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PM Addresses the DGPs and IGPs Conference - 2009
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for creating a new-age Policeman who is more professional, better-motivated, suitably empowered, well-trained, one who places greater emphasis on technology for investigation and other tasks. "Our police forces must operate on the frontiers of modern technology," he added. The Prime Minister was addressing the All India Conference of DGPs and IGPs in
Following is the text of the Prime Minister's address on the occasion:
"Let me begin by saying that I consider your Conference a valuable opportunity to interact with the leaders of the Police, Intelligence and Security Agencies on vital issues relating to internal security. I hope you have been having discussions which will enhance and deepen our understanding of internal security matters and will also lead to a consensus on what needs to be done to strengthen the country's internal security. I very much look forward to concrete, implementable recommendations emerging out of your deliberations on this very important subject. I congratulate all those officers who have been presented with the President's Police Medal for distinguished and meritorious service and I wish them greater success in the years to come.
I would also like to take this opportunity to interact our Police forces, our Intelligence Agencies and our Security Forces in general for their contribution to the free and fair conduct of the recently held general for their. The relative peace that prevailed both during and before the polls was in large measure facilitated by your vigilant efforts. You deserve our country's sincere thanks for this excellent performance.
My colleague, the Home Minister would have outlined the internal security challenges our country faces. I would therefore briefly touch upon only a few of these issues. As far as terrorism is concerned, during the past year we have achieved some major successes. Many terrorist modules have been dismantled and arrests of several important terrorists have taken place. It is on account of your alertness that we have not had a serious terrorist attack since November last year. But our success in preventing terrorist attacks can be sustained only at the price of unrelenting vigilance. There are many developments taking place in our country and outside which have a bearing on our internal security. It is important to understand their true nature and the exact way they can and they could affect us. We also need to understand better why many more local youth are being induced into participating in terrorist activities and how they are being recruited, indoctrinated and trained. The factors that cause social disharmony and alienation should be clearly known so that we can work to eliminate them. I urge you to pay particular attention to these aspects.
I have consistently held that in many ways, the Left Wing Extremism is, perhaps, the gravest internal security threat our country faces. We have discussed this in the last five years and I would like to say frankly that we have not achieved as much success as we would have liked in containing this menace. It is a matter of concern that despite our efforts, the level of violence in the affected States continues to rise.
As I have stated before, dealing with Left Wing extremism requires a nuanced strategy, a holistic approach – it cannot be treated simply as a law and order problem. Despite its sanguinary nature, the movement manages to retain the support of a section of the tribal communities and the poorest of the poor in many affected areas. It has influence among certain sections of the civil society, the intelligentsia and the youth. It still retains a certain élan. All this adds to the complexity of the problem. I expect you to keep this in mind as you devise newer and better strategies to deal with this problem.
The situation in the North-Eastern parts of our country is also far from comfortable. In two of the States, viz., Manipur and
In the case of Jammu & Kashmir, we have reasons to be satisfied that elections to both the State Assembly and our Parliament during the past year were held in a peaceful atmosphere. The level of violence in the State has also come down and is perhaps at its lowest level since the beginning of insurgency in the late 80s.
But there is no scope for complacency. There are certain developments that are worrisome. Infiltration across the Line of Control and also via other routes such as
I would like to compliment my friend, the Home Minister and his team for the efforts they have made in the last many months to improve our internal security situation. I am happy that action is being taken on the report of the task force that I had announced in this very last conference. This, together with the Action Plans drawn up by the Home Ministry, should go a long way to improve police performance, make the security Agencies more responsive to terrorist threats and improve their overall efficiency.
I would particularly like to commend to you the idea of our agencies developing strategic foresight to anticipate future surprise attacks like the one that took place in Mumbai in November last year. Improved intelligence generation and coordination are critical to developing such a capability. Also, like in other areas of governance, new technology and technological innovations can go a very long way in improving our performance in all dimensions of the internal security challenges. I am confident that the establishment of a secure net-centric information command structure would substantially improve the capabilities of our Agencies to deal with the internal security challenges.
