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Official lethargy costs Telangana State dearly
Bureaucratic delay in the submission of utilisation certificates and non release of matching grant to certain Central government sponsored welfare and development programmes has resulted in slow down of their implementation.
Hyderabad: Bureaucratic delay in the submission of utilisation certificates and non release of matching grant to certain Central government sponsored welfare and development programmes has resulted in slow down of their implementation.
In fact, what the State got from the Centre this year as assistance was Rs 4,500 crore as against Rs 6,000 crore last year. Had the State government submitted the utilisation certificates in time, it could have got nearly Rs 10,000 crore, according to official sources.
In all, 27 schemes are being implemented under the Central government sponsored schemes. There are three categories core of core, core and optional schemes.
Top officials of the finance department told The Hans India that under core of the core scheme Centre provides 90 per cent grant. The schemes under this category are being implemented by department of rural development, minority welfare, SC, ST and BC welfare departments.
As these departments failed to submit the utilisation certificates in time, they could get only a part of the total funds. Under the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), the State had received nearly Rs 1500 crore. The result is that it is deprived of nearly Rs 1,000 crore under the employment scheme alone.
The BC, SC, ST and Minority departments had not even submitted the proposals. Had the proposals been submitted, the State would have got Rs 1000 crore under umbrella programmes. Due to the delay the department got Rs 500 crore only till November end.
The release of funds under the core schemes like National Health Mission, Pradhan Manthri Gram Sadak Yojana, National Education Mission, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and infrastructure and road development in LWE (Left Wing Extremists) districts were also pending with the Centre as the State government has not submitted utilisation certificates.
As per the procedures, the respective departments should forward new proposals every three months and update the Centre about the requirement of funds. Besides, they should clarify the doubts raised by the Union government from time to time for early release of funds. One of the major schemes that was worst affected was the ICDS. The scheme was granted only Rs 300 crore as against Rs 600 crore previously.
Delay in providing the share of the State government has affected the implementation of various schemes like input subsidy scheme. The Union government released Rs 790 crore as input subsidy in April this year; the State government was yet to release its share. Instead, it diverted the Central funds for other needs. With financial year to end in next three months time, the officials said all the departments have been instructed to finalise the proposals and submit them immediately, the sources said.
