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STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18)
(SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA)
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEME OF MULTI-SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/PRADHAN MANTRI JAN VIKAS KARYAKRAM
SIXTY-SECOND REPORT
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI
August, 2018/Shravana, 1940 (Saka)
SIXTY-SECOND REPORT
STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18)
(SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA)
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEME OF MULTI-SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/PRADHAN MANTRI JAN VIKAS KARYAKRAM
Presented to Lok Sabha on 09.08.2018
Laid in Rajya Sabha on 09.08.2018
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI
August, 2018/Shravana, 1940 (Saka)
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CONTENTS
PAGE(s) COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2016-17) ......
COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18)......
INTRODUCTION......
REPORT
CHAPTER-I A. Background and Introduction 1
B. Implementation Area
CHAPTER-II Priority Sectors under MsDP and their implementation 11 status
CHAPTER-III Approval of Plans under MsDP through various 40 Committees
CHAPTER-IV Allocation of Funds 44
CHAPTER-V Minority Mechanism and Evaluation of MsDP 50
CHAPTER-VI Awareness Generation 55
ANNEXURES I. DETAILS OF THE DISTRICT HQ, BLOCKS, TOWNS 58 WITH SUBSTANTIAL MINORITY POPULATION AS PROPOSED UNDER RESTRUCTURED
II. MINUTES OF THE 16TH SITTING OF THE STANDING 87 COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2016-17) HELD ON 30.06.2017
III. MINUTES OF THE 13TH SITTING OF THE STANDING 90 COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18) HELD ON 29.05.2018.
IV. MINUTES OF THE 16TH SITTING OF THE STANDING 93 COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18) HELD ON 07.08.2018.
APPENDIX
STATEMENT OF OBSERVATIONS/ RECOMMENDATIONS 95 CONTAINED IN THE REPORT.
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COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2016-17)
SHRI RAMESH BAIS - CHAIRPERSON
MEMBERS
LOK SABHA
2. Shri Kantilal Bhuria 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 4. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya 5. Shri Jhina Hikaka #6. Shri Prakash B. Hukkeri *7. Shri Bhagwant Khuba *8. Shri Mohanbhai K. Kundariya 9. Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande 10. Smt. K. Maragatham 11. Shri Kariya Munda 12. Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera Naik 13. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 14. Sadhvi Savitri Bai Phule 15. Dr. Udit Raj 16. Smt. Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 17. Kunwar Bhartendra Singh 18. Prof. Sadhu Singh 19. Smt. Mamta Thakur 20. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 21. Shri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav
RAJYA SABHA
22. Smt. Jharna Das Baidya 23. Dr. Tazeen Fatma 24. Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel 25. Shri Ahamed Hassan 26. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 27. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 28. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 29. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 30. Smt. Chhaya Verma 31. Shri Ramkumar Verma ______
* Shri Bhagwant Khuba and Shri Mohanbhai K. Kundariya changed their nomination w.e.f. 19.10.2016.
# Shri Prakash B. Hukkeri changed his nomination w.e.f. 23.11.2016. (iv)
COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (2017-18)
SHRI RAMESH BAIS - CHAIRPERSON
MEMBERS
LOK SABHA
2. Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria 3. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 4. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya 5. Shri Jhina Hikaka 6. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste 7. Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande 8. Smt. K. Maragatham 9. Shri Kariya Munda 10. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 11. Dr. Udit Raj 12. Shri Ch. Malla Reddy 13. Smt. Satabdi Roy 14. Kunwar Bharatendra Singh 15. Prof. Sadhu Singh 16. Smt. Mamata Thakur 17. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 18. Shri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav *19. Dr. Karan Singh Yadav 20. Vacant 21. Vacant
RAJYA SABHA
22. Smt. Jharna Das Baidya #23. Shri Abir Ranjan Biswas 24. Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel 25. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 26. Dr. Narendra Jadhav **27. Smt. Kanta Kardam 28. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 29. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 30. Smt. Chhaya Verma 31. Shri Ramkumar Verma
______* Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 14.03.2018 ** Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 02.06.2018 # Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 23.06.2018 in place of Shri Ahamed Hassan.
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LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
1. Shri Ashok Kumar Singh - Additional Secretary 2. Shri Ashok Sajwan - Director 3. Smt. Mamta Kemwal - Additional Director 4. Smt. Shashi Bisht - Sr. Executive Assistant
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INTRODUCTION
I, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2017-18) having been authorized by the Committee to submit the Report on their behalf, present this Sixty-second Report on 'Implementation of scheme of Multi-sectoral Development Programme/Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram'.
2. The Committee took two oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on 30.06.2017 and 29.05.2018. The observations of the Committee are based on the appraisal of the evidence of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
3. The Report was considered and adopted by the Committee at their sitting held on 07.08.2018.
4. The Committee wish to express their thanks to officers of the Ministry of Minority Affairs for furnishing Written Replies and other materials/information and also for appearing before the Committee to tender their evidence in connection with the examination of the subject.
5. For facility of reference and convenience, the observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report.
NEW DELHI; RAMESH BAIS Chairperson, 7 August, 2018 Standing Committee on 16 Shravana, 1940 (Saka) Social Justice and Empowerment
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REPORT
CHAPTER-I
1.1 The Multi Sectoral Development (MsDP) Programme is meant to improve the socio-economic conditions of minorities and providing basic amenities to them for improving the quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in the identified Minority Concentration Areas.
A. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION 1.2 The MsDP a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented through State/UT agencies was launched in the year 2008-09 in the 90 identified Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) of 20 States/UTs to address the development deficit of minority concentration areas by creating socio-economic infrastructure, providing basic amenities and permits various interventions for addressing development deficits of indentified Minority Concentration Areas.
1.3 The programme provides for gap-filling by topping up of existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of various Central Ministries/Departments. Innovative projects which are not covered by any of the existing Central Sector Schemes of various
Ministries are also taken up.
1.4 During 2008-09 to 2012-13, the unit of implementation was Minority Concentration District. To make the programme more effective and more focused on the targeted minorities, the programme was revamped in year 2013-14. In the restructured MsDP the unit area of planning has been changed to blocks/towns instead of district for sharper focus on the minority concentration areas and to increase minority coverage. The revamped MsDP had identified 710 Bocks, 66 towns and 13 Cluster of villages in 196 Districts for its implementation during 12th Plan. 1.5 Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) with a minimum of 25 per cent minority i.e. Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Zoroastrians (Parsis) population were MCAs selected on the basis of backwardness parameters.
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1.6 In case of States/UTs of Punjab, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, J&K and Lakshadweep where one of the notified minority community is in majority, a minimum of 15 % population of other minority communities.
RESTRUCTURING OF MsDP FOR IMPLEMENTATION DURING REMAINING PERIOD OF 14TH FINANCE COMMISSION.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)
1.7 The Government has approved the Multi-sectoral Development Programme for its implementation during remaining period of 14th Finance Commission i.e upto 2019-20 with some modifications. The name of MsDP has been changed to Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK). The features of Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) are as under:-
a) Earmarking of resources i. 80 per cent of resources are for projects related to education, skill & health. ii. 33-40 per cent resources to be earmarked for Women oriented projects.
b) Inclusion of more eligible areas i. The Block and Town Level Data in respect of Socio-economic & Basic Amenities have been used. Till now the identification of MCBs were made on district level data. This approach has ensured the inclusion of more eligible areas.
ii. Will be implemented in MCAs of 308 districts instead of 196 districts (covered under MsDP). The area of PMJKV identified as per Census 2011 will cover:- 1. 109 Minority Concentration Districts Headquarters(re-inducted) 2. 870 Minority Concentration Blocks 3. 321 Minority Concentration Towns.
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1.8 The comparative details of modifications in the Programme are as under:
MsDP Modification MsDP
Area unit of implementation Minority Concentration Block Minority Concentration Block Minority Concentration Towns Minority Concentration Towns Clusters of Villages Clusters of Villages Hqrs of Minority concentration Districts Parameters for identification Population of Minority communities above Population of Minority communities above 25% (15% in 25%(15% in 6 States having Minority Community 6 States having Minority Community in majority). in majority). (ii)Socio-economic & Basic Amenities parameters (ii)Socio-economic & Basic Amenities parameters including including (a). Socio-economic (a). Socio-economic (i). Literacy rates (i). Literacy rates (ii) female literacy rates (ii) female literacy rates (iii) Work participation (iii) Work participation (b) Basic amenities (b) Basic amenities (i) Female Work Participation (i) Female Work Participation (ii)Household with Pacca Wall (ii)Household with Pacca Wall (iii)Household with safe drinking water (iii)Household with safe drinking water (iv) Household with electricity. (iv) Household with electricity. (v)Household with latrine facility MCBs In case of MCB fulfillment of population criteria Kept same and either or both of socio-economic and basic amenities parameters. MCBs=710 MCBs=870
MCTs In case of MCT fulfillment of population criteria and Fulfillment of population criteria and of either of either or both of socio-economic and basic socio-economic parameters. amenities parameters. MCT=66 Town between 25000 to 200000 population has been chosen MCT=321 MCD Headquarters MCD have been identified on same parameters as of MCBs. MCD Hqrs=109 Clusters of Villages Cluster of villages falling in backward district Cluster of villages within 5 Kms of radius found having population of 50% from Minority were backward in terms of socio-economic and basic identified amenities including data of household with latrine would be identified. Population % has been lowered to 25% Implementing Agencies State Government/UT Admin State Government/UT Administration Central Universities State Universities
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Central Organisations Kendriya Vidayalaya Sangathan Novodaya Vidayalaya Samithi Central Para Military Forces Land for Construction Government/Govt. body land Government/Govt. body land Land of Wakf on lease Land of Central Organizations Land of Central/State Universities Land of Minority Communities on lease New interventions Sadbhav Mandap Working Women Hostel Huner Haat Old age home Shelter for destitute women Markets Rescued Children Orphanage Special Schools Computer projects in Madrasas Interactive Learning systems Individual beneficiary projects No individual beneficiary projects. Sharing Pattern As per sharing pattern of line Ministries for gap- As per sharing pattern of line Ministries for gap-filling filling projects projects 60:40 & 80:20 for innovative projects 60:40 & 90:10 for innovative projects 100% for Central Organisation(CPSEs) Monitoring Block Level Committee Block Level Committee District Level Committee District Level Committee State Level Committee State Level Committee Empowered Committee on MsDP Screening Committee under JS/AS of MsDP Empowered Committee on MsDP Online Module PMU on MsDP DISHA Geo-tagging
1.9 The details of district headquarters, blocks, towns with substantial minority population as proposed under restructured MsDP are given at Annexure-I.
1.10 When Committee desired to know about additional or new benefits would it accrue as a result of renaming it, the Ministry in their written reply stated as under:
"The erstwhile MsDP has undergone significant changes. In order to give a separate identity to the new restructured programme, it was desired to give it
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a new name. The MsDP though was being funded partially, and in some cases fully, by the Central Govt., the projects were not getting recognition as Central Govt. projects. Under PMJVK, central Ministries and its organizations can send their proposal directly to the Ministry. Renaming the programme as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram enables due recognition at the state as well as at the national level. The term Jan Vikas implies that the Karyakram is for development of the common man."
1.11 The Committee enquired if there is any change in the backwardness parameters adopted for identification of the backward districts in restructured MsDP, the Ministry in their written reply stated "an additional backwardness indicator of Census, 2011 i.e. percentage of households with latrine facility within the premise has been included."
1.12 When the Committee desired to know about the problems faced by the Ministry in implementation of the restructured MsDP as it would be implemented at the Block level now, the Ministry in their written reply informed as under:
"The MsDP was implemented at Minority Concentration District (MCD) level during 11th Plan period. The MCD covered the whole District. Thereafter, the scheme was restructured in June 2013 and the implementation unit was changed from District to Minority Concentration Blocks (MCB), Minority Concentration Towns (MCT) and Cluster of Contiguous Villages (CoV). The PMJVK shall also be implemented in MCBs, MCTs and CoVs in addition to Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD HQs). Hence, the programme is being implemented at MCB level from 12th Plan period onwards. This Ministry does not foresee any problems in implementing at the Block level. Besides, the State Governments would be implementing the projects with the support of agencies."
1.13 When asked what criteria has been adopted for identification of Minority Concentration Areas, the Ministry informed that as under :- The areas for implementation were identified on the basis of substantial population of minority communities in the area and backwardness parameters of the area. These criteria are based on the population data of Census, 2011. The details of backwardness parameters applied are:
(a) Religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district /block/town- (i) literacy rate; (ii) female literacy rate; (iii) work participation rate; (iv) female work participation rate
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(b) Basic amenities indicators at the district/block/town level- (i) percentage of households with pucca walls; (ii) percentage of households with safe drinking water; (iii) percentage of households with electricity; (iv) house with latrine facilities
B. IMPLEMENTATION AREA
1.14 Minority Concentration Blocks, Minority Concentration Towns, Minority Concentration District Headquarters and other areas for implementation have been identified on the basis of Data of Census, 2011.
a. Minority Concentration Areas of five more States/UTs namely Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Goa and Puducherry have been included under the revised MsDP. All States/UTs earlier covered under MsDP have also been included.
b. The criteria for identification of Backward Minority Concentration Towns(MCTs) have been rationalized by adopting following:- i) Towns with population between 25,000 and 2,00,000 were identified. Town level data of Census, 2011 used. ii) Instead of fulfilment of both criteria, the Town fulfilling either of the backwardness criteria were selected. c. Criteria for identification of Backward Clusters of Minority Concentration Villages (CoMCV) have been revised by adopting following:- i) Villages should be contiguous and located within 5 Km radius. ii) Cutoff of population of Minority Communities has been lowered to 25% from 50%. d. Unit area of implementation has been further broadened by including Minority Concentration Districts Headquarters in addition to Minority Concentration Blocks, Minority Concentration Towns and cluster of minority concentration villages. e. The area covered will have 109 MCD Hqrs, 870 MCBs. and 321 MCTs(Annexure-II). CoMCV will be identified later on the proposal of State/UT.
f. The above MCD Hrq, MCBs & MCTs fall in 308 districts of 32 States.
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g. Identified backward MCDs Headquarters would be covered for limited selective interventions. Such interventions would include higher secondary schools including KVs and NVKs, degree colleges, Sadbhav Mandaps,
hostels, Health care facilities and working women hostels.
1.15 The Committee when enquired about the details of the total number of families living below the poverty line or double below the poverty line in the Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) and the main/prime income sources of these families, the Ministry in their written reply submitted as under:
" MsDP is primarily a scheme for creation of assets for socio-economic and basic amenities development to bring about overall improvement in the living conditions of people living in the minority concentration areas which are relatively backward. The beneficiaries for this project are identified by the States/UTs as per the existing terms of the concerned scheme of Government. The Ministry on its part ensures that there is no duplication in the proposed project by taking a declaration from the concerned State/UT in this regard. It being a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the project formulation and its implementation are done by concerned State/UT. Under the scheme, the projects to fill the existing gaps of the existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Government of India and innovative project for the welfare of minorities are sanctioned for implementation in identified Minority Concentration Areas. The States/UTs as per their felt need and requirement submit projects to the Ministry for consideration. As such, the scheme allows implementation of various existing central schemes of different Ministries/Departments that address the backward condition in such identified areas and the norms and guidelines of such schemes are followed. The projects under MsDP are implemented by the district authorities under the overall guidance of the District Collector/Deputy Commissioner. For beneficiary oriented projects namely Indira Awas Yojana/PMAY, the Socio Economic Caste Census list prepared by the M/o Rural Development are used by the District Authorities."
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1.16 When asked to furnish State-wise/Year-wise details regarding the number of poor families benefitted by the projects under MsDP which are basic amenities for uplifting the quality of life of the Minorities during 11th Five Year Plan, the Ministry in their written reply furnished as under:
"Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) is a special area development programme with the main objective of developing assets for socio-economic development and to make available basic amenities in backward areas having a substantial minority population. It being a gap filling initiative for identified Minority Concentration Areas, the States/UTs as per their felt need and requirement submit their projects to fill the gaps under the existing schemes of Government. In case of individual beneficiary oriented schemes, the State identifies the eligible beneficiaries as per the existing guidelines of the concerned scheme of Government. However, being a special area development programme, the project for creation of asset for community as a whole is given priority. Considering that the MsDP schemes are implemented with a view to provide basic amenities in Minority Concentration area where facilities are used by the entire population in the catchments areas, no data regarding the number of poor families benefitted by the projects under MsDP are maintained. The whole population residing in the catchment area of the project is considered as the beneficiaries for the project but it is ensured that the project is taken up in areas having at least 25% minority population."
