst performance with around Rs 218 crore > remaining unutilised." > > Is it solvable or do Assam's rural areas just have to live with it. If > this is not an example of abject failure of the GOA in direction, what > is? > > --Ram > > > States fail to utilise rural funds > OUR CORRESPONDENT > New Delhi, May 12: Almost all the northeastern states have failed to > utilise the funds allotted to them by the Centre for rural > development. > > During the last financial year (2005-05), nearly Rs 600 crore could > not be spent as the states were unable to follow the established > procedures laid down by the ministry for rural development. > > Concerned over the development, minister of rural development > Raghunvansh Prasad Singh held a meeting with Northeast MPs yesterday > to discuss ways to increase utilisation of funds sanctioned to the > region. > > The minister will shortly visit Assam and Tripura to review the status > of ongoing projects and give teeth to the monitoring mechanism. > > The MPs were given estimates of funds sanctioned by the ministry > during the previous fiscal to each of the states, except Mizoram. > > The meeting, which lasted for more than two hours, was held at the > India International Centre. > > "Funds that could not be spent last year would be adjusted in the > current year's budget of the ministry for the Northeast. This means > that less funds would be available to the region from the current > year's budget," said an MP. > > Giving estimates of individual states for the last year, the minister > revealed that Assam had the worst performance with around Rs 218 crore > remaining unutilised. > > Most MPs from the region demanded an increase in the allocation of > funds on programmes like the Indira Awaas Yojana. > > According to the existing norm, schemes are implemented with the > states contributing 25 per cent of the total expenditure. But the > northeastern states have been demanding a change in the funding > pattern to 90:10. > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