Let me now move to certain areas in which the Central and State Governments need to take quick action. It is absolutely imperative that we strengthen policing at the grassroots level. The Police Station has to be the fulcrum around which this needs to take place. A large increase in the number of Police Stations along with raising the strength of Police Stations has to be undertaken. We need far higher numbers of policemen and policewomen to improve the present low police-population ratio of 145 per hundred thousand of population. As a first step, I would urge all of you to do everything possible to fill up the large number of vacancies that exist today at various levels in our police force. At the same time greater attention has to be paid to the provision of adequate amenities for the constables and I would like to particularly emphasize a provision of housing facilities for our policemen. A situation that a large number of policemen are compelled to make private arrangements for renting houses is fraught with serious problems, particularly, from the view point of enforcement of effective law and order.
But increasing numbers will not be enough. We need a new-age Policeman who is more professional, better-motivated, suitably empowered, well-trained, one who places greater emphasis on technology for investigation and other tasks. Emphasis should be on capacity building from the police station level itself, so that the police is better equipped. Each police station should aim at being self-sufficient and needs to be given the required resources in terms of anti-riot gear, better weapons, the nucleus of a mobile forensic unit and be connected to a networked criminal data base management system. Every city should have a modern police control room with digitized maps. The key here lies in the plans for the modernization of our Police force. I am aware that the Police modernization framework is being substantially enlarged, but I would still urge that modernization of the Police should receive the highest priority. Our police forces must operate on the frontiers of modern technology. We must also design systems and procedures which will minimize scope for corruption. We should have a sufficiently long-term perspective in this area and also the required amount of funds should be made available for the purpose.
I must specially emphasize here the critical importance of training for policemen. I understand that on the average a Police officer is retrained only once in about twenty years. This is totally inadequate in the changed circumstances and this must be rectified. It would also help if the police were to benchmark their training curricula with the syllabi and training methodologies of Police training institutions elsewhere in the world to ensure better quality. The world is changing and changing very rapidly and Police training must keep pace with the best practices being followed in the world.
Today, there is little research in subjects related to the police and policing. An analytical approach to the problems and difficulties that come in the way of better policing could prove extremely useful. I would like the proposals for the setting up of a
I conclude by reminding you of your solemn obligation towards the common citizen, someone who has little by way of resources to defend himself or herself against crime and criminals. Indeed, it is your solemn duty to protect the weak and the defenceless. Those who seek to promote communal violence and discord have to be dealt with firmly. Special efforts must be made to establish a relationship of trust and confidence between our police forces and the minority communities. You must not fail in this aspect. The underprivileged and weaker sections of our society- the minorities, the SCs and STs, women and senior citizens- should feel adequate confidence in the ability of our police force to protect. The common man should go about his daily life with a sense of security. He should have faith in the policeman and the police station. And this I believe is the real test of our efforts, a test that we cannot afford to fail.
As I conclude, I wish you all the very best practices being efforts to strengthen
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Ambika Soni reaffirms commitment to Public Service Broadcasting Ideals
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has renewed its commitment of financial support to Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), a
Speaking on the occasion of 'Commemorating 50 years of Public Television In India', the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Smt Ambika Soni invited suggestions from the luminaries of PSBT Trustees for making the Public Service Broadcaster – Doordarshan more vibrant and interesting while retaining its commitment for healthy entertainment suitable for family viewing. Smt Ambika Soni also reiterated that her Ministry would continue to strive to encourage creative skills so long as they honour the sensibilities of all single television viewing families. The Minister exhorted the young filmmakers – particularly those who are the beneficiaries of the PSBT-Ministry fellowships, to take up the challenge of making relevant programmes for particularly the marginalized strata of society.
Smt Soni reminded the gathering that Doordarshan is the only channel with the widest terrestrial reach which caters to the remotest and border areas often neglected by the commercial interests of other channels. The Minister also invited stalwarts like Shyam Benegal (a PSBT Trustee), who had made the memorable 'Bharat ek khoj' serial for Doordarshan in the past, to contribute meaningfully to Doordarshan again. Adoor Gopalkrishnan (Chairman PSBT)'s new film "Oru Pennum Randaanum", funded by Doordarshan was screened on the occasion.