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1.17 The Committee wonder as to why the details of total number of families living below the poverty line or double below the poverty line in Minority Concentration Areas are not available with the Ministry who have been mandated for the welfare of minority communities. When this information was sought by the Committee during the examination of DFG for 2016-17, the Ministry in their action taken reply had informed that the matter had been taken up with NITI Ayog as the matter of socio-religious census is pending with them. The Committee feel that being a nodal Ministry they ought to have the data of minority communities specially the families living below the poverty line or double below the poverty line in the Minority Concentration Districts/Areas. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Ministry should pursue the matter with the NITI Aayog to provide exact number of persons living below poverty line or double below the poverty line belonging to the minority communities so that the provisions of creation of assets for providing basic amenities/ infrastructure like health, education, skill development should be made according to their need.
1.18 The Committee find that no data regarding the number of families benefitted by the projects, community wise, under MsDP are maintained by the Ministry. The Committee are not satisfied with the reasons given by the Ministry viz., the basic amenities which are provided under MsDP are used by the entire population in the catchments areas. The Committee feel that Ministry should understand that the main objective of the Scheme is to develop assets and basic amenities in socio-economic backward areas having substantial minority population. The Committee feel that in the absence of data of community-wise beneficiaries, the Ministry would be unable to analyse the impact of the scheme on minorities. The Committee would like to be apprised about the number of poor families benefitted, community-wise, by the projects under MsDP since inception i.e., 2008-2009 to till date.
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1.19 The Committee observe that the Multi Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) was conceived as a special initiative of the follow up action on the Sachar Committee recommendation. The Scheme was launched in 2008-09 in 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) to address the development deficits of Minority Concentration Areas by creating socio-economic infrastructure and providing basic amenities. The Scheme was revamped in the year 2013-14. In revised MsDP, the unit area of planning has been changed to blocks/towns and indentified 710 Blocks, 66 town and 13 Cluster of villages in 196 Districts for its implementation during 12th Plan. The Scheme has again been restructured for implementation during the remaining period of 14th Finance Commission i.e., upto 2019-2020. Now, the area covered will have 109 MCD Hqrs, 870 MCBs and 321 MCTs of 308 districts of 32 States. The Committee note that the name of the Programme has also been changed to Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK). Renaming the programme as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram enables the recognition at the State as well as at the national level and Central Ministries and its organisations can send proposals directly to the Ministry. The Committee note that the Ministry have revised the Scheme many times with some modifications here and there but the socio-economic condition of the Minorities has not changed much. There are significant trends of missing of basic amenities/infrastructure in minority concentration areas. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the all-out efforts should be made by the Ministry for productive implementation of the Programme.
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CHAPTER II PRIORITY SECTORS UNDER MsDP AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
2.1 The Projects taken up under MsDP are related to provide better infrastructure for education, skill education, health, sanitation Pucca Housing, road, drinking water besides schemes for creating income generating opportunities.
Implementation Status of MsDP Programme during 11th Five Year Plan period (2007-08 to 2011-12) 2.2 Backward Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) for 11th Plan: The districts found relatively backward(in terms of national
average) in either of parameters adopted and having minimum of 25% population of Minority Communities were identified as MCDs.
Total 90 MCDs of 20 States were identified during 11th Plan and 2012-13.
2.3 On being asked, the Ministry have furnished the following statements regarding various projects sanctioned, completed and work in progress under MsDP during 11th Plan period :
Multi sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for Minority Concentration Blocks/Towns (MCBs/MCTs) for 11th Five Year Plan
Physical Progress Report Skill Health Aganw Drinking Water Sl. Pucca State Education Development adi No. Centre Housing
Degree School Additional Hostels Lab Toilet & Teaching ITI Poly- Skill Total of AWC Hand IAY College building class equip. DW in aid Building technic Trainin Health pumps/ Drinking rooms School g DWS Water Facilties
1 Uttar Pradesh U.S. 61 667 12 2 1578 0 32 19 870 9336 12510 84480 U.C 25 512 7 0 826 0 11 1 651 7777 10070 74377 WIP 35 102 5 0 0 0 21 18 41 850 119 2785
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2 West Bengal U.S. 41 6965 39 60 66 40 6 3 743 7007 6529 37532 U.C 34 6940 38 60 66 40 6 3 742 7007 6529 37526 WIP 7 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 Assam U.S. 0 3557 38 50 294 16 15 1 133 2077 11192 89836 U.C 0 345 4 0 144 0 0 0 83 604 4279 53575 WIP 0 774 13 0 4 0 6 0 10 1025 3447 20357 4 Bihar U.S. 92 2056 41 53 1360 0 3 2 249 4835 2533 35657 U.C 56 1195 25 53 404 0 1 1 157 1471 2034 21805 WIP 32 543 12 0 75 0 0 0 61 688 201 7897 5 Manipur U.S. 375 0 35 0 0 0 1 0 152 75 679 5940 U.C 199 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 70 60 422 5940 WIP 176 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 82 15 224 0
6 Haryana U.S. 8 183 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 142 0 2000 U.C 6 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 2000 WIP 8 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 19 0 7 Jharkhand U.S. 0 28 8 0 0 1 8 2 237 1335 0 9215 U.C 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 173 1008 0 8764 WIP 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 1 46 236 0 450 8 Uttrakhand U.S. 2 69 0 0 17 0 1 2 24 455 914 0 U.C 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 412 597 0 WIP 0 35 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 43 0 0 9 Maharashtra U.S. 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 626 0 11670 U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 405 0 10471 WIP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 1028 10 Karnataka U.S. 0 50 30 0 0 0 0 0 36 366 0 4400 U.C 0 50 12 0 0 0 0 0 36 366 0 4227 WIP 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173
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11 Andaman & U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 0 35 0 0 Nicobar Island U.C 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 0 0 WIP 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 15 0 0 12 Odisha U.S. 0 11 0 0 64 0 2 0 15 151 0 5740 U.C 0 11 0 0 58 0 0 0 15 151 0 5740 WIP 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Meghalaya U.S. 1 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 1301 5000 U.C 1 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 1301 5000 WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Kerala U.S. 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 U.C 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Mizoram U.S. 17 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 23 221 24 2758 U.C 17 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 158 10 2480 WIP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 16 Jammu & U.S. 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 40 82 0 Kashmir U.C 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 WIP 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 61 0 17 Delhi U.S. 2 80 0 0 17 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 U.C 2 80 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 Madhya U.S. 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 1000 Pradesh U.C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 876 WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 102 19 Sikkim U.S. 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 4 250 U.C 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 250 WIP 0
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
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20 Arunachal U.S. 49 240 107 10 2 10 0 0 33 557 0 5743 Pradesh U.C 34 195 23 10 2 5 0 0 15 452 0 4359 WIP 14 43 82 0 0 5 0 0 18 105 0 1384 Total U.S. 0 654 14061 334 175 3398 92 72 31 0 2537 27595 35773 0 301221 U.C 0 382 9606 124 123 1510 58 20 7 0 1971 20244 25268 0 237390 WIP 0 272 1562 154 1 99 18 34 20 0 279 3185 4085 0 34180
Abbreviation :- U.S: Unit Sanctioned, U.C.: Unit Completed, WIP: Work in Progress IAY=Indira Awas Yojana, AWC= Anganwadi Centres, ITI= Industrial Training Institute, DWS= Drinking Water Supply, ACRs= Additional Classrooms, PHC= Primary Health Centre, CHC= Community Health Centre, Mis= (IWDP- Integrated Water Development Project, District Institute of Education and Trainig (DIET), Approach Rorad, Cmpuetr with accesoriies, Libraray, Hat Sheds)
2.4 It has been observed from the above statement that the major projects related to education, skill development, health, anganwadi centres, drinking water and Pucca Housing taken up under MsDP in Minority Concentration Districts/ Blocks/Towns (MCBs/MCTs) during 11th Five Year Plan in 20 States/UTs have been included.
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Implementation Status of MsDP Programme during 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-13 to 2016-17)
2.5 The programme was continued on the format of 11th Plan in year 2012-13. However, to sharpen the focus on the targeted communities, the programme was restructured in year 2013-14. In the restructured MsDP, the area unit of implementation was changed to Minority Concentration Blocks (MCBs), Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) and Cluster of Minority Villages.
2.6 The Committee enquired whether the State Governments have been consulted before revising the programme and their response. The Ministry replied that:-
“On the basis of recommendations received from Working Group on ‘Empowerment of Minorities’ of the Planning Commission and feedback received from various quarters, the Multi-sectoral Development Programme was suitably modified for implementation during 12th Plan. At the end of 11th Plan, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was entrusted to carry out sample survey of Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) for impact assessment. The impact evaluation report revealed that there has been positive impact in creating useful socio- economic infrastructure and providing basic amenities in identified MCDs. The study recommended that the programme could be further improved. Accordingly some structural changes were carried out with the approval of the Government and it resulted in the Restructured MsDP implemented from the year 2013-14."
2.7 The Committee further enquired about the specific steps have been taken by the Ministry for implementation of MsDP on a priority basis in the cluster of contiguous minority concentration villages. The Ministry in their written reply submitted as under:
"To cover the eligible and deserving area under MsDP, a concept of cluster of contiguous minority concentration villages was adopted during 12th Plan. Under this, the identification of the eligible area as per the guidelines of MsDP is done by the concerned States/UTs. The cases recommended by the State Level Committee for identification of clusters are examined and approved by Empowered Committee on MsDP. As per proposals submitted by the States/UTs, the Ministry has identified 13 clusters of villages. The Ministry approves all types of projects to fill the existing gaps of schemes of Government in the identified clusters. The cluster approach has been continued in Re-structured MsDP for period beyond 12th Plan as well."
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2.8 In the restructured MsDP, 710 Minority Concentration Blocks, 66 Minority Concentration Towns and 15 Clusters of Villages were identified for the implementation. The Ministry furnished the following statements regarding various projects sanctioned, completed and work in progress under MsDP during 12th Plan period :
Multi sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for Minority Concentration Blocks/Towns (MCBs/MCTs) for 12th Five Year Plan Physical Progress Report as per reports received from States/UTs
State Education Digital Skill Development Health Agan- Drinking Water Pucca Income Misc. Sad- Resi- Market Sl. Literacy wadi Hous- Gener- bhav dential shed No under Centre ing ation Infra- Mandap School Cyber structure Gram
Degree School Additional Hostels Comput Lab Toilet & Teaching Free ITI Poly- Skill Total AWC Hand Drinking IAY College building class ers in equip DW in aid Bicycle Buildin nic Trai- No. of pumps Water rooms School . School for Girls g ning Health Facilties Centre
1 Uttar U.S. 9 241 546 23 112 40 463 572 0 173143 35 6 39255 200 1843 11117 212 574 0 19 0 0 0 Pradesh
U.C 0 42 193 9 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 2139 75 994 5171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 81 162 9 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 4 750 94 190 234 56 574 0 2 0 0 0
2 West U.S. 0 67 5195 211 389 0 696 179 0 170005 33 6 63720 346 5034 2933 8100 25280 60 236 151 0 100 Bengal 7 U.C 0 67 4427 157 381 0 382 0 0 0 25 2 0 241 4017 1565 7126 23383 16 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 690 46 8 0 314 0 0 0 6 4 0 105 1082 1368 974 2600 34 235 0 0 0
3 Assam U.S. 0 254 5986 82 0 29 520 0 0 0 0 0 0 237 1096 8743 645 0 0 109 16 0 320
U.C 0 1 306 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 39 3235 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 0 0 570 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar U.S. 0 243 2418 42 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 517 90 49 142 5630 0 1 52 1 0
U.C 0 54 757 10 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 3 49 134 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 70 465 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 45 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
5 Manipur U.S. 0 155 289 27 0 0 45 0 1668 0 0 0 100 65 32 29 6 1713 0 26 7 0 0
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U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 764 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haryana U.S. 0 1 392 7 0 12 71 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 142 0 178 0 4 1 5 0 0
U.C 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 1 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 26 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jharkhand U.S. 0 1 267 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 19 229 0 6 1195 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 16 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0
8 Uttrakhand U.S. 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Maharashtra U.S. 0 6 384 16 0 0 141 0 0 0 2 1 0 25 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 1 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Karnataka U.S. 0 48 194 58 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 7810 9 2 0 50 1500 0 0 10 13 0
U.C 0 24 109 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 21 33 21 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Andaman U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 & Nicobar Island U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Odisha U.S. 0 0 183 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2850 18 145 1 34 4297 4 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1854 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Meghalaya U.S. 0 1 46 7 0 0 404 0 2154 0 0 0 0 31 21 563 706 1204 0 5 0 0 0
U.C 0 1 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 563 426 0 0 0 0 0 0
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WIP 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 154 498 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kerala U.S. 0 28 152 0 0 0 0 0 1807 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Mizoram U.S. 0 15 43 0 60 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Jammu & U.S. 0 0 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 64 50 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Kashmir U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Delhi U.S. 0 0 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Madhya U.S. 0 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Pradesh U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sikkim U.S. 0 4 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 252 0 2 1 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 195 0 2 0 0 0
20 Arunacha U.S. 0 36 323 113 0 5 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 69 0 265 1441 0 6 7 0 0 l Pradesh U.C 0 14 98 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 56 0 250 1155 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 21 220 73 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 0 11 220 0 0 0 0 0
21 Andhra U.S. 0 10 222 13 0 0 0 0 2700 0 4 0 7125 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 Pradesh U.C 0 2 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 8 60 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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22 Telanga- U.S. 0 4 133 46 0 0 5 27 2896 0 2 0 4225 9 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 na U.C 0 1 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 1 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tripura U.S. 1 29 424 8 90 0 0 0 2735 18109 0 0 2520 30 0 0 223 4294 0 1 0 0 0
U.C 0 29 130 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 223 1750 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2546 0 0 0 0 0
24 Punjab U.S. 0 0 73 0 19 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 451 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 33 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 0
25 Rajasthan U.S. 2 15 966 8 10 0 0 0 0 10400 6 0 0 74 97 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
U.C 1 4 306 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 1 3 443 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
26 Gujarat U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Chattisgarh U.S. 0 6 318 15 203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. 15 1172 18637 710 893 87 2529 782 13960 371657 97 17 127605 1856 9508 24061 10649 47403 70 2548 272 27 420
U.C 2713 Total 3 220 6032 206 381 0 482 0 0 185845 28 2 2139 448 5095 7936 7915 0 16 0
WIP 2 192 2265 137 14 0 395 4 764 0 35 9 750 377 1555 1630 1448 6538 35 239
Abbreviation :- U.S: Unit Sanctioned. IAY=Indira Awas Yojana, AWC= Anganwadi Centres, ITI= Industrial Training Institute, DWS= Drinking Water Supply, ACRs= Additional Classrooms, PHC= Primary Health Centre, CHC= Community Health Centre, Mis= (IWDP- Integrated Water Development Project, District Institute of Education and Trainig (DIET), Approach Rorad, Cmpuetr with accesoriies, Libraray, Hat Sheds)
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2.9 It has been seen from the above statement that the major projects taken up under Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for Minority Concentration Blocks/Towns (MCBs/MCTs) during 12th Five Year Plan in all States/UTs included Education, Digital Literacy under Cyber Gram Skill Development, Health, Anganwadi Centres, Drinking water, Pucca Housing, Income Generation Infrastructure and other Miscellaneous projects. 2.10 The Ministry furnished a statement regarding Physical Status of Projects th during 12 Plan as under:
Sl. No. State Total no. of Asset Total no. of Asset Sanctioned completed 1 Uttar Pradesh 16012 9202 2 West Bengal 51147 41789 3 Assam 18037 369 4 Bihar 9228 1067 5 Manipur 4062 12 6 Haryana 835 37 7 Jharkhand 1734 188 8 Uttarakhand 598 584 9 Maharashtra 657 70
10 Karnataka 1963 225
11 A & N Island 0 0
12 Odisha 4702 1904 13 Meghalaya 5142 1405 14 Kerala 218 199 15 Mizoram 155 7 16 Jammu & Kashmir 161 18 17 Delhi 29 22 18 Madhya Pradesh 39 14 19 Sikkim 288 258 20 Arunachal Pradesh 2343 1620 21 Andhra Pradesh 492 21 22 Telangana 283 67 23 Tripura 5100 2333 24 Punjab 581 0 25 Rajasthan 1180 422 26 Gujarat 0 0 27 Chhattisgarh 783 420 Total 125769 62253
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2.11 The Committee note that during 12th Plan, in Punjab 581 projects have been sanctioned but no project has been completed till date. The Committee asked the reasons for the same. The Ministry in their written reply stated as under:
"The State Govt. submits progress of the projects to this Ministry through Quarterly Progress Reports. As per the information received from the State Govt. of Punjab, construction work of 215 projects are under progress. Further information regarding the progress of the projects has been requested from the State Govt."
2.12 The Ministry further stated that the matter regarding progress of the projects have been taken-up with the State Government of Punjab at appropriate level through correspondences and meetings.
2.13 The Committee find that during 12th Plan no asset sanctioned in Andaman & Nicobar and Gujarat. When Committee asked the reasons for the same, the Ministry in their written reply submitted as under:
" The projects are on a fund sharing arrangement between the Center and the State Government/UT Administration Project proposals are required to be submitted by the State Government/UT Administration to this Ministry for approval. Despite letters from the Ministry seeking proposals and tentative allocation of funds no proposals were received from the Govt. of Gujarat and A&N Islands for construction of project under the MsDP."
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IV. Implementation of MsDP during 2017-18
2.14 It has been informed that MsDP was implemented during 2017-18 on the same format as of 12th Plan.
2.15 The Ministry have furnished a statement regarding Physical Status of Projects during 2017-18 as under:
Sl. No. State Total no. of Asset Total no. of Asset Sanctioned completed 1 Uttar Pradesh 199
2 West Bengal 5301
3 Assam 21
4 Bihar 306 5 Manipur 61
6 Haryana 16 7 Jharkhand 358
8 Uttarakhand 31 Approved recently 9 Kerala 27
10 Karnataka 487
11 Mizoram 73
12 Madhya Pradesh 4 13 Sikkim 6 14 Arunachal Pradesh 223 15 Andhra Pradesh 219 16 Rajasthan 596 17 Chhattisgarh 111
2.16 During this period, the projects relating to 43 Health Centres/Sub-Centres, 1633, Anganwadi Centers, 223 Drinking Water Supply, 4569 Additional Class Rooms, 193 School Buildings, 1 Industrial Training Institute, 464 Teaching Aids, 97 Hostels and 1 Degree College have been approved.
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2.17 The Committee enquired whether any timeline has been fixed for the completion of projects under MsDP and how the Ministry would address the issue of delay of completion of Project. The Ministry stated that each project sanctioned under MsDP has different completion period and requirement. As such, a timeline for completion of each project is specified by the State in the Quarterly Progress Report.
2.18 The Ministry further added that to ensure timely completion of the projects, the Ministry has decided that any project which is not started within one year from the date of sanction will be considered for cancellation. However, the Ministry have now made a provision under re-structured MsDP for implementation during period beyond 12th Plan, that the projects will be approved with a timeline for construction work. It is expected that this provision will enable the Ministry to monitor the timely completion of projects.
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2.19 The Committee find that during 12th Plan out of 125769 projects approved only 62253 units/projects related to various States have been completed till date. The Committee are not at all happy with the progress of completion of these projects as only 50 per cent projects have been completed in 12th Plan. The Committee also find that proportion of sanctioning the assets under MsDP in various States/UTs during 12th plan period is poor vis-a-vis their completion in respect of Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as compared to other States/UTs. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should co-ordinate with the concerned States /UTs and other line Ministries to complete these incomplete projects timely.
2.20 The Committee note that in the State of Punjab 581 projects have been sanctioned but no project was completed during 12th Plan. Similarly no asset/unit has been sanctioned in Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar. The Ministry have submitted that the construction work of 215 projects in Punjab is under progress. The Ministry also informed that despite letters from the Ministry seeking proposals and tentative allocation of funds no proposals were received from the Governments of Gujarat and A&N Islands for construction of project under the MsDP. The Committee feel that MsDP is an important scheme which addresses the developmental gaps/deficits in identified backward minority concentration areas and the projects are on a fund sharing arrangement between the Center and the State Government/UT Administration. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Ministry should impress upon all the State Governments to send viable proposals and implement this scheme seriously so that more MCAs could be covered.
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2.21 When asked to furnish details regarding number of houses completed and expenditure incurred on providing Pucca Housing (State/UT-wise) during 11th and 12th Plan. The Committee also asked to furnish State/UT-wise and community-wise details of poor families in MCDs/Towns and clusters who have been benefitted by IAY and Drinking Water Supply projects during 11thand 12th Plan with expenditure incurred on them. The Ministry in their written submission informed as under:
"The unit cost approved for IAY was around Rs. 35,000 during 2008-09. Thereafter it was revised to Rs. 70,000 (Rs. 75,000 for hilly states, difficult areas and IAP district) and subsequently to Rs. 1.20 lakh( Rs. 1.30 lakhs for hilly states, difficult areas and IAP district) by Ministry of Rural Development. Post revision problems emerged as MsDP scheme does not permit revision of cost. Besides, cost revision issues, availability of land was also an impediment. Hence most states preferred to drop the project and implement some other project. Therefore, the houses actually constructed under IAY during the 11th Plan and 12th Plan are lower. Further, the Govt. followed the approved wait list for IAY. The programme of Ministry of Rural Development on rural housing was to give housing to everyone living below the poverty line as per the approved wait list irrespective of their community. MsDP followed the same approach while topping up the efforts of the Ministry of Rural Development with regard to rural housing. In the instant case, details of 6,37,985 units sanctioned during the 11th Plan and 12th Plan for IAY and Drinking Water Supply Schemes have been sought. These projects have been sanctioned in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of a number of States. The amount sanctioned for each of the project varies from State to State as per their size of the project and approved rate of the line Ministry. The Projects under MsDP were sanctioned for the welfare of minorities but does not exclude other population living in the catchment area. Hence the Scheme provides for location of projects in the identified MCAs where the proportion of minorities are higher but not lower than 25%. The projects are constructed and commissioned by the State Government/UT Administration as per the existing guidelines of the line Ministries. " 2.22 The Committee enquired whether the schemes like construction of houses under IAY for BPL families and Drinking water supply have been included in restructured MsDP which were included in 11th & 12th Plan. In this context, the Ministry have informed as under:
" As such the priority is to approve projects for creation of community assets. Projects related with individual benefits like PMAY will continue to be taken up by the mainstream Ministry (MoRD) being their flagship programme for which they have sufficient budgetary provision."
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2.23 In this regard, the Secretary of the Ministry of Minority Affairs during the evidence further stated as under:
" As far as the IAY is concerned, when we initially started MsDP, the emphasis was very much on IAY. In those days, the scheme amount was small. When we went into the third or fourth year, difficulty started cropping up that is availability of land mainly. There was a pile up of backlogs because land was not available in many States. Then there was a revision of IAY. The rates went up suddenly from a certain amount to a much bigger amount. That is why it does not permit the revision of the project. That is where we ran into difficulty. States may not be able to execute all pending projects and were returning the money that is when we realised that this is a very difficult area. So, in this present new scheme, which is now called PMJVK, the individual beneficiary-oriented schemes are not being permitted, we are only concentrating on infrastructure.” 2.24 When asked about the State-wise-details of units completed under IAY, the Ministry submitted that details of IAYs are maintained by the State Governments. State-wise figures pertaining to commissioned IAYs under MsDP is being obtained and would be furnished separately. Information regarding location of projects, amount approved, unit sanctioned, terms & layout, funds released etc in respect of IAY and drinking water projects are uploaded regularly on the website.
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2.25 The Committee note that to provide Pucca Housing under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) was one of the priority sectors of MsDP during 11th and 12th Five Year Plan. However, the Committee find that there was no single unit was sanctioned under IAY in the States of Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Andaman & Nicobar during 11th Plan. The Committee find that no single unit/project was approved/sanctioned in the States of Assam, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Andaman & Nicobar Island in 12th Five Year Plan. The Committee note that out of 301221 projects of IAY 237390 units have been completed in 11th Plan. During 12th Plan Period out of 47403 units under IAY only 27130 have been completed. The Committee observe that projects relating drinking water supply and Pucca Housing under IAY have not been included in the restructured MsDP. The Ministry have reasoned that initially there was lot of emphasis on IAY as the amount of the Scheme was small. The non-availability of land and increase of amount under IAY are the reasons for not taking the project and in the revised Scheme, which is now called PMJVK, the individual beneficiary oriented Scheme is not being permitted as the Ministry have now focused on infrastructure. The Committee feel that no doubt housing is a basic infrastructure for the people of Minority Concentration Areas and it should not have been excluded from the list of projects which are undertaken in MsDP. The Committee, therefore, strongly recommend that the projects under IAY and drinking water supply be included in the list of priority sectors of MsDP without any delay.
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2.26 The Committee find that the Ministry have taken up the projects related to degree colleges, school buildings, additional class rooms, hostels, lab equipments, toilet and drinking water facilities in schools, teaching aid and ITI buildings in MsDP under education sector during 11th and 12th Plan.
2.27 The Ministry have furnished the unit wise various education related projects sanctioned, completed and work in progress under MsDP during 11th and 12th Plan as follows:-
11th Plan Degree School Additional Hostel Lab Toilet & Teaching ITI college Building School equipments Drinking Aid Building Room Water in School Unit 0 654 14061 334 175 3398 92 72 Sanctioned Unit 0 382 9606 124 123 1510 58 20 completed Work in 0 272 1562 154 1 99 18 34 Progress
12th Plan Degree School Additional Hostel Computers Lab Toilet & Teaching ITI college Building School Room in School equip- Drinking Aid Building ments Water in School Unit 15 1172 18637 710 893 87 2529 782 97 Sanctioned Unit 3 220 6032 206 381 0 482 0 28 completed Work in 2 192 2265 137 14 0 395 4 35 Progress
2.28 When asked to furnish expenditure incurred on each project of Educational Schemes under MsDP during 11th and 12th Plan Period. In this context, the Ministry have stated as under:
"With regard to expenditure incurred on each project, it is clarified that the amount sanctioned for each of the project varies from State to State as per the size of the project and approved rate of the line Ministry at that point of time. As such, the expenditure details of individual projects is voluminous. The information regarding location of projects, amount approved, unit sanctioned, terms & layout, funds released etc are uploaded regularly on the website by this Ministry." 2.29 The Committee further asked to furnish community-wise details regarding number of minority students enrolled in these schools, ITIs, Polytechnics and Hostels as on date. In this regard, the Ministry have stated as under: "Projects under the MsDP are to be located by the State Governments/UT Administrations in locations having high concentration of minority population
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so that the minorities benefit from the assets located close to their habitat. This does not exclude populations belonging to other communities living in that area from using the assets provided under MsDP. Hence, assets of such nature like schools, ITIs, Polytechnics and hostels etc. are used by the students living in the area." 2.30 When the Committee asked regarding the Pilot Schemes for providing education to the families living below the poverty line as thrust of the restructured MsDP is to allocate 80 per cent of the resources under the Programme for education, health and skill development, the Ministry have submitted that:
"Under re-structured MsDP, the Central Government Departments/Organizations, Central Public Sector Enterprises/Undertakings, Central/State Universities and Armed Police Forces may now also submit their proposals for implementation of projects in the identified backward minority concentration areas with/without consultation with the State/UT to the Ministry under the PMJVK. Central organizations would include Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Director General of Trainings (DGT), Maulana Azad Educational Foundation (MAEF), etc. The concerned State Level Committee would be consulted mainly in respect of land availability where the need arises and the construction work shall be taken up by central agencies assigned with the work. Since the MsDP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the projects/proposal approved are based on the proposal of States/UTs/Organisations."
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2.31 The Committee find that under MsDP various education related projects have been sanctioned during 11th and 12th Plan. The Committee are constrained to note that during 11th Plan, 14061 additional school rooms were sanctioned out of which 9606 have been completed and work on 1562 units is still in progress. That means work of 2893 units have not even been started till date. Similarly, work related to the 56 hostels, 18 ITI buildings has not been commenced. The Committee find that during 12th Plan, work relating to 760 school buildings, 367 hostels, 34 ITI buildings, 10 degree colleges, 10340 additional school rooms has not been started till date. In fact 782 units related to providing teaching aid were sanctioned out of which no unit has been completed and work-in-progress for only 4 units have been shown by the Ministry. As regards, unit sanctioned for lab equipments, total 87 projects have been sanctioned and no unit has been started till date. The Committee are not happy with the progress made in completion of educational projects. The Committee, therefore, desire that the Ministry should make determined efforts to complete these pending projects without further delay. The Committee also desire that the Community-wise details of beneficiaries of the schools, ITIs, polytechnics and hostels be provided to the Committee.
2.32 The Ministry have informed that in the restructured MsDP, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Director General of Trainings (DGT), Maulana Azad Educational Foundation (MAEF) etc. may now submit their proposals for implementation of projects in the identified backward concentration areas with/without consultation with the State/UT to the Ministry. The Committee appreciate this move and hope that inclusion of these educational institutions in the implementation of the MsDP will certainly have positive impact on the lives of minority people in terms of their education empowerment.
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2.33 The Committee when enquired as to how many Primary Health Centres/ Sub-Centres were approved and constructed during 11th and 12th five year plan along with the details of expenditure incurred on these projects, the Ministry informed as under:
"So far about 4393 health related units have been sanctioned by the Government for implementation in various States/UTs. Details of expenditure incurred on these projects varies from State to State as per the size of the project and approved rate of the line Ministry. Compilation of details of expenditure of individual projects is being compiled and sent separately." 2.34 The Ministry submitted the information regarding Healthcare Centres/Sub- Centres which are functional given in the following table:
Physical Financial Progress of Projects under MsDP during 12th Plan
12th Plan Sl. No. States Projects Functional Unit 1. Uttarakhand Health Related Projects 2 2. Tripura Health Related Projects 22 3. Bihar Health Related Projects 68 4. Karnataka Health Related Projects 5. Rjasthan Health Related Projects 6. Uttar Pradesh Health Related Projects 75 7. West Bengal Health Related Projects 241 8. Assam Health Related Projects 28 9. Mizoram Health Related Projects 10. Kerala Health Related Projects 11 11. Haryana Health Related Projects 12. Maharashtra Health Related Projects 13. Chhattisgarh Health Related Projects 14. Meghalaya Health Related Projects 15. Delhi Health Related Projects 16. Odisha Health Related Projects 17. Andhra Pradesh Health Related Projects 18. Arunachal Pradesh Health Related Projects 14 19. Sikkim Health Related Projects 0 20. Telangana Health Related Projects 21. Madhya Pradesh Health Related Projects 22. Manipur Health Related Projects Total Health Related Projects 461
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2.35 The Committee further enquired whether all essential facilities like doctors and medicines are available in the Health Care Centres/Sub-Centres which have been constructed under MsDP in the MCDs/Towns/Clusters. In this regard, the Ministry stated as under:
"As per the modalities laid down under the scheme, State Govts/UT Administration are required to prioritise the different areas for intervention under the scheme for the benefit of minorities and send proposals to the Ministry. While doing this, as provided in the guidelines of the scheme, the State Government/UT Administration provides an undertaking that the assets created would be maintained by the State/UT Administration from the existing resources and operationalise them. After approval of the project by the Empowered Committee in the Ministry, it is the responsibility of the State Government/UT Administration to construct, commission and operate the project. No recurring expenditure is provided by the Central Government under the MsDP scheme. The recurring expenditure on these projects are met by the concerned State Government/UT Administration."
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2.36 The Committee find that construction of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Health Sub-Centres and Labour rooms in PHCs is taken up by the Ministry under health related projects. The Committee observe that total 4393 units/projects relating to health were sanctioned in 11th and 12th Plan Period. The Committee find that during 11th Plan 2537 health Projects/Units were sanctioned out of which only 1971 units have been completed. In 12th Plan out of 1856 health related projects only 461 units have been functional. The Committee are not satisfied with the progress made by the Ministry in this regard. As health of the people is one of the basic indicators of development of an area, the Committee recommend that Ministry should take steps with the Health Ministry and State Governments, where these projects are pending, and remove the obstacles of completion of these projects. The Committee also recommend that the Ministry should issue advisory/instructions to the State Governments/UTs to provide basic facilities like doctors, medicines in these Health Centres to make them functional.