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Training of auto-rickshaw drivers: Secretary, Union Tourism Ministry, addresses awareness workshop for the stakeholders
Encouraged by the response to the training programme for the taxi drivers, the Union Ministry of Tourism has launched a training programme for the auto-rickshaw drivers. The programme aims at enabling, through training, the auto drivers of the city of
Union Secretary of Tourism Shri Sujit Banerjee inaugurated the Project on Capacity building for Auto drivers by addressing the Stakeholder's workshop. Speaking on the occasion here today he said, the successful organization of the Commonwealth Games is a challenge to all the stakeholders and everybody has to contribute to the collective efforts to make it a success. Referring to the proposed training programme he said, the Programme is an acknowledgement, in no uncertain terms, of the fact that if tourism in this country has to succeed, as is expected and envisioned, the service to the tourists has to improve across the board, starting from the drivers of taxies and auto-rickshaws who are generally the first inter-active points for the tourists. Often, the first impression they create is the last impression. He said the
During the day-long workshop, the basic training model developed by HIPA, Gurgaon, its objective and expected outcome were discussed. A panel discussion was organized wherein all the stakeholders namely
The city of
The Ministry of tourism, Government of India has, on its part, initiated earnest efforts to upgrade the quality of service offered through a series of customized training programmes for the service providers. The initiatives include orientation of the Ministry's regular programme namely Earn While You Learn so as to meet the requirement of the Games Sectt. of volunteers for specialized functions as well as these students would work as student escort for the general tourist. The Ministry has also launched, under the aegis of the PUSA
One of the relatively more ambitious programmes that the Ministry of tourism has launched in association with the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) is for the training of about 2500 taxi drivers and others in the connected functional domains. The programme which commenced on 11/05/09 will conclude just on the eve of the Games comprise 80 training courses, each of 4 days duration, organized week after week without a break.
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Rural Drinking Water Supply – achievements & initiatives
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Physical Progress: During Bharat Nirman period, 55,067 un-covered and about 3.31 lakh slipped-back habitations were to be covered with provisions of drinking water facilities and 2.17 lakh quality-affected habitations were to be addressed for water quality problem. Against 55,067 un-covered habitations, 54,430 habitations have been covered. The remaining habitations, out of which some are in difficult areas lacking sustainable sources of drinking water, are proposed to be covered with provision of drinking water supply systems by 2011. Under the category of slipped back and quality affected habitations, against a target of 3,31,604 for slipped back habitations and 2,16,968 for quality affected habitations, 3,57,978 slipped back habitations and 50,167 quality affected habitations have been actually covered with potable water supply and projects for 2,59,773 water quality affected habitations have been approved and are at various stages of execution by the States.
Financial Progress: Under Bharat Nirman for rural water supply, it was envisaged that during 4 years, Rs. 25,300 crore would be required as Central share. Accordingly, Rs.4,098 crore in 2005-06, Rs.4,560 crore in 2006-07 and Rs. 6,441.69 crore in 2007-08 has been utilized. In 2008-09, a budgetary provision of Rs.7,300 crore has been made for rural drinking water out of which, Rs. 7276.29 crore (99.68%) has been utilized till 31st March, 2009. During 2009-10 an amount of Rs. 2377.07 crore has been released during April, 2009 against a budgetary allocation of Rs. 8000 crore.
Contingency plans for drinking water in the wake of slow progress of south–west monsoon
*Planning: In view of the delay in the onset of monsoon, in the month of June itself, States were asked to review the drinking water scenario in their States and draw contingency plans to tackle the problem. The plan should have both short-term and long-term measures, details of water stressed areas and details of transportation of water both by road and/or train, if required. The Department had also convened a meeting of State's Secretaries in-charge of rural water supply on 1st July, 2009 and preparedness of states to tackle the situation was discussed in detail. Officers with the Department have been nominated to function as Area Officers to visit the States, remain in touch and look into specific problems of the allotted States. They are also visiting the States as a part of the Central Team. States have been urged to take a number of steps, which inter alia includes expediting completion of ongoing schemes, specifically those which can bring immediate relief; retain and reserve water in the tanks and reservoirs for drinking water purposes; take up hydro-fracturing, deepening and other measures for improving yields from the existing ground water based systems, campaign for repair and restoration of water supply systems especially hand pumps, etc. Department has also requested the States to fine tune their contingency plan and take action which will help in mitigating the problems viz. using NREGS, watershed and other programme funds for de-silting of water bodies, rejuvenation of water bodies, etc. Department has sought the details of help, if any States require to tackle the problem. They have also been asked to lay emphasis on water conservation.