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2.37 When Committee asked about the basic facilities like road construction and electrification in Districts/towns and clusters identified for improvement in the quality of life of minorities in 11th and 12th Five Year Plan under the MsDP Schemes were included, the Ministry in their written reply stated that the projects are planned and submitted by the States/UTs to the Ministry for approval after consideration of State Level Committee. These projects are on a fund sharing arrangement between the Center and the State Governments /UT Administrations The approval of projects by the Government of India is subject to the priority of the scheme and fund availability. The priority sectors under the MsDP scheme are construction of asset for education, skill development and health. However projects other than these sectors have also been approved under the MsDP depending upon the requirement and felt need of the States/UTs.
2.38 The Ministry have furnished the following information regarding details of Minority Concentration Areas where approach road construction and electrification projects have been approved during 12th Plan under MsDP: (Amount in Rs. Lakh) Sl. No State Location Location No. of EC Name of the Project Unit (District (Block/Town Cost Name) Name) 1 Assam Hailakandi Katlichera 119 Construction of RCC approach 5 road of Katlicherra hospital 2 Assam Karbi Anglong 110 Construction of new labour 9.5 room with Approach road at Bokajan CHC 3 Bihar Araria 110 Construction of Boundary wall & 25.00 approach road for ITI Girls Hostel. 4 Jammu & Leh Durbuk 114th EC Internal road to Residential HSS 67.19 Kashmir Tharuk 5 Jammu & Leh Durbuk 114th EC Circular road at Punpun 100.9 Kashmir 6 Karnataka koppal Koppal 118 Construction of Anganwadi 4.5 rooms near Post Matric degree college, public garden, Hospete Road, Koppal
7 Manipur Ukhrul Ukhrul 142 Approach Road at KVS Somsai 81.59 8 Uttar Shrawasti Sirsiya 137 Bharta Roadhangarh 282.03 Pradesh 9 Uttarakhand Haridwar Bhagwanpur 119 Construction of CC Road, 8.1 Eidgaha
10 Uttarakhand Haridwar Bhagwanpur 119 Construction of CC Road, 8.1 Afganpur
11 West Murshidabad 59 Road and communication at 4 25 Bengal char areas
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2.39 When asked as to how many districts/towns/clusters are able to maintain/ sustain the physical assets created through MsDP funding and difficulties are being faced by the States in maintaining the assets. The Committee further asked if State Governments are not able to maintain the assets created, what action has been taken in these cases, the Ministry in this context stated that there is no provision under the MsDP scheme to make intervention in solving issues arising during maintaining/running of the assets. However as per practice and provision of federal structure the States/UTs are regularly advised to implement the scheme in more effective way by ensuring early commissioning of the projects sanctioned under the scheme.
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2.40 The Committee are of the considered view that electrification and road connectivity are key to economic development of an area. The Committee find that the connectivity with the assets created under MsDP is very important to make them functional. The Committee, therefore, recommend that more and more MCDs/MCBs/Cluster of villages should be covered by the electrification and road connectivity in the remaining period of 14th Finance Commission i.e. upto 2019-20.
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2.41 The Committee find that the NITI AAYOG has released a baseline rating of 101 Districts on the basis of five sectors such as Health and Nutrition (30% weightage), Education (30%), Agriculture and Water Resources (20%), Financial Inclusion and Skill Development (10%) and Basic Infrastructure (10%). The AAYOG has declared 20 most backward Districts out of 101 Districts in which 11 Muslim Concentration Districts as follows:
Sl. No. District State Score (%) 1. Mewat Haryana 26.02 2. Shrawasti Uttar Pradesh 28.13 3. Bahraich Uttar Pradesh 29.01 4. Siddharthnagar Uttar Pradesh 29026 5. Balrampur Uttar Pradesh 29.41 6. Araria Bihar 30.16 7. Sahibganj Jharkhand 30.57 8. Katihar Bihar 30.76 9. Darrang Assam 31.26 10. Purnia Bihar 31.81 11. Goalpara Assam 31.88
2.42 As the above Districts have been included in the MsDP since its inception, the Committee asked the reasons for these districts still in the list of 20 backward districts in the country, the Ministry in their written reply informed as under:
"MsDP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and has been designed primarily to address the development gaps/deficits in identified backward minority concentration areas by topping up of existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of various Central Ministries/Departments. The approach of topping up existing schemes of the mainstream Ministries is done based on the premise that there is no need to duplicate the existing schemes of the mainstream Ministries which have been designed to address various backwardness parameters in the country. Instead, MsDP has taken up the schemes of main stream Ministries to fill the existing development deficits in the identified backward minority concentration areas which have not been covered by the mainstream Ministries with their annual allocations. As such, the MsDP is an additional effort by the Government for the development of Minority Concentration Areas. The projects sanctioned under the programme are for making provision for better infrastructure for education, skill, health etc. It is expected that the outcome of the scheme will be visible in terms of bringing the MCAs at par with the other parts of the country. The backwardness of a district is determined by a number of factors which are to be primarily addressed by different Ministries such as Health, Rural Development, Telecom, Women & Child Development, Power, Roadways etc. The projects implemented in Mewat have been based on the proposal
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sent by the Govt. of Haryana. They include projects related to education, health and drinking water. 2.43 When the Committee asked whether any survey/study/physical inspection has been conducted in these areas to find out the reasons for backwardness and any other action plan has been prepared by the Ministry in this regard, the Ministry informed that the areas covered under the PMJVK have been identified on the backwardness indicators of Census, 2011.
2.44 When the Committee desired to know whether the Ministry is depending for implementation of MsDP Scheme on the State Governments/UTs only and what action has been taken by the Ministry where the State Governments are not taking any initiative. In this context, the Ministry in their written reply submitted as under:
"MsDP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the objective of developing assets for socio-economic and basic amenities in identified Minority Concentration Areas(MCA) mainly through gap filling in various existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Government of India implemented through various Ministries/Departments and through innovative projects recommended by the State Govt. as per the requirement of the identified areas. Project proposals are submitted by the State Government/UT Administration to this Ministry for approval after the proposals are considered and recommended by the State Level Committee. These projects are on a fund sharing arrangement between the Center and the State Government/UT Administration. The funding pattern between Jammu & Kashmir and other hilly states/North Eastern States is 90:10 and for the other states at 60:40. As per the modalities laid down under the scheme, State Governments/UT Administrations are required to prioritise the areas for intervention under the scheme for the benefit of minorities and send proposals to this Ministry. "
2.45 The Ministry submitted that despite the best efforts by the Centre and State if the project fails to start, the concerned State Governments/UT Administrations are given the window of proposing alternate projects and the funds released are accordingly adjusted against the new project. In short, all projects are proposed by the State Governments as per their priorities and they are required to give their contribution as well as implement the project.
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2.46 The Committee find that the NITI AAYOG has declared 20 Most Backward Districts of the country which includes 11 Muslim Concentration Districts too. The Committee are shocked to note that these 11 Districts were also included in the list of 90 MCDs under MsDP since it was initially launched in 2008-2009 and they still exist in 308 districts of minority concentration areas. The Committee find that Mewat District, in the State of Haryana tops the list of 20 most backward areas. The Committee find that during 11th and 12th Five Year Plan total 70 projects related to different sectors were approved in which majority of projects related to health and education sector. The Committee are constraint to note that not even a single unit/project under Indira Awas Yojana has been approved since 2008-09 till date. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should conduct a survey/study to know the reasons for backwardness as well as need/requirements particularly for those districts which have been included in the list of Minority Concentration Districts for the last 10 years and are still in the 308 districts in restructured MsDP and then advise the State Governments to consider need based projects of these areas so that these districts can come out of their backwardness.
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CHAPTER III
APPROVAL OF PLANS UNDER MSDP THROUGH VARIOUS COMMITTEES
3.1 There are various Committees for plan approval of the projects which are undertaken under MsDP from Block to Central level. The details of these Committees are as under:
a. Block Level Committee for MsDP to take the planning process to the grass root level and to ensure the involvement of the Panchayati Raj Institutions in this Programme, a block level committee in all the blocks covered under this programme will be constituted. The plan under this programme are to be prepared at the level of Blocks/Towns/Clusters identified. For the Blocks identified as MCBs, the Block Level Committee constituted for MsDP prepares the plan and sends it to the District level Committee. In case of towns/cities, the plan were prepared by the local body of the urban area identified for the implementation of this programme and submits to the District Level Committee.
b. District level Committee for PM’s New 15 Point Programme also functions as the District Level Committee for MsDP. As per the guidelines of the 15 Point Programme, this committee is headed by the District Collector/Deputy Commission with district level officers of the Departments implementing the programme, representatives from the Panchayati Raj Institutions, Autonomous District Councils, and three representatives from reputed institutions dealing with minorities included as members. All members of Parliament and all members of Legislative Assembly representing the district are included as members. Further, one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State is nominated to the Committee by the Central Government. The District Level Committee would scrutinize the plan proposal and recommend it to the State Level Committee.
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c. State Level Committee for PM’s new 15 Point Programme functions as State Level Committee for MsDP also, this committee is headed by the Chief Secretary with members consisting of the Secretaries and head of departments implementing the schemes under the 15 Point Programme, representative from Panchayati Raj Institutions/Autonomous District Councils, three representative from reputed non-governmental institutions dealing with Minorities and three such other members considered appropriate by the State Government/UT Administration. Upto two Members of Parliaments from Lok Sabha and one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State, are nominated to this Committee by the Central Government and two members of the Legislative Assembly are nominated by the State Government. The State Level Committee (SLC) approves the projects upto Rs.10 crore. the projects costing Rs. 10 crore or more are sent to the Empowered Committee at the centre along with detail project report, justification etc for approval.
d. Empowered Committee at Central is headed by Secretary Minority Affairs and other members of the Committee are Secretary Expenditure, or his representative, Secretary of the concerned Ministries/Department, Chief Engineers from technical wing dealing with the sector of the project proposed, Financial Advisor of Ministry of Minority Affairs, Joint Secretary concerned of Ministry of Minority Affairs. This committee approves the overall plan of the block/town/cluster and the projects costing more than Rs. 10 crore. The Empowered Committee at the Centre examines the overall plan and see whether the plan proposals are as per the guidelines of MsDP or not. The Empowered Committee is empowered to add and reduce the projects depending upon the plan outlay vis-à-vis requirement of the State Government and finally approve the plan. This committee also act at oversight committee for MsDP.
3.2 The first instalment of the Central Share of funds is released to the States/UTs on the approval of the project by Empowered Committee and the 2nd instalment is released on the receipt of the Utilisation Certificates for the 1st
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3.3 When the Committee desired to know the number of meetings which have been held so far in District and State level for implementation of MsDP during 11th and 12th Five Year Plan, the Ministry in their written reply informed that at the Centre, the Empowered Committee serves as the Oversight Committee to monitor the programme. The district and State level committee fall under the administrative control of States/UTs whereas the Empowered Committee on MsDP has been set- up under the chairmanship of Secretary (MA). The responsibility of holding such meetings lies with the State Governments.
3.4 In this regard the Ministry have also submitted as under:- "During 11th Five Year Plan, there were 55 meetings of Empowered Committee and during 12th Five Year Plan, there were 75 meetings of Empowered Committee on MsDP to consider and monitor the projects under the scheme. As regards, meeting of the District and State level committee, it is ensured that before considering the projects for Blocks/ Towns the proposed projects are approved by the concerned District and State Level Committees on 15 PP by obtaining declaration of the State Govt. in Appendix- II of guidelines of MsDP. Generally, the minutes of District Level Committee are not shared with the Central Government."
3.5 On being asked, whether MPs and MLAs of the concerned areas have been invited in these meetings, the Ministry informed that two Members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and one Member of Parliament from the Rajya Sabha representing the state are nominated by the Central Government and two Members of the Legislative Assembly are nominated by the State Governments on the State level Committee.
3.6 The District Level Committee for Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme serves as the District Level Committee (DLC) for PMJVK. All members of Parliament and all Members of Legislative Assembly representing the district are included on the DLC. Further, one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State is nominated by the Central Government on the DLC. The meetings of the SLC and DLC are organized by the State authorities.
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3.7 The Committee have been informed that the State Level Committee constituted for implementation of the Prime Minister's new 15 Point Programme for the welfare of Minorities, headed by the Chief Secretary, serves as the State Level Committee for the implementation of MsDP. Two Members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and one Member from Rajya Sabha representing the State are nominated by the Central Government and three MLAs of Legislative Assembly are nominated by the State Government on State Level Committee. Similarly, the District Level Committee for Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme serves as the District Level Committee for MsDP. Member of Parliament and MLAs of Legislative Assembly representing the District are included in the District Level Committee. Further one MP from Rajya Sabha representing the State is nominated by Central Government on the District Level Committee. The meetings of State and District Level Committees are organized by the State authorities. The Committee are surprised to find that Members of this Committee are not aware of their membership of such State or District Level Committees. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should make efforts to make these Committees functional for effective implementation of the Programme. As Members of Parliament or Members of Legislative Assemblies are actually aware of the needs of the people of their areas, their participation at the level of plan approval is very helpful for result oriented projects under the Programme. The Committee also recommend that the Ministry should give instructions to all State Governments for the participation of MPs or MLAs of the areas where the projects under the MsDP are approved and should be invited in the meetings of these Committees by giving them intimation quite in advance.
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CHAPTER IV
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
Allocation of Funds during 11th Plan Period
4.1 It has been informed that out of the total allocation of Rs. 3780 crore for MsDP during 11th Five Year Plan, approval to plans/projects for Rs. 3733.90 crore (99% of allocation) was given and Rs. 2935.93 crore had been released as on 31.03.12 to the States/UTs.
4.2 When the Committee desired to know the amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred on each of these projects during 11th Plan period, the Ministry in their written reply stated as under:
"In the instant case, the details of 3,81,934 units sanctioned under various projects have been sought. These projects have been sanctioned in a number of States. The amount sanctioned for each project varies from State to State as per their Schedules of Rate (SoR) & size of the project. Furnishing details of individual projects would be voluminous. The information regarding location of projects, amount approved, unit sanctioned, terms & layout, funds released etc. are being uploaded regularly on the website."
4.3 The Ministry also furnished the following statement indicating the projects approved, funds released and Utilization reported by States/UTs and percentage expenditure during 11th Plan:
(Rs. in Lakh) Sl. State Projects Fund Utilization Percentage No. Approved Released reported by expenditure State w.r.t. Releases 1 Uttar Pradesh 100300.85 79012.30 68715.71 86.97 2 West Bengal 68579.68 61139.52 61000.00 99.77 3 Assam 69275.35 46892.62 42483.40 90.60 4 Bihar 52280.58 40563.07 29035.08 71.58 5 Manipur 13912.58 12043.01 10665.83 88.56 6 Haryana 4919.90 4187.89 4014.55 95.86 7 Jharkhand 17997.54 13944.70 11342.24 81.34 8 Uttrakhand 5227.77 3235.84 3151.94 97.41 9 Maharashtra 5993.93 5671.69 5549.26 97.84 10 Karnataka 3914.40 3793.15 3793.15 100.00
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11 Andaman & 1242.85 68.25 68.25 Nicobar Island 100.00 12 Odisha 3129.92 2562.21 2558.48 99.85 13 Meghalaya 3047.65 3047.65 3039.64 99.74 14 Kerala 1500.00 1462.92 1252.55 85.62 15 Mizoram 3895.33 2724.93 2716.68 99.70 16 Jammu & 1506.21 1349.61 1343.79 Kashmir 99.57 17 Delhi 2191.15 1099.73 980.30 89.14 18 Madhya Pradesh 1493.30 1398.30 1266.30 90.56 19 Sikkim 1268.59 1100.02 919.53 83.59 20 Arunachal 11711.70 8232.15 8232.15 Pradesh 100.00
Allocation of Funds during 12th Plan
4.4 Out of the total allocation of Rs. 5775 crore for MsDP during 12th Five Year Plan, approval to plans/projects for Rs. 5867.50 crore have been accorded and Rs.4563.41crore have been released as on 31.03.2016 to the States/UTs.
4.5 The Ministry furnished the details of the projects so far sanctioned, fund released and utilization reported by States for the identified Multi-sectoral Development Programme(MsDP) for Minority Concentration Blocks(MCBs), Minority Concentration Towns(MCTS) and Clusters of Villages during 12th Five Year Plan given in the following table :
Sl. State Projects Fund Utilization Percentage No. Approved Released reported by expenditure State w.r.t. Releases Rs. in lakh 1 Uttar Pradesh 131356.13 109152.22 103791.89 95.09 2 West Bengal 156778.43 131966.31 90000.00 68.20 3 Assam 61215.66 46679.58 2073.31 4.44 4 Bihar 62602.10 41686.31 9757.08 23.41 5 Manipur 13906.64 11556.33 886.56 7.67 6 Haryana 8303.76 4800.33 615.47 12.82 7 Jharkhand 11108.48 11040.51 1878.03 17.01 8 Uttrakhand 6042.74 7758.51 4750.38 61.23 9 Maharashtra 10644.52 5135.92 1384.09 26.95 10 Karnataka 20020.56 11442.63 897.00 7.84
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11 Andaman & Nicobar Island 0.00 130.16 25.30 19.44 12 Odisha 6711.19 3948.41 909.20 23.03 13 Meghalaya 2914.69 2598.81 829.54 31.92 14 Kerala 4484.14 3662.33 1413.34 38.59 15 Mizoram 1396.21 2244.81 1090.51 48.58 16 Jammu & Kashmir 1564.06 1251.19 323.36 25.84 17 Delhi 235.38 790.18 561.45 71.05 18 Madhya Pradesh 1550.08 1006.17 520.28 51.71 19 Sikkim 2552.83 1606.72 493.18 30.69 20 Arunachal Pradesh 20690.28 18838.00 7157.31 37.99 21 Andhra Pradesh 12501.69 7416.39 2458.26 33.15 22 Telangana 11791.07 5887.72 741.00 12.59 23 Tripura 16329.16 11854.77 8888.31 74.98 24 Punjab 2826.27 2135.81 740.10 34.65 25 Rajasthan 16172.51 9721.42 4701.93 48.37 26 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 27 Chattisgarh 3052.28 2029.80 541.74 26.69
4.6 The Committee when asked to furnish a statement regarding quantum of amount involved in pending/non-receipt of Utilization Certificates and amount of unspent balance from States/UTs during 11th as well 12th Five Year Plan and the specific reasons for this unspent balance amount, the Ministry provided the details of amount involved in the pending UCs and Unspent balance during 11th and 12th Plan is as under:- Rs. in Lakh 11th Plan 12th Plan UC due Unspent balance UC due Unspent balance 17302.69 17302.69 186723.48 186723.48
4.7 The Ministry informed that in case of 11th Five Year Plan, the States/UTs have reported utilization of around 90% of Central Share released. The slow/non-utilisation of the remaining amount during 11th Plan and 12 Plan is mainly due to following:-
i) The projects are basically related to creation of infrastructure for education, health, sanitation. These projects are having long gestation period.
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4.8 The Ministry furnished State/UT-wise details regarding total number of schemes/projects approved during the year 2017-18 and funds released for each project are as under:
Rs. in Lakh Sl. 2017-18 No. State Projects Approved Total Released in 2017-18
1 Uttar Pradesh 21249.35 15182.03 2 West Bengal 41283.62 28560.11 3 Assam 57506.80 30872.87 4 Bihar 2873.70 4113.44 5 Manipur 27367.81 12247.22 6 Haryana 1176.43 838.21 7 Jharkhand 2784.02 1992.44 8 Uttrakhand 1552.88 776.48 9 Maharashtra 284.40 621.99 10 Karnataka 5545.85 4858.78 11 Andaman & Nicobar 0.00 Island 0.00 12 Odisha 0.00 0.00 13 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 14 Kerala 1093.26 546.64 15 Mizoram 651.85 627.12 16 Jammu & Kashmir 0.00 0.00 17 Delhi 0.00 187.44 18 Madhya Pradesh 647.52 742.32
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19 Sikkim 601.40 509.75 20 Arunachal Pradesh 3760.00 2893.09 21 Andhra Pradesh 5597.42 2798.71 22 Telangana 6480.00 3240.00 23 Tripura 0.00 3225.80 24 Punjab 0.00 0.00 25 Rajasthan 3000.83 4331.82 26 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 27 Chattisgarh 300.17 324.12 Total 183757.31 119490.37
4.9 The Ministry submitted the following statement of year-wise Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates and Actual Expenditure during the 11th and th 12 Financial Year Plan under the Programme:
Sl. No. Year Budget Revised Actual Estimate Estimates Expenditure in Rs. crore 1 2007-08 120 74.41 Could not be launched 2 2008-09 540 280 270.85 3 2009-10 990 990 971.94 4 1400 1327.32 913.23 2010-11 5 2011-12 1218.40 1136.36 779.90 6 2012-13 999 649.56 641.27 7 2013-14 1250 958.53 953.07 8 2014-15 1250 770.94 768.21 9 2015-16 1251 1126.64 1120.33 10 2016-17 1125 1125 1084.63 11 2017-18 1200 1200 1197.07
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4.10 The Committee find that during 11th Plan allocation of Rs. 3780 crore for MsDP was made out of which Rs. 2935.93 crore had been released to various States/UTs till 31.3.2012. In 11th Plan, Bihar utilised 71.58 of the funds allocated to the State under the programme. The Committee also find that during 12th Plan the States of Assam, Manipur, Haryana, Karnatka, Odisha and Telangana utilised only 4.44, 7.67, 12.82, 7.84, 23.03 and 12.59 per cent of allocated funds respectively. The Committee note that this less utilization of funds is mainly due to long gestation period of some projects, non-availability/ dispute of land, cost escalation, delay in transfer to funds by the States to the implementing Agencies. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should tackle these issues at the various levels with the State Governments and other Ministries so that the funds allocated for the schemes are utilised by all the State Governments fully.
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CHAPTER V
MONITORING MECHANISM AND EVALUATION OF MsDP
5.1 There is a robust mechanism for monitoring of the programme with an independent monitoring system and monitoring with the involvement of the community. This is in addition to the monitoring by the Committees at different levels. The monitoring of the MsDP would be done through the following channels:
i) Monitoring through the committees constituted at different levels starting from Block to the Centre ii) Monitoring through Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) to be setup at the Centre. iii) A web portal will be put in place for online monitoring. iv) The IT Cells created at State level with Ministry’s funds will form an integrated part of the monitoring mechanism. v) Monitoring through an independent agencies or qualified monitors. vi) Monitoring through conferences at the national, regional, state or district levels and visits of officials to the project sites. vii) Monitoring with the involvement of community through social audit mechanism. viii)Monitoring information dissemination and status of implementation through the DISHA framework.
5.2 Monitoring through Committees at different levels:
1. The Block Level Committee for MsDP would be responsible for monitoring of the programme at the block/village level. This committee would meet at least once in a quarter and send its report to the District Level Committee . 2. The District Level Committee shall hold quarterly meeting to review the progress of implementation of the projects under MsDP/PMJVK and send reports to the State Level Committee (SLC) by the 15th day of the next quarter.
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3. The State Level Committee shall meet at least once a quarter to review the progress under the programme and send its report to the Ministry of Minority Affairs within one month of the end of the quarter. 4. The Empowered Committee at the Centre shall serve as the oversight committee and shall monitor the implementation of projects under PMJVK. 5. A well-equipped Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) will be set up at Centre. The IT Cells created at State level will form an integral part of the Monitoring Mechanism. A web portal will be put in place for online submission of project proposals, progress reports and related documents by State Govts./UTs to the Ministry on regular basis. This would also facilitate monitoring the progress of projects and quick and frequent interaction with various State/UT Governments. 6. Monitoring through independent agency/qualified monitors: The Ministry of Minority Affairs would set up an independent monitoring mechanism by engaging reputed external agencies or qualified monitors. Monitors may include the monitors empanelled by the Ministry and MAEF. This system would give State/UT wise periodical feedback regarding implementation of the programme, which would also be shared with the States/UTs to take necessary corrective action. 7. Monitoring with the involvement of community – Social Audit: To involve the community in monitoring and assessment of the programme, an appropriate mechanism of Social Audit would be adopted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The State/UT, district and block level administration would extend their full cooperation for the successful implementation of the social audit system. A committee namely Social Audit Committee comprising of prominent members from the community would be set up in each block to monitor the works in the block. 8. Monitoring through conference and visits: Regular conferences would be organised at the national, state and district level to monitor the progress under this programme. The officers and staff associated with the programme and monitors would make frequent visit to the project sites to ensure speedy implementation of the programme and adherence to quality standards. Regular quality test would be conducted by the State/District officials through reputed lab facilities.
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9. The State Government/UT administration shall report the progress in respect of each project at the end of the quarter. The project-wise progress of implementation shall be reported on quarterly basis in the proforma of Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) prescribed for this purpose at Appendix-IV and on-line after the IT enabled systems are put in place. Hard copy of the QPRs should reach the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Minority Affairs within 15 days of the end of the quarter under report. 10. The project sanctioned for a district will be shared with District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Rural Development (DISHA). Views, wherever necessary, may be sought in formulation, implementation and monitoring of the programme.
5.3 In this context, the Ministry further submitted that besides the normal chain of monitoring through the District Level Committee, Block Level Committee and State Level Committee, this Ministry continuously reviews the progress of construction and commissioning of the projects. Such reviews are conducted during the Empowered Committee meetings through video conferencing with the State authorities, through written communications to the State Governments/UT Administrations, through Conferences/Meetings/Discussions with the States/UT Administrations, visits by officers from the Ministry etc. The monitoring mechanism is further being strengthen in the PMJVK by inclusion of online monitoring module, Geo-tagging, DISHA dashboard and constitution of a Screening Committee at the Ministry level.
5.4 As the unit of planning for implementation of MsDP would be Block instead of district. Regarding the monitoring mechanism of the Ministry at the Block level, the Ministry in their written reply informed as under:
'The Block Level Committee is constituted in all the blocks/cluster of contiguous villages covered under this Karyakram by the District Magistrate/Collector for monitoring the projects. The constitution of Block Level Committee is as follows-
i) Block Level Head of Panchayati Raj Chairman ii) Block Development Officer Co-chairman iii) Block Level Officer of education Member iv) Block Level Officer of Health Member v) Block Level Officer of ICDS Member
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vi) Block Level Officer for welfare Member vii) Local lead bank Officer Member viii) Principal of ITI, if any Member ix) Three Representative from reputed Nominated Member NGO/Civil society working for minorities
The Block Level Committee is responsible for preparing the plan of the MCB/COV. This Committee is also responsible for monitoring this programme at the block/cluster of village level.'
Dedicated MIS for MsDP
5.5 During the examination of DFG for the year 2018-19, it was recommended by the Committee that dedicated MIS for MsDP and functional online module be completed without any delay. The Committee enquired about the progress made in this regards, the Ministry in their written reply submitted as under:
"The work for development of a dedicated MIS for MsDP has been allotted to an agency. The MIS is in an advance stage as necessary upgradation are being incorporated in the module. It is expected that the online module will be implemented very soon."
Evaluation study by IIPA
5.6 The Ministry informed that a study has been conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) on the "Impact Assessment of MsDP in the country" and submitted its final report to the Ministry. The Committee find that various recommendations were made in the study relating to impact of the programme on the population of Minority Concentration Areas, impediments and constraints faced by the people, State Governments and various line Ministries.
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5.7 The Committee note that the Ministry have a robust mechanism for monitoring of projects under MsDP at Block, District and State level. The empowered Committee in the Ministry reviews the progress of construction in commissioning of projects, monitoring through visits by officers of Ministry at the project sites, conferences at different levels from district to zonal. The monitoring through independent agencies including social audit mechanism through community is also done. The Committee find that despite having several monitoring mechanism, the impact of MsDP is hardly visible in the Minority Concentration Areas. The Committee feel that if all the projects/units/assets are completed successfully in time and used by the targeted people under MsDP, these areas will certainly develop. The Committee desire that the monitoring of the projects should be done by independent monitors once a year, State-wise, and their report should be uploaded on the website of the Programme
5.8 The Ministry informed that the work for development of a dedicated MIS for MsDP has been allotted to an agency and it is in an advance stage as necessary upgradation is being incorporated in the module. The Committee desire that online module should be completed in a definite time period and progress so made be intimated to the Committee within three months from the date of presentation of the Report.
5.9 The Committee find that IIPA has submitted its final Report to the Ministry on Impact Assessment of MsDP in the country. The Committee desire that the Ministry should go through the report and take action on the findings of the study. The Committee may also be apprised of the action taken on the findings vis-a-vis Report of the IIPA.
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CHAPTER VI
AWARENESS GENERATION
6.1 When the Committee enquired about the dissemination of the information regarding MsDP Scheme and create awareness among the people of remote areas regarding benefits of the Scheme, the Ministry informed as under:
"The States were advised to hold orientation programme for the officials dealing with MsDP to make them aware about the provision of MsDP. Apart from that the States/UTs were also supplied with the guidelines of the scheme for their information. The official website of the Ministry also contains information regarding the priority and aims of the scheme. The Ministry in year 2017-18 also organized regional meetings/seminars and progress panchayat to disseminate the information regarding MsDP and other scheme of the Ministry. The Ministry formulates a Media Plan on annual basis and there remains a head-wise allocation in the plan on various Media activities namely Print Media, Audio-Video publicity, Outdoor publicity etc. The Media activities are implemented through various agencies namely DAVP, NMDFC, Prasar Bharti etc and the awareness/ campaign plans are designed by the said agencies, which results in creating awareness among the target groups of the Ministry." 6.2 The Committee enquired about the budget of the Ministry for spreading/creating awareness of the Scheme in remote areas in the last 10 years and how much has been spent out of it, the Ministry stated that the expenditure on publicity on a specific scheme may not be segregated as the expenditure is incurred collectively e.g. expenditure on telecast/broadcast of audio/video spots relating to various schemes of the Ministry. The request for Media campaigns of the Ministry are executed by DAVP/NFDC. Such Media Plans are not segregated scheme wise and same is executed throughout the year as per need/budget availability. Hence, no scheme-wise budget/expenditure may be ascertained w.r.t. a particular scheme. However, the overall budget/expenditure since 2007-08 is as below:
Financial Year BE RE Expenditure 2007-08 6.00 11.59 10.48 2008-09 5.00 8.59 7.97 2009-10 13.00 13.00 11.97 2010-11 22.00 22.00 19.63 2011-12 36.00 36.00 26.22 2012-13 40.00 33.30 31.05
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2013-14 45.00 42.42 42.42 2014-15 45.00 32.75 32.24 2015-16 45.25 45.25 43.95 2016-17 45.00 50.00 46.78 2017-18 46.00 46.00 46.00
6.3 It has been mentioned in the Report of IIPAA that majority of people are not aware about the Skill Development Training Programme. The Committee asked about the action taken by the Ministry in this regard, the Ministry in their written reply informed as under:
"The Ministry conducts a comprehensive Media Campaign throughout the year, as stated above. Also, the said campaign is not subjected to a specific scheme but the entire Ministry as a whole. The Ministry has been able to allocate approximately 4,36,994 trainees all over the country in last four years and therefore there is awareness of the programmes amongst the targeted groups. Moreover, the implementing agencies also take steps for mobilization of candidates. Ministry will continue to further strengthen the awareness campaigns."
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6.4 The Ministry informed the Committee that to disseminate the information regarding MsDP Scheme and create awareness among the people of remote areas regarding benefits of the Scheme, the States were advised to hold orientation programme for the officials who are dealing with MsDP to make them aware about the provisions of MsDP. The official website of the Ministry also contains information regarding the priority and objectives of the programme. Further, the Ministry formulates a Media Plan on annual basis and there remains a head-wise allocation in the plan on various Media activities namely Print Media, Audio-Video publicity, Outdoor publicity etc. The Media activities are implemented through various agencies namely DAVP, NMDFC, Prasar Bharti etc. and the awareness/ campaign plans are designed by the said agencies, which results in creating awareness among the target groups. The Committee desire that these awareness programmes should be implemented more effectively particularly in rural areas so that the marginalised section of the Minority Communities will also get the benefit of this programme.