*Monitoring: Department is keeping a close watch on the situation. At present, none of the States are reporting any major drinking water problem. With the improvement in rains, water supply through tankers has come down drastically in various States and situation has become normal. However, States are repeatedly sensitized to plan for the whole year till next monsoon so that during next summer, people do not face the drinking water problem. States have also been provided with some suggestions to help them in the planning as well as monitoring the same. In so far as drinking water situation is concerned, at present, situation is comfortable but depending on rainfall in next few weeks, situation may vary from State to State during the next year till next monsoon.
*Financial Provision: At the Government of India level, 5% of the annual allocation for rural water supply is retained to provide need-based assistance to the States in the event of natural calamities for mitigation of drinking water problems in the affected areas. This fund is meant for repair and restoration of damaged rural water supply infrastructure. Further, States can utilize up to 10% of their annual allocation for operation & maintenance of the existing rural water supply systems, which includes repair, replacement, rejuvenation, augmentation, restoration, etc. to provide drinking water. Keeping in view the need to bring in long-term sustainability to the existing water supply sources and systems, from 2009-10 provisions have been made to enable the States to utilize up to 20% of their annual allocation on 100% grant-in-aid basis for sustainability measures to ensure that water supply systems remain functional on a long-term basis. Sufficient funds have been made available to the States for rural water supply.
New policy for Drinking Water Program Implemented : National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) has been launched with the goal to provide every rural person with adequate water for drinking, cooking and other domestic basic needs on a sustainable basis. The program makes it mandatory to prepare village and subsequently district water security plans as an integral part of rural water supply programs. Since 1972, with the launching of Accelerated Rural Water Supply Program, coverage had been linked with the installation of a water supply system in the village / habitation. Now, coverage is linked to household level availability of potable, safe and adequate drinking water at a convenient location.
On-line Monitoring launched : To ensure proper reporting and transparency in program implementation, all information pertaining to rural water supply programs is now being obtained on-line. The on-line web based Integrated Management Information Systems (IMIS) has been launched and all information is now available in the public domain.
Incentive for handing over drinking water schemes to Panchayats: To encourage the States to ensure that the PRIs operate and maintain the water supply schemes, weightage has been provided for "rural population managing rural drinking water supply schemes" under the revised criteria for fund allocation under NRDWP.
Support for setting up Sub-Division level water quality testing labs: Grant in aid is now made available for establishment of water testing laboratories at the sub-division level, especially in those areas where ground water is chemically contaminated with arsenic, fluoride, etc.
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New Initiatives Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
With a view to strengthen NREGA the Ministry of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj has taken up several new initiatives based on widespread consultations with different stakeholders including the state governments, members of the Central Employment Guarantee Council, professionals, academics, public representatives, civil society organizations. The key areas have been the strengthening of decentralization and mobilizing NREGA workers, enforcing transparency and public accountability, ICT for transparency and enforcing workers' rights under NREGA, sustainable development through NREGA. These include :
1. District Level Ombudsman for effective grievance redressal:
1.1. The Ombudsman will be appointed by the State Government on the recommendation of the selection committee. Ombudsmen will be well-known persons from civil society who have experience in the field of public administration, law, academics, social work or management.
1.2 Ombudsman will be an agency independent of the central or state government. The Ombudsman will receive complaints from NREGA workers and others on any matters, consider such complaints and facilitate their disposal in accordance with law . Where facts are admitted case will be disposed by passing appropriate direction and if not admitted, Ombudsman will pass an award. There shall be no appeal against the award of Ombudsman and the same shall be final.
1.3. The Ombudsman will also issue directions for conducting spot investigation, lodge FIRs against the erring parties, initiate proceedings suo motu when required and look into direct redressal, disciplinary and punitive actions. In cases of corruption, he will forward the matter to take up criminal prosecution.
1.4. The Ombudsman will send monthly and annual report, list of awards passed to Chief Secretary and Secretary in charge of NREGA. Summary report of cases disposed by Ombudsman will be reported to the State Council and will also form part of the Annual Report to be placed in the Legislative Assembly.
2. NREGA partnership with Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDA):
NREGA will be collaborating with UIDA . The database of NREGA will be utilized by the UID Authority to expedite the development of the identification system for the residents.