NEW DELHI; RAMESH BAIS Chairperson, 7th August, 2018 Standing Committee on 16 Sravana, 1939 (Saka) Social Justice and Empowerment
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Annexure-I
Details of the District HQ, Blocks, Towns with substantial minority population as proposed under restructured
Administrative Districts Name of the District HQ, Blocks, Towns with substantial minority population as proposed under restructured
District HQ Blocks Towns 1. Andaman & Nicobar Island (Administrative Distts. : 3) Nicobars Nicobars Nancowry North & Middle Mayabunder Andaman Rangat South Andaman Ferrargunj Sub-total 1 4 0 2. Andhra Pradesh (Administrative Distts.: 6) Guntur Phirangipuram Chilakaluripet (M) Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore Udayagiri Kurnool (M Corp. + Atmakur OG) Kurnool Velgode Adoni (M + OG) Sirvel Nandyal (M + OG) Madanapalle (M + Chittoor Gurramkonda OG) Kalikiri Kadapa (M Corp. + OG) Y.S.R. Proddatur (M + OG) Rayachoti (M) Guntakal (M) Tadpatri (M) Anantapur Kadiri (M) Hindupur (M) Sub-total 0 7 12 3. Arunachal Pradesh (Administrative Distts. : 13) Tawang Tawang Kitpi Zemithang- Tawang Dudunghar Lumla Mukto-Bongkhar
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West Kameng Dirang Nafra West Kameng Kalaktang Singchung Thrizino East Kameng Seijosa Pakke-Kessang Bana Chayangtajo East Kameng Seppa Khenewa Bameng Pipu Papum Pare Balijan Doimukh Papum Pare Sagalee Mengio Kimin West Siang Kaying-Payum Liromba Basar West Siang Likabali Mechuka Monigong Tirbin East Siang Ramle-Bango Tuting Upper Siang Singa-Gelling Changlang Changlang Manmao Nampong Changlang Khimiyong Khagam Diyun Bordumsa Tirap Namsang Khonsa Kanubari Tirap Niausa Pangchao Wakka Laju
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Lower Subansiri Ziro-II Lower Subansiri Tamen-Raga Lower Dibang Lower Dibang Valley Roing-Koronu Valley Lohit Chongkham Lohit Namsai Kurung Kumey Palin Nyapin Sangram Koloriang Kurung Kumey Chambang Tali Sarli Parsi-Parlo Sub-total 11 60 0 4. Assam (Administrative Distts.: 20) Goalpara Balijana Goalpara(MB) Krishnai Kuchdhowa Rongjuli Goalpara Jaleswar Lakhipur Kharmuza Matia Morigaon Mayang Bhurbandha Laharighat Morigaon Mairabari (Part) Batadraba (Part) Kapili (Part) Dulongghat (Part) Nagaon Dulongghat (Part) Pachim-Kaliabor Nagaon(MB+OG) Khagarijan Pakhimaria Kathiatoli Nagaon Mairabari (Part) Batadraba (Part) Bajiagaon Rupahi Laokhowa Juria
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Jugijan Binnakandi Raha Dhal Pukhuri Udali Lumding Sonitpur Gabharu Balipara Dhekiajuli Sonitpur Barchala Bishawnath Chatia Karunabari Lakhimpur Nowboicha Lakhimpur Bokajan KarbiAnglong Nilip Socheng DimaHasao New Sangbar DimaHasao Harangajao Jatinga Valley Cachar Katigorah Salchapra Borkhola Kalain Silchar Udarbond Cachar Sonai Narsingpur Palonghat Binnakandi Baskandi Lakhipur Karimganj North Karimganj South Karimganj Badarpur Karimganj Lowairpoa Patharkandi Dullavcherra Ramkrishna Nagar
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Hailakandi Algapur Hailakandi Hailakandi Lala South Hailakandi Katlicherra Bongaigaon Boitamari Tapattary Bongaigaon Manikpur (Part) Srijangram Kamrup Bihdia Jajikona Rangia Bezera (Part) Hajo Kamrup Bongaon Goroimari Chamaria Rampur Nalbari Madhupur Nalbari Barkhetri Barigog Banbhag Gobardhana Part Baksa Tihu-Barama Udalguri Sipajhar (Part) Pub-Mangaldai (Part) Udalguri Rowta Borchala Bechimari (Part) Udalguri Kokrajhar Kachugaon Gossaigaon Golakganj (Part) Rupsi (Part) Debitola (Part) Mahamaya (Part) Kokrajhar Bilasipara (Part) Chapar-Salkocha (Part) Hatidhura (Part) Dotoma Kokrajhar
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Dhubri Hatidhura (Part) Golakganj (Part) Rupsi (Part) Debitola (Part) Mahamaya (Part) Bilasipara (Part) Chapar-Salkocha (Part) Dhubri Agamoni Gauripur Birshingjarua Nayeralga Jamadarhat South Salmara Fekamari Mankachar Barpeta Gobardhana (Part) Ruposhi Mandia Chenga Gomaphulbari Barpeta Bhabanipur Pakabetbari Barpeta Chakchaka (Part) Sarukhetri Chirang Chakchaka (Part) Manikpur (Part) Chirang Sidli-Chirang (Part) Borobazar Darrang Sipajhar(Part) Pub-Mangaldai (Part) Darrang Kalaigaon (Part) Bechimari (Part) Dolgaon-Sialmari Sub-total 17 139 2
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4. Bihar (Administrative Distts.: 20) Bettiah (Nagar Mainatanr Parishad) Narkatiaganj Pashchim Champaran Lauriya Bhitaha Sikta Adapur Dhaka (NP) Ramgarhwa Purba Champaran Banjaria Narkatia Dhaka Bairgania Parihar Bajpatti Sitamarhi Pupri Nanpur Bokhara Bisfi Madhubani Madhubani Supaul Basantpur Araria (Nagar Araria Narpatganj Parishad) Forbesganj Raniganj Araria Araria Kursakatta Sikti Palasi Jokihat Kishanganj Terhagachh Bahadurganj (NP) Kishanganj (Nagar Dighalbank Parishad) Thakurganj Kishanganj Pothia Bahadurganj Kochadhamin Kishanganj Purnia Krityanand Nagar Purnia East Purnia Kasba Srinagar Jalalgarh
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Amour Baisa Baisi Dagarua Katihar Falka Korha Hasanganj Kadwa Balrampur Barsoi Katihar Azamnagar Pranpur Katihar Mansahi Barari Manihari Amdabad Jale Darbhanga (M Corp.) Singhwara Keotiranway Manigachhi Darbhanga Alinagar Hayaghat Kiratpur Gora Bauram Uchkagaon Gopalganj Thawe Manjha Siwan (Nagar Barharia Parishad) Siwan Hussainganj Hasanpura Vaishali Chehra Kalan Samastipur Tajpur Jagdishpur Bhagalpur (M Corp.) Bhagalpur Sonhaula Banka Dhuraiya Nalanda Biharsharif (M Corp.) Phulwari Sharif Patna (Nagar Parishad) Sasaram (Nagar Rohtas Parishad)
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Nawada (Nagar Nawada Parishad) Sub-total 4 75 12 6. Chhattisgarh (Administrative Distt.: 1) Kansabel Manora Jashpur Jashpurna Ghar Kunkuri Duldula Sub-total 0 5 0 7. Delhi (Administrative Distts.: 3) Central Central North DMC (U) (Part) North East Mustafabad (CT) Khajoori Khas (CT) North East Ziauddin Pur (CT) Jaffrabad (CT) Sub-total 2 0 5 8. Gujarat ( Administrative Distts.: 13) Gandhidham Bhuj (M + OG) Lakhpat Kachchh Bhuj Abdasa Banas Kantha Vadgam Patan Sidhpur Rajkot Wankaner Dhoraji (M) Jambusar Bharuch (M) Bharuch Amod Anklesvar (M + OG) Sabar Kantha Modasa (M) Ahmadabad Dholka (M + OG) Jamnagar Salaya (M) Mangrol (M + OG) Junagadh Veraval (M + OG) Bhavnagar Mahuva (M + OG) Anand (M + OG) Anand Khambhat (M + OG) Borsad (M) Panch Mahals Godhra (M) Dohad Dohad (M + OG) Sub-total 0 9 15 9. Goa (Administrative Distt.: 1)
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South Goa Mormugao (M Cl) South Goa Margao (M Cl) Sub-total 1 0 2 10. Haryana ( Administrative Distts.: 7) Sirsa Odhan Dabwali Sirsa Baragudha Ellenabad Mewat Nuh Ferozepur Jhirka Mewat Nagina Punhana Yamunanagar Chhachhrauli Kurukshetra Pehowa Guhla Kaithal Siwan Ratia Fatehabad Jakhal Palwal Hathin Sub-total 2 15 11. Himachal Pradesh ( Administrative Distt.: 1) Lahul & Spiti Spiti Sub-total 1 12. Jammu & Kashmir (Administrative Distts.: 4) Leh(Ladakh) Durbok Leh(Ladakh) Nyoma Panamic Kargil Shakar Chiktan Zanskar Kargil Lungnak Shargole Kulgam Qazigund Jammu Satwari Sub-total 2 9 13. Jharkhand (Administrative Distts.: 20) Khunti Karra Torpa Khunti Rania Murhu Giridih (Nagar Giridih Gande Parishad)
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Dhanwar Madhupur Margo Munda Deoghar Palojori Sona Rai Tharhi Dhanbad Gobindpur Kisko Lohardaga Kuru Latehar Mahuadanr Kanke Nagri Ranchi Mandar Chanho Itki Kamdara Basia Chainpur Gumla Dumri Albert Ekka(Jari) Raidih Simdega Simdega Pakar Tanr Kurdeg Kersai Bolba Simdega Thethaitangar Kolebira Jaldega Bansjor Bano Anandpur Pashchimi Singhbhum Gudri Garhwa Garhwa Thakurgangti Godda Mahagama Bashant Rai* Sahibganj Sahibganj Mandro Borio Sahibganj Barhait Taljhari Rajmahal
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Udhwa Pathna Barharwa Pakur Litipara Hiranpur Pakur Pakaur Maheshpur Katkamsandi Hazaribagh Katamdag Ramgarh Chitarpur Kathikund Dumka Shikaripara Narayanpur Jamtara Karma Tanr Vidyasagar* Saraikela-Kharsawan Chandil Kopali (CT) Mango (NAC) Purbi Singhbhum Jugsalai (M) Sub-total 4 62 4 14. Karnataka (Administrative Distts.: 21) Mundgod Uttara Kannada Bhatkal Mangalore (M Corp.+ Bantval OG) Dakshina Kannada Beltangadi Ullal (TMC) Puttur Belgaum (M Corp. + Belgaum OG) Bagalkot Bagalkot (CMC) Bijapur Bijapur (CMC) Bidar Basavakalyan (CMC) Bidar Bidar (CMC + OG) Raichur (CMC) Raichur Sindhnur (CMC) Gangawati (CMC + Koppal OG) Gadag Gadag-Betigeri (CMC) Savanur (TMC) Haveri Ranibennur (CMC) Hospet (CMC) Bellary Bellary (M Corp.) Chitradurga (CMC + Chitradurga OG)
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Harihar (CMC + OG) Davanagere Davanagere (M Corp.) Shimoga Shimoga (CMC) Chikmagalur Chikmagalur (CMC) Tumkur Tumkur (CMC) Hassan Hassan (CMC + OG) Yadgir Yadgir (CMC) Kolar (CMC) Kolar Mulbagal (TMC) Chikkaballapura Sidlaghatta (TMC) Ramanagara (CMC) Ramanagara Channapatna (CMC) Sub-total 0 6 28 15.Kerala ( Administrative Distts.: 13) Wayanad Mananthavady Wayanad Kalpetta Sulthan Bathery Kasaragod Manjeshwar Kasaragod (M) Kasaragod Kasaragod Kanhangad (M + OG) Kanhangad Idduki Ottappalam Thodupuzha (M) Mannarkad Adimali Kolam Nedumkandam Elamdesom Pathanapuram Anchal Chadayamangala
m Vettikkavala Thiruvanatapuram Vamanapuram Vellanad Nedumangad Perumkadavila Kannur Irikkur Kannur (M) Kannur Iritty Taliparamba (M) Peravoor Thalassery (M) Kozhikode Vadakara (M) Kozhikode Cheruvannur (CT) Beypore (CT) Malapuram Nilambur Manjeri (M) Malapuram Malappuram (M + OG)
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Nilambur (CT) Perinthalmanna (M) Koottilangadi (CT) Kodur (CT) Tirur (M) Kottakkal (CT) Tanalur (CT) Cheriyamundam (CT) Kattipparuthi (CT) Talakkad (CT) Triprangode (CT) Pallikal (CT) Moonniyur (CT) Peruvallur (CT) Kannamangalam (CT) Othukkungal (CT) Parappur (CT) Vengara (CT) Abdu Rahiman Nagar(CT) Tirurangadi (CT) Nannambra (CT) Thennala (CT) Ponnani (M) Palakkad Palakkad Palakkad (M) Edathala (CT) Ernakulam Choornikkara (CT) Kalamassery (M) Kottayam Erattupetta (CT) Alappuzha (M + OG) Alappuzha Kayamkulam (M) Kollam (M Corp. + Kollam Kollam OG) Neyyattinkara (M) Sub-total 7 23 43 16. Madhya Pradesh (Administrative Distts.: 8) Bhopal Bhopal Burhanpur Burhanpur Burhanpur (M Corp.) Neemuch Neemuch (M + OG) Mandsaur Mandsaur (M) Jaora (M + OG) Ratlam Ratlam (M Corp.)
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Indore Mhow Cantt (CB) Khargone(West Nimar) Khargone (M + OG) Khandwa (East Nimar) Khandwa (M Corp.) Sub-total 2 8 17. Maharashtra (Administrative Distts.: 27) Mumbai Suburban Mumbai Suburban Mumbai Mumbai Buldana Shegaon Malkapur (M Cl) Nandura Khamgaon (M Cl) Motala Buldana (M Cl) Buldana Khamgaon Buldana Chikhli Akola Telhara Balapur (M Cl) Akot Akola (M Corp.) Balapur Akot (M Cl) Akola Akola Murtijapur Patur Barshitakli Washim Mangrulpir Karanja (M Cl) Washim Karanja Washim (M Cl) Amravati Anjangaon Surji Achalpur (M Cl) Chandurbazar Morshi Amravati Amravati Bhatkuli Daryapur Nandgaon- Khandeshwar Nanded Ardhapur Nanded Nanded Hingoli Hingoli Hingoli Parbhani Parbhani Aurangabad Sillod Sillod (M Cl) Aurangabad Manmad (M Cl) Chandrapur Chandrapur (M Cl) Chandrapur Ballarpur (M Cl) Ratnagiri Mandangad Nashik Dyane (CT) Nandurbar Nandurbar (M Cl) Dhule Dhule (M Corp.)