3. National Helpline for receipt of complaints :
The Ministry has a Toll free National Helpline 1800110707 to enable the submission of complaints and queries to the Ministry for the protection of workers entitlements and rights under the Act. This is being CT enabled and linked with the State and District Level Helplines to create a National Network of NREGA Helpline. It will also be linked to Office of the Ombudsman at district level for registration of complaints.
4. Social Audits: Gram Panchayats have been asked to organize Social Audits once in every six months. The monitoring of Social Audit is online through the NREGA website wherein the data, follow up action can be tracked down to the Gram Panchayat level.
a) The total number of issues reported and the action taken as on September 9, 2009 was 5819, the number of grievances submitted and action taken are 842.
b) NLM Visit: Thirty seven National level Monitor were deputed to 37 districts in 15 states for special monitoring of the social audit campaign initiated by the Ministry.
5. Independent Monitoring Mechanisms
. 100 Eminent Citizen Monitors will be identified to Report on the progress of NREGA.
6. Convergence
6.1. The Ministry of Rural Development has developed and disseminated Guidelines for convergence of NREGS with different Schemes and specific programs such as Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR), National Afforestation Program and other schemes of the Ministry of Forest & Environment, Schemes of the Ministry of Water Resources, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-PMGSY (Department of Rural Development), Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana-SGSY (Department of Rural Development), Watershed Development Programs (Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development) .115 pilot districts in 23 states have been identified by the Ministry Of Environment & Forests, Ministry Of Water Resources and ICAR.
6.2. Draft Joint Guidelines have also been prepared with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Department for convergence of NREGS and schemes of Ministry of Agriculture.
6.3. Civil Society Organizations/ Professional Institutions having technical competence & resources are being enlisted for monitoring of convergence pilots.
7. Enlarge the scope of works permitted under NREGA presently limited to unskilled manual labour
7.1 Schedule I, paragraph 1, sub para (iv) of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, "provision of irrigation facility to land owned by households belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes or to land of beneficiaries of land reforms or that of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana of the Government of India"
has been amended as per Ministry of Rural Development Notification dated 22nd July, 2009, to: "provision of irrigation facility, horticulture plantation and land development facilities to land owned by households belonging to the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes or below poverty line families or to beneficiaries of land reforms or to the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana of Government of India or that of the small farmers or marginal farmers as defined in the Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008."
7.2 It is also envisaged in the provisions that Gram Panchayats while approving work plans, as per the list of permissible works under the Act, will ensure that works on lands of SC / ST and BPL receive first priority.
Small & Marginal Farmers account for 80% of all land holdings and operate about 40% of all cultivated land. Permitting private works on lands of small & marginal farmers implies coverage of 40% of all cultivated area. Of the 142 million hectares of land under cultivation about 57 million hectares will come under ambit of NREGA works. With improved productivity on lands of small and marginal farmers, more employment will be generated on farmers' fields as farmers' capacities are increased through use of modern technologies and agronomic practices. This is a step in the direction of moving from unskilled manual labour to skilled farming practices.
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Rural Employment - Achievements Under NREGA
Ever since its launch on February 2, 2006, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, NREGA has been playing the role of a catalyst in rural economy. The Act provides for at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. A quick look at the achievements and consolidation of the program showcases its strength :
§ Maximizing Work Opportunities: Livelihood Security : Under NREGA ,in 2008-09 4.5 crore households were provided employment and 216.01 crore persondays were generated. In FY 2009-10 upto July, 2.53 crore households have been provided work and 87.09 crore persondays have been generated.
§ Inclusive Growth: NREGA has provided employment particularly for marginalized groups. The participation percentages were 55% (SC/ST) in 2008-09 and 53% (SC/ST) upto July, 2009. Women workforce participation has also surpassed the statutory minimum requirement of 33 per cent. In FY 08-09, women participation was 48%, which has increased to 52% upto in 2009-10 (upto July, 09).