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Jalgaon Bhusawal (M Cl) Nagpur Kamptee (M Cl) Yavatmal (M Cl) Yavatmal Pusad (M Cl) Hingoli (M Cl) Hingoli Basmath (M Cl) Jintur (M Cl) Parbhani Parbhani (M Cl) Jalna Jalna (M Cl) Ahmadnagar Shrirampur (M Cl) Bid (M Cl) Bid Parli (M Cl) Ambejogai (M Cl) Latur (M Cl) Latur Udgir (M Cl) Osmanabad Osmanabad (M Cl) Ratnagiri Ratnagiri (M Cl) Sangli Miraj Kupwad Sangli (M Corp.) Sub-total 10 28 34 18. Manipur (Administrative Distts.: 7) Churachandpur Tipaimukh Vangai Range Thanlon Henglep Lamka Churachandpur Tuibong Saikot Sangaikot Samulamlan Singngat Ukhrul Chingai Ukhrul Lungchong Ukhrul Meiphei Kamjong Phungyar Kasom Khullen Chandel Machi Tengnoupal Chandel Chandel Chakpikarong
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Khenjoy Senapati Mao Maram Paomata Purul Senapati Kangpokpi Saitu Gamphazol Saikul Tamenglong Tousem Tamei Tamenglong Tamenglong Nungba Khoupum Thoubal Thoubal Thoubal Jiribam Imphal East Imphal East-II Sub-total 6 35 0 19. Meghalaya (Administrative Distt.: 1) West Garo Hills Selsella Tura (M) West Garo Hills Zikzak Sub-total 1 2 1 20. Mizoram (Administrative Distts.: 3) Lunglei Lunglei Mamit Zawlnuam Mamit West Phaileng Lawngtlai West Bunghmun Lungsen Lawngtlai Chawngte Lawngtlai Bungtlang South Sub-total 3 7 0 21. Nagaland (Administrative Distt.: 1) Dimapur Niuland Sub-total 0 1 0 22. Odisha (Administrative Distts.: 5) Gajapati Mohana Nuagada Gajapati R. Udaygiri Guma Kashinagara Balisankara Sundargarh Subdega Baragaon
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Kutra Nuagaon Rajagangapur Gurundia Kuanrmunda Daringbadi Kandhamal Kotagarh Chandrapur Rayagada Gunupur Bhadrak Bhadrak (M + OG) Sub-total 1 17 1 23. Punjab (Administrative Distts.: 2) Gurdaspur Dhariwal Gurdaspur Kalanour Dera Baba Nanak Sangrur Malerkotla-II Sub-total 0 5 0 24. Puducherry (Administrative Distts.: 2) Mahe Mahe Karaikal Karaikal (M) Sub-total 1 0 1 25. Rajasthan (Administrative Distts.: 16) Ganganagar Raisinghnagar Ganganagar Anupgarh Gharsana Jaisalmer Sam Jaisalmer Sankra Bikaner Khajuwala Tijara Kishangarh Bas Alwar Lachhmangarh Ramgarh Umren Nagar Bharatpur Kaman Barmer Chohtan Ajmer Masuda Sardarshahar (M) Churu Churu (M Cl + OG) Sujangarh (M) Jhunjhunun Jhunjhunun (M Cl)
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Nawalgarh (M) Gangapur City (M) Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur (M) Fatehpur (M) Sikar Sikar (M Cl + OG) Makrana (M + OG) Ladnu (M) Nagaur Nagaur (M + OG) Basni Belima (CT) Tonk Tonk (M Cl) Bundi Bundi (M + OG) Banswara Banswara (M + OG) Udaipur (M Cl) Udaipur Gangoh (NPP) Sub-total 2 15 18 26. Sikkim (Administrative Distts.: 4) North District Chungthang North District Mangan West District Gyalshing West District Soreng South District Namchi South District Ravong Gangtok East District Pakyong Rongli Sub-total 3 9 0 27. Tripura (Administrative Distts.: 4) North Tripura Gournagar Kadamtala North Tripura Pencharthal Jampuii hills Boxanagar West Tripura Melaghar Kathalia Karbuk South Tripura Rupaichhari Chhamanu Dhalai Dumburnagar Sub-total 1 11 0 28. Tamil Nadu (Administrative Distts.: 12) The Nilgiris Gudalur Pudukkottai Manamelkudi
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Mandapam Ramanathapuram Thiruvadanai Pernampattu (M) Melvisharam (M) Vellore Vellore (M. Corp) Vaniyambadi (M) Ambur (M) Dindigul Dindigul (M) Karur Pallapatti (TP) Nagapattinam Nagapattinam (M) Ramanathapuram Keelakarai (M) Thoothukkudi (M Thoothukkudi Corp.) Kayalpattinam (M) Kadayanallur (M) Tirunelveli Tenkasi (M) Tirunelveli (M Corp.) Kollancode (TP) Kanniyakumari Nagercoil (M) Kurichi (M) Coimbatore Kuniyamuthur (M) Sub-total 0 4 18 29. Telangana (Administrative Distts.: 6) Hyderabad Hyderabad Zahirabad Zahirabad (M + OG) Medak Kohir Sangareddy (M + OG) Adilabad (M) Adilabad Nirmal (M) Ranjal Nizamabad (M Corp.) Nizamabad Bodhan (M) Rangareddy Tandur (M) Mahbubnagar (M + Mahbubnagar OG) Sub-total 1 3 8 Saharanpur Sadauli Qadeem Deoband (NPP) Muzaffarabad Puwarka Ballia Kheri Saharanpur Sarsawan Nakur Gangoh Nagal Deoband Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar UN Kairana (NPP)
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Kairana Kandhla (NPP) Thana Bhawan Shamli (NPP) Kandhla Muzaffarnagar (NPP) Charthawal Budhana (NP + OG) Purkazi Khatauli (NPP) Muzaffarnagar Baghara Budhana Shahpur Morna Jansath Khatauli Bijnor Najibabad Najibabad (NPP) Kiratpur Kiratpur (NPP + OG) Mohammedpur Bijnor (NPP) Deomal Haldaur Nagina (NPP) Kotwali Afzalgarh (NPP) Bijnor Afzalgarh Sherkot (NPP) Nehtaur Dhampur (NPP) Allahpur Nehtaur (NPP) Budhanpur Seohara (NPP + OG) Seohara Jalilpur Noorpur (NPP) Noorpur Chandpur (NPP) Moradabad Thakurdwara Thakurdwara (NPP) Dilari Pakbara (CT) Chhajlet Sambhal (NPP) Bhojpur Dharampur Bhagatpur Tanda (NP) Moradabad Chandausi (NPP) Moradabad Munda Pandey Kundarki Dingpur Bilari Baniyakhera Asmauli Sambhal Panwasa Rampur Suar Tanda (NPP) Bilaspur Suar NPP Saidnagar Bilaspur (NPP) Rampur Chamraua Milak Shahabad Jyotiba Phule Nagar Jyotiba Phule Nagar Dhanaura Naugawan Sadat (NP)
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Amroha Amroha (NPP) Joya Hasanpur (NPP) Gajraula Hasanpur Meerut Sarurpur Khurd Sardhana (NPP) Parikshitgarh Mawana (NPP) Machra Meerut Janikhurd Meerut Rajpura Kharkhoda Baghpat Chhaprauli Baraut (NPP) Baraut Baghpat (NPP) Baghpat Binauli Pilana Ghaziabad Bhojpur Muradnagar (NPP) Razapur Loni (NPP) Dhaulana Dasna (NP) Ghaziabad Hapur Pilkhuwa (NPP) Simbhawali Hapur (NPP) Garh Mukteshwar Gulaothi Sikandrabad (NPP) Bulandshahr (NPP + Bulandshahr Bulandshahr OG) Gulaothi (NPP) Khurja (NPP + OG) Dahgavan Sahaswan (NPP) Budaun Kakrala (NPP) Budaun (NPP) Bareilly Baheri Faridpur (NPP) Shergarh Aonla(NPP) Richha Baheri (NPP) Bhojipura Bareilly Bithrichainpur Fatehganj Pashchim Nawabganj Pilibhit Amariya Bisalpur (NPP) Pilibhit Puranpur Pilibhit (NPP) Khutar Tilhar (NPP) Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur (NPP) Nighasan Kheri (NP) Kumbhigola Kheri Bankeyganj Phoolbehar
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Laharpur Sitapur (NPP) Biswan Khairabad (NPP) Sitapur Mahmudabad Laharpur (NPP) Mahmudabad (NPP) Biswan (NPP) Singhpur Rae Bareli (NPP) Rae Bareli Bahadurpur Bela Pratapgarh Pratapgarh Shivgarh (NPP) Nawabganj (NPP + Fatehpur OG) Bara Banki Masauli Zaidpur (NP) Sirauli Gauspur Shukul Bazar Sultanpur (NPP) Jagdishpur Sultanpur Kurwar Dubey Pur Bahraich Nawabganj Nanpara (NPP) Balaha Bahraich (NPP) Risia Chitaura Bahraich Tajwapur Phakharpur Huzoorpur Kaisarganj Jarwal Shrawasti Jamunaha Shrawasti Hariharpur Rani Sirsiya Balrampur (NPP + Balrampur Haraya Satgharwa OG) Balrampur Tulsipur Gesari Balrampur Pachperwa Shri Dutt Ganj Utraula Gaindas Buzurg Rehra Bazar Itia Thok Gonda (NPP) Mujhana Gonda Haldharmau Babhanjot Siddharthnagar Barhni Bazar Siddharthnagar Birdpur
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Naugarh Mithwal Bhanwapur Itwa Khuniyaon Domariyaganj Basti Ramnagar Basti (NPP) Sotha Sant Kabir Nagar Baghauli Semariyawan Sathiyaon Mubarakpur (NPP) Azamgarh Mirzapur Azamgarh (NPP) Mohammadpur Ghazipur Bhadaura Ghazipur (NPP + OG) Kanshiram Nagar Ganj Dundwara Ganj Dundwara(NPP) Gautam Buddha Nagar Dadri (NPP) Sandila (NPP) Hardoi Shahabad (NPP) Unnao Unnao (NPP) Farrukhabad-cum- Farrukhabad Fatehgarh (NPP) Samdhan (NP) Kannauj Kannauj (NPP) Etawah Etawah (NPP) Kanpur Nagar Kanpur (CB) Fatehpur Fatehpur (NPP) Faizabad (NPP) Faizabad Rudauli (NPP) Ambedkar Nagar Tanda (NPP) Kopaganj (NP) Mau Maunath Bhanjan (NPP) Jaunpur Jaunpur (NPP) Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi (NPP) (Bhadohi) Sub-total 15 145 89 31. Uttarakhand (Administrative Distts.: 5) Udham Singh Kashipur (NPP) Nagar Kashipur Jaspur Jaspur (NPP) Udham Singh Nagar Gadarpur Sitarganj Forest CD Block Udham Singh
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Rudrapur Bajpur Dehradun Vikasnagar Forest CD Block Garhwal Garhwal Haridwar Bhagwanpur Roorkee (NPP) Roorkee Manglaur (NPP) Narsan Haridwar Bahadarabad Laksar Forest CD Block Hardwar Haldwani-cum- Nainital Kathgodam (NPP + OG) Sub-total 2 15 5 32. West Bengal (Administrative Distts.: 16) Koch Bihar Cooch Behar - I Tufanganj - I Dinhata - I Koch Bihar Dinhata - II Sitai Sitalkuchi Haldibari Uttar Dinajpur Hemtabad Chopra Islampur Goalpokhar - I Uttar Dinajpur Goalpokhar - II Karandighi Raiganj Itahar Dakshin Dinajpur Gangarampur Kumarganj Tapan Dakshin Dinajpur Bansihari Kushmundi Harirampur Maldah Kaliachak - I Kaliachak - II Maldah Harischandrapur -
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Harischandrapur -
II Chanchal - I Chanchal - II Ratua - I Ratua - II Maldah (Old) English Bazar Manikchak Kaliachak - III Nadia Haringhata Karimpur - I Karimpur - II Tehatta - I Tehatta - II Nadia Kaliganj Nakashipara Chapra Krishnagar - II Nabadwip Darjeeling
Pulbazar Rangli Rangliot Kalimpong -I Kalimpong - II Darjiling Gorubathan Jorebunglow
Sukiapokhri Mirik Kurseong Phansidewa Kalchini Jalpaiguri Mal Chanditala - I Champdani (M) Hugli Dankuni (M) Haora Amta - I Bankra (CT) Jagatballavpur Uluberia (M + OG Sankrail Panchla Haora Uluberia - II Uluberia - I Bagnan - I Bagnan - II Shyampur - II Paschim Medinipur Garbeta - III
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Keshpur Midnapore Sutahata Panskura (M) Purba Medinipur Nandigram - I Birbhum Nalhati - I Rampurhat - I Mayureswar - I Mayureswar - II Suri - I Suri - II Bolpur Sriniketan Illambazar Birbhum Murarai - I Murarai - II Nalhati - II Rampurhat - II Mohammad Bazar Labpur Nanoor Dubrajpur Purbasthali - I Purbasthali - II Bhatar Galsi - I Galsi - II Burdwan - I Barddhaman Kalna - I Raina - I Khandaghosh Mangolkote Ketugram - I Katwa - I Manteswar North Twenty Four North Twenty Four Swarupnagar Kamarhati (M) Parganas Parganas Habra - I Titagarh (M) Habra - II Baduria (M) Amdanga Barasat - I Barasat - II Deganga Baduria Basirhat - I Basirhat - II Rajarhat
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Hasnabad Haroa Minakhan Sandeshkhali - I South Twenty Four Budge Budge - I Maheshtala (M) Parganas Bishnupur - I Baruipur Magrahat - II Falta Diamond Harbour
- II Basanti Bhangar - I South Twenty Four Bhangar - II Parganas Canning - I Canning - II Magrahat - I Diamond Harbour
- I Kulpi Mandirbazar Mathurapur - I Jaynagar - I Jaynagar - II Kultali Murshidabad Farakka Jangipur (M) Suti - I Jafrabad (CT) Suti - II Kankuria (CT) Raghunathganj - I Aurangabad (CT) Paschim Punropara Raghunathganj - II (CT) Samserganj Dhulian (M) Lalgola Sagardighi Murshidabad Bhagawangola - I Bhagawangola - II Raninagar - II Jalangi Domkal Raninagar - I Murshidabad
Jiaganj Nabagram Khargram
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Kandi Berhampore Hariharpara Nawda Beldanga - I Beldanga - II Bharatpur - II Bharatpur - I Burwan Sub-total 10 158 15 Grand-total 109 870 321
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MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH SITTING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT HELD ON FRIDAY, 30th JUNE, 2017
The Committee met from 1500 hrs. to 1610 hrs. in Committee Room No.
53, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi.
PRESENT
SHRI RAMESH BAIS - CHAIRPERSON
MEMBERS
LOK SABHA
2. Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria 3. Shri Jhina Hikaka 4. Shri Sadashiv Lokhande 5. Smt. K. Maragatham 6. Shri Kariya Munda 7. Prof. Seetaram Azmeera Naik 8. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 9. Sadhvi Savitri Bai Phule 10. Dr. Udit Raj 11. Smt. Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 12. Kunwar Bhartendra Singh 13. Prof. Sadhu Singh 14. Smt. Mamata Thakur 15. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
RAJYA SABHA
16. Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel 17. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 18. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 19. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 20. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 21. Smt. Chhaya Verma 22. Shri Ramkumar Verma
SECRETARIAT
1. Smt. Mamta Kemwal - Additional Director 2. Smt. Madhu Bhutani - Deputy Secretary
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY
Sl. No. Name Designation 1. Shri Ameising Luikham Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs 2. Shri S.K. Dev Verman Joint Secretary 3. Shri Jan-e-Alam Joint Secretary 4. Shri K.C. Samria Joint Secretary 5. Ms. Niva Singh Joint Secretary 6. Ms. M.R. Tshering Joint Secretary & FA
2. At the outset, the Chairperson welcomed the Members and the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs to the sitting of the Committee convened to have briefing by the Ministry on the subject "Implementation of the scheme of Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)". Impressing upon the witnesses to keep the proceedings of the Committee 'Confidential', the Chairperson asked the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs to give an overview of the implementation of the scheme of MsDP.
3. With the approval of the Chairperson, the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs made a Power Point presentation on the subject highlighting the following points:
(i) Salient features of MsDP, (ii) Schemes of the Ministries which are topped up by the MsDP, (iii) Innovative and non-gap filling projects taken up under MsDP, (iv) Monitoring Mechanism of MsDP, (v) Review of MsDP by the Ministry of Minority Affairs and (vi) Problems which are being faced by the Ministry/State Governments in implementation of schemes/projects under MsDP.
4. Members then raised queries which included Inter-alia status of projects/plans undertaken during 11th and 12th plan, amount sanctioned, released and expenditure incurred, number of Minorities living below the poverty line who have benefited by the MsDP scheme and status of furnishing of Utilization Certificates by the States.
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5. The representatives of the Ministry responded to the queries of the Members to the extent possible. The Chairperson directed the Secretary to furnish written replies to the unanswered queries of the Members and to questionnaire given separately to the Secretariat at the earliest.
6. The Chairperson then thanked the Secretary and other officials of the Ministry for giving valuable information to the Committee on the subject and expressing their views in a free and frank manner on various issues raised by the Members.
7. A copy of the verbatim proceeding of the sitting has been kept on record.
The witnesses then withdrew.
The Committee then adjourned.
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Annexure-III
MINUTES OF THE THIRTEENTH SITTING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT HELD ON TUESDAY, 29th MAY, 2018
The Committee met from 1500 hrs. to 1700 hrs. in Committee Room No. 2,
First Floor, PHA Ext. Building, New Delhi.
PRESENT
Kunwar Bhartendra Singh - In the Chair
MEMBERS
LOK SABHA
19. Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria 20. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste 21. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 22. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya 23. Shri Sadashiv Lokhande 24. Smt. Kariya Munda 25. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 26. Dr. Udit Raj 27. Shri Ch. Malla Reddy 28. Smt. Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 29. Smt. Mamata Thakur 30. Dr. Karan Singh Yadav
RAJYA SABHA
31. Smt. Jharna Das Baidya 32. Shri Ahamed Hassan 33. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 34. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 18. Smt. Chhaya Verma 19. Shri Ramkumar Verma
SECRETARIAT
1. Shri A.K. Singh - Additional Secretary 2. Shri Ashok Sajwan - Director 3. Smt. Mamta Kemwal - Additional Director
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY
Sl. No. Name Designation 1. Shri Ameising Luikham Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs 2. Shri S.K. Dev Verman Joint Secretary 3. Shri Jan-e-Alam Joint Secretary 4. Shri K.C. Samria Joint Secretary 5. Ms. Niva Singh Joint Secretary 6. Shri Jagmohan Gupta Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser Shria. Rizwanur Rahman Secretary (MAEF) 7. Shri G.P. Gupta Chief Executive Officer (NAWADCO) 8. Shri B.M. Jamal Secretary, EWC
2. As the Chairperson could not attend the sitting due to some unavoidable circumstances, the Members of the Committee chose Kunwar Bhartendra Singh, MP and a Member of the Committee to act as Chairperson under Rule 258(3) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha. The acting Chairperson then welcomed the Members and the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs to the sitting of the Committee convened to hear the views of the Ministry on the subject "Implementation of scheme of Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)/Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK)". Impressing upon the witnesses to keep the proceedings of the Committee 'Confidential', the Chairperson asked the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs to give an overview of the implementation of the of MsDP/ PMJVK.