Augmenting household income, savings and investment: Post-NREGA, there has been a revision of minimum wages across the country in last three years, and the average daily wage rate has increased from Rs. 75 to Rs 87 in 2009-10 (upto July, 2009)
Financial Inclusion: Over 7.33 crore NREGA bank and post office accounts have been opened so far. These accounts have helped bring the rural poor under the organized banking sector. Besides the agencies for wage payment are being separated from implementing agencies through accounts-based wage payment. This will not only infuse integrity in wage payment, but also bring the most vulnerable people in rural
Regenerating Natural Resources: Under NREGA water and soil conservations, plantation and afforestation has been given priority. Works relating to drought proofing and flood protection are aimed to provide resistance to climate shocks and natural disasters. Thus, NREGA can actually be seen moving towards its objective of food and livelihood security and long term sustainable development through ecological regeneration. In 2008-09, 27.20 lakhs works were undertaken, of which 46% constituted water conservation. During the current year upto July-09, 21.76 lakhs works have been undertaken, of which 51% relate to water conservation.
Drought mitigation: NREGA has the potential to diminish the adverse impact of drought by placing purchasing power in the hands of the peoples. Advisories were issued to all 11 drought affected states to ensure that adequate funds and shelf of project have been made available to the Districts.
ICT as a growth trigger for rural development: NREGA has used technology effectively for inclusion. Web enabled Management Information System (MIS) (www.nrega.nic.in), one of the largest data base of rural households, makes transparency intrinsic to NREGA by placing all critical parameters such as wage payments, number of days of employment provided and works under execution online for easy public access. 2.04 crore Muster Rolls and 7.88 crore Job Cards have been uploaded so far.
NREGA has also encouraged the transfer of local solutions and best practices through the online Knowledge Network. Currently District Program Coordinators, PRI functionaries, professional institutions are members of this network. The network also links up with Civil Society Organizations. Initial experiments in the use of smart cards for wage payment to NREGA workers in remote villages are being supported. With these initiatives that help in formation of social and physical capital, establishing ecological synergies, strengthening democratic governance projects, enhancing livelihood opportunities, NREGA is poised to progress from a wage employment to sustainable development program.
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Rural Housing : Achievements and Initiatives under Indira Awaas Yojana
Rural Housing is one of the six components of Bharat Nirman Programme. Under the first phase of Bharat Nirman programme period, i.e. from 2005-06 to 2008-2009, 60 lakh houses were envisaged to be constructed. As against this target, 71.76 lakh houses were constructed thereby exceeding the target of Bharat Nirman.
It has now been proposed to double the target of Phase –I Bharat Nirman and to construct 120 lakh houses during the next five years period of Phase II Bharat Nirman starting from the current year 2009-10.
During the current year, the central allocation is Rs.8800.00 crore against which Rs.4027.32 crore have been released as part of first installment (up to 10.09.2009). This year's allocation plus the amount of Rs.2428.48 crore released out of the economic stimulus package at the end of the year 2008-09, is sufficient for construction of 40.52 lakh houses. Hence, the physical target for the year 2009-10 is for construction of 40.52 lakh houses.
Quarter-wise physical target set for the year 2009-10 is as follows:
| Quarter | Target |
| Physical target for 1st quarter | 4.05 lakh houses |
| Physical target for 2nd quarter | 8.10 lakh houses |
| Physical target for 3rd quarter | 10.13 lakh houses |
| Physical target for 4th quarter | 18.24 lakh houses |
| Total Annual Target | 40.52 lakh houses |
The financial and physical performance under IAY for the first quarter of 2009-10 is given in the tabular form:
| Year | Central Allocation (Rs. in crore) | Central Release (Rs. in crore) | Total* Avail-able funds(Rs. in crore) | Uti-lization during Ist quarter (Rs. in crore) | % of fund Utilizat-ion | Annual Target (in lakh) | Target during Ist quarter (in lakh) | Achie- vement during Ist quarter (in lakh) | % of Achevement during Ist quarter |
| 2009-10 | 8494.70 | 3209.36 | 7119.12 | 2500.55 | 35.12% | 40.52 | 4.05 | 5.17 | 127.65 |
.*Total Available Funds includes opening balance + Central Release + State Matching
Details of allocation, release and physical achievement during & 2009-10 (as on 10/09/2009) are as under :
| Year | Central Allocation (Rs. in Crore) | Central Release (Rs. in crore) | Total Avail-able funds(R. in crore) | Uti-lization(Rs. in crore) | % of fund Uti-lization | Physical Target (In lakh) | Achieve-ment (In lakh) | % of Achie- vement |
| 2009-10 | 8494.70 | 4027.32 | 8252.77 | 3368.30 | 40.81% | 40.52 | 7.23 | 17.85% |
Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development to provide financial assistance to the BPL