3. With the approval of the Chairperson, the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs made a Power Point presentation on the subject highlighting the following points:
(i) Community-wise details of assets created/projects approved under MsDP
(ii) Action taken by the Ministry on the study report of IIPA on Implementation and Impact of MsDP (iii) Reasons for excluding Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) in restructured MsDP
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(iv) Need to create awareness of Skill Development Training Programme (v) Financial and physical progress of MsDP during 11th and 12th plan (vi) Salient features of Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (Restructured MsDP) viz. thrust of the programme implementation area and (vii) Monitoring mechanism of MsDP. 4. Members then raised queries which included inter-alia status of projects/plans undertaken during 11th and 12th plan, amount sanctioned, released, expenditure incurred and number of beneficiaries benefitted under MsDP scheme.
5. The representatives of the Ministry responded to the queries of the Members to the extent possible. The Chairperson directed the Secretary to furnish written replies to the unanswered queries of the Members and to questionnaire given separately to the Secretariat at the earliest.
6. The Chairperson then thanked the Secretary and other officials of the Ministry for giving valuable information to the Committee on the subject and expressing their views in a free and frank manner on various issues raised by the Members.
7. A copy of the verbatim proceeding of the sitting has been kept on record.
The witnesses then withdrew.
The Committee then adjourned.
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Annexure-IV
MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH SITTING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT HELD ON TUESDAY, 7th AUGUST, 2018
The Committee met from 1500 hrs. to 1530 hrs. in Chairperson's
Chamber, Room No. 113, PHA Extension Building, New Delhi.
PRESENT
SHRI RAMESH BAIS - CHAIRPERSON
MEMBERS
LOK SABHA
2. Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya 3. Shri Sadashiv Lokhande 4. Smt. K. Maragatham 5. Dr. Udit Raj 6. Shri Ch. Malla Reddy 7. Smt. Satabdi Roy 8. Kunwar Bharatendra Singh 9. Prof. Sadhu Singh 10. Smt. Mamata Thakur 11. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 12. Shri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav 13. Dr. Karan Singh Yadav
RAJYA SABHA
14. Smt. Jharna Das Baidya 15. Shri Abir Ranjan Biswas 16. Smt. Sarojini Hembram 17. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 18. Smt. Vijila Sathyananth 19. Smt. Wansuk Syiem 20. Smt. Chhaya Verma 21. Shri Ramkumar Verma
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
1. Shri Ashok Sajwan - Director 2. Smt. Mamta Kemwal - Additional Director
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2. At the outset, the Chairperson welcomed the Members to the sitting of the Committee.
3. The Committee then took up for consideration of the following draft Reports of the Committee:-
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4. The Chairperson then requested the Members to give their suggestions, if
any, on the draft Reports. The Reports were adopted by the Committee
without any amendments. The Committee then authorized the Chairperson to
finalize these draft Reports in the light of consequential changes that might
arise out of factual verification of the draft Reports and to present the same to
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APPENDIX STATEMENT OF OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS Sl. No. Para No. Observations/Recommendations
1 2 3 1. 1.17 The Committee wonder as to why the details of total number of families living below the poverty line or double below the poverty line in Minority Concentration Areas are not available with the Ministry who have been mandated for the welfare of minority communities. When this information was sought by the Committee during the examination of DFG for 2016-17, the Ministry in their action taken reply had informed that the matter had been taken up with NITI Ayog as the matter of socio-religious census is pending with them. The Committee feel that being a nodal Ministry they ought to have the data of minority communities specially the families living below the poverty line or double below the poverty line in the Minority Concentration Districts/Areas. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Ministry should pursue the matter with the NITI Aayog to provide exact number of persons living below poverty line or double below the poverty line belonging to the minority communities so that the provisions of creation of assets for providing basic amenities/ infrastructure like health, education, skill development should be made according to their need. 2. 1.18 The Committee find that no data regarding the number of families benefitted by the projects, community wise, under MsDP are maintained by the Ministry. The Committee are not satisfied with the reasons given by the Ministry viz., the basic amenities which are provided under MsDP are used by the entire population in the catchments areas. The Committee feel that Ministry should understand that the main objective of the Scheme is to develop assets and basic amenities in socio-economic backward areas having substantial minority population. The Committee feel that in the absence of data of community-wise beneficiaries, the Ministry would be unable to analyse the impact of the scheme on minorities. The Committee would like to be apprised about the number of poor families benefitted, community-wise, by the projects under MsDP since inception i.e., 2008-2009 to till date.
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3. 1.19 The Committee observe that the Multi Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) was conceived as a special initiative of the follow up action on the Sachar Committee recommendation. The Scheme was launched in 2008-09 in 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) to address the development deficits of Minority Concentration Areas by creating socio- economic infrastructure and providing basic amenities. The Scheme was revamped in the year 2013-14. In revised MsDP, the unit area of planning has been changed to blocks/towns and indentified 710 Blocks, 66 town and 13 Cluster of villages in 196 Districts for its implementation during 12th Plan. The Scheme has again been restructured for implementation during the remaining period of 14th Finance Commission i.e., upto 2019-2020. Now, the area covered will have 109 MCD Hqrs, 870 MCBs and 321 MCTs of 308 districts of 32 States. The Committee note that the name of the Programme has also been changed to Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK). Renaming the programme as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram enables the recognition at the State as well as at the national level and Central Ministries and its organisations can send proposals directly to the Ministry. The Committee note that the Ministry have revised the Scheme many times with some modifications here and there but the socio-economic condition of the Minorities has not changed much. There are significant trends of missing of basic amenities/infrastructure in minority concentration areas. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the all-out efforts should be made by the Ministry for productive implementation of the Programme. 4. 2.19 The Committee find that during 12th Plan out of 125769 projects approved only 62253 units/projects related to various States have been completed till date. The Committee are not at all happy with the progress of completion of these projects as only 50 per cent projects have been completed in 12th Plan. The Committee also find that proportion of sanctioning the assets under MsDP in various States/UTs during 12th plan period is poor vis-a-vis their completion in respect of Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as compared to other States/UTs. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should co-ordinate with the concerned States /UTs and other line Ministries to complete these incomplete projects
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5. 2.20 The Committee note that in the State of Punjab 581 projects have been sanctioned but no project was completed during 12th Plan. Similarly no asset/unit has been sanctioned in Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar. The Ministry have submitted that the construction work of 215 projects in Punjab is under progress. The Ministry also informed that despite letters from the Ministry seeking proposals and tentative allocation of funds no proposals were received from the Governments of Gujarat and A&N Islands for construction of project under the MsDP. The Committee feel that MsDP is an important scheme which addresses the developmental gaps/deficits in identified backward minority concentration areas and the projects are on a fund sharing arrangement between the Center and the State Government/UT Administration. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Ministry should impress upon all the State Governments to send viable proposals and implement this scheme seriously so that more MCAs could be covered.
6. 2.25 The Committee note that to provide Pucca Housing under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) was one of the priority sectors of MsDP during 11th and 12th Five Year Plan. However, the Committee find that there was no single unit was sanctioned under IAY in the States of Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Andaman & Nicobar during 11th Plan. The Committee find that no single unit/project was approved/sanctioned in the States of Assam, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Andaman & Nicobar Island in 12th Five Year Plan. The Committee note that out of 301221 projects of IAY 237390 units have been completed in 11th Plan. During 12th Plan Period out of 47403 units under IAY only 27130 have been completed. The Committee observe that projects relating drinking water supply and Pucca Housing under IAY have not been included in the restructured MsDP. The Ministry have reasoned that initially there was lot of emphasis on IAY as the amount of the Scheme was small. The non-availability of land and increase of amount under IAY are the reasons for not taking the project and in the revised Scheme, which
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is now called PMJVK, the individual beneficiary oriented Scheme is not being permitted as the Ministry have now focused on infrastructure. The Committee feel that no doubt housing is a basic infrastructure for the people of Minority Concentration Areas and it should not have been excluded from the list of projects which are undertaken in MsDP. The Committee, therefore, strongly recommend that the projects under IAY and drinking water supply be included in the list of priority sectors of MsDP without any delay. 7. 2.31 The Committee find that under MsDP various education related projects have been sanctioned during 11th and 12th Plan. The Committee are constrained to note that during 11th Plan, 14061 additional school rooms were sanctioned out of which 9606 have been completed and work on 1562 units is still in progress. That means work of 2893 units have not even been started till date. Similarly, work related to the 56 hostels, 18 ITI buildings has not been commenced. The Committee find that during 12th Plan, work relating to 760 school buildings, 367 hostels, 34 ITI buildings, 10 degree colleges, 10340 additional school rooms has not been started till date. In fact 782 units related to providing teaching aid were sanctioned out of which no unit has been completed and work-in-progress for only 4 units have been shown by the Ministry. As regards, unit sanctioned for lab equipments, total 87 projects have been sanctioned and no unit has been started till date. The Committee are not happy with the progress made in completion of educational projects. The Committee, therefore, desire that the Ministry should make determined efforts to complete these pending projects without further delay. The Committee also desire that the Community-wise details of beneficiaries of the schools, ITIs, polytechnics and hostels be provided to the Committee.
8. 2.32 The Ministry have informed that in the restructured MsDP, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Director General of Trainings (DGT), Maulana Azad Educational Foundation (MAEF) etc. may now submit their proposals for implementation of projects in the identified backward concentration areas with/without consultation with the State/UT to the Ministry. The Committee appreciate this move and hope that
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inclusion of these educational institutions in the implementation of the MsDP will certainly have positive impact on the lives of minority people in terms of their education empowerment.
9. 2.36 The Committee find that construction of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Health Sub-Centres and Labour rooms in PHCs is taken up by the Ministry under health related projects. The Committee observe that total 4393 units/projects relating to health were sanctioned in 11th and 12th Plan Period. The Committee find that during 11th Plan 2537 health Projects/Units were sanctioned out of which only 1971 units have been completed. In 12th Plan out of 1856 health related projects only 461 units have been functional. The Committee are not satisfied with the progress made by the Ministry in this regard. As health of the people is one of the basic indicators of development of an area, the Committee recommend that Ministry should take steps with the Health Ministry and State Governments, where these projects are pending, and remove the obstacles of completion of these projects. The Committee also recommend that the Ministry should issue advisory/instructions to the State Governments/UTs to provide basic facilities like doctors, medicines in these Health Centres to make them functional.
10. 2.40 The Committee are of the considered view that electrification and road connectivity are key to economic development of an area. The Committee find that the connectivity with the assets created under MsDP is very important to make them functional. The Committee, therefore, recommend that more and more MCDs/MCBs/Cluster of villages should be covered by the electrification and road connectivity in the remaining period of 14th Finance Commission i.e. upto 2019-20.
11. 2.46 The Committee find that the NITI AAYOG has declared 20 Most Backward Districts of the country which includes 11 Muslim Concentration Districts too. The Committee are shocked to note that these 11 Districts were also included in the list of 90 MCDs under MsDP since it was initially launched in 2008- 2009 and they still exist in 308 districts of minority concentration areas. The Committee find that Mewat
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District, in the State of Haryana tops the list of 20 most backward areas. The Committee find that during 11th and 12th Five Year Plan total 70 projects related to different sectors were approved in which majority of projects related to health and education sector. The Committee are constraint to note that not even a single unit/project under Indira Awas Yojana has been approved since 2008-09 till date. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should conduct a survey/study to know the reasons for backwardness as well as need/requirements particularly for those districts which have been included in the list of Minority Concentration Districts for the last 10 years and are still in the 308 districts in restructured MsDP and then advise the State Governments to consider need based projects of these areas so that these districts can come out of their backwardness.
12. 3.7 The Committee have been informed that the State Level Committee constituted for implementation of the Prime Minister's new 15 Point Programme for the welfare of Minorities, headed by the Chief Secretary, serves as the State Level Committee for the implementation of MsDP. Two Members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and one Member from Rajya Sabha representing the State are nominated by the Central Government and three MLAs of Legislative Assembly are nominated by the State Government on State Level Committee. Similarly, the District Level Committee for Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme serves as the District Level Committee for MsDP. Member of Parliament and MLAs of Legislative Assembly representing the District are included in the District Level Committee. Further one MP from Rajya Sabha representing the State is nominated by Central Government on the District Level Committee. The meetings of State and District Level Committees are organized by the State authorities. The Committee are surprised to find that Members of this Committee are not aware of their membership of such State or District Level Committees. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should make efforts to make these Committees functional for effective implementation of the Programme. As Members of Parliament or Members of Legislative Assemblies are actually aware of the needs of the people of their areas, their participation at the level of plan approval is very
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helpful for result oriented projects under the Programme. The Committee also recommend that the Ministry should give instructions to all State Governments for the participation of MPs or MLAs of the areas where the projects under the MsDP are approved and should be invited in the meetings of these Committees by giving them intimation quite in advance.
13. 4.10 The Committee find that during 11th Plan allocation of Rs. 3780 crore for MsDP was made out of which Rs. 2935.93 crore had been released to various States/UTs till 31.3.2012. In 11th Plan, Bihar utilised 71.58 of the funds allocated to the State under the programme. The Committee also find that during 12th Plan the States of Assam, Manipur, Haryana, Karnatka, Odisha and Telangana utilised only 4.44, 7.67, 12.82, 7.84, 23.03 and 12.59 per cent of allocated funds respectively. The Committee note that this less utilization of funds is mainly due to long gestation period of some projects, non-availability/ dispute of land, cost escalation, delay in transfer to funds by the States to the implementing Agencies. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should tackle these issues at the various levels with the State Governments and other Ministries so that the funds allocated for the schemes are utilised by all the State Governments fully. 14. 5.7 The Committee note that the Ministry have a robust mechanism for monitoring of projects under MsDP at Block, District and State level. The empowered Committee in the Ministry reviews the progress of construction in commissioning of projects, monitoring through visits by officers of Ministry at the project sites, conferences at different levels from district to zonal. The monitoring through independent agencies including social audit mechanism through community is also done. The Committee find that despite having several monitoring mechanism, the impact of MsDP is hardly visible in the Minority Concentration Areas. The Committee feel that if all the projects/units/assets are completed successfully in time and used by the targeted people under MsDP, these areas will certainly develop. The Committee desire that the monitoring of the projects should be done by independent monitors once a year, State- wise, and their report should be uploaded on the website of the Programme.
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15. 5.8 The Ministry informed that the work for development of a dedicated MIS for MsDP has been allotted to an agency and it is in an advance stage as necessary upgradation is being incorporated in the module. The Committee desire that online module should be completed in a definite time period and progress so made be intimated to the Committee within three months from the date of presentation of the Report. 16. 5.9 The Committee find that IIPA has submitted its final Report to the Ministry on Impact Assessment of MsDP in the country. The Committee desire that the Ministry should go through the report and take action on the findings of the study. The Committee may also be apprised of the action taken on the findings vis-a-vis Report of the IIPA. 17. 6.4 The Ministry informed the Committee that to disseminate the information regarding MsDP Scheme and create awareness among the people of remote areas regarding benefits of the Scheme, the States were advised to hold orientation programme for the officials who are dealing with MsDP to make them aware about the provisions of MsDP. The official website of the Ministry also contains information regarding the priority and objectives of the programme. Further, the Ministry formulates a Media Plan on annual basis and there remains a head-wise allocation in the plan on various Media activities namely Print Media, Audio-Video publicity, Outdoor publicity etc. The Media activities are implemented through various agencies namely DAVP, NMDFC, Prasar Bharti etc. and the awareness/ campaign plans are designed by the said agencies, which results in creating awareness among the target groups. The Committee desire that these awareness programmes should be implemented more effectively particularly in rural areas so that the marginalised section of the Minority Communities will also get the benefit of this programme.
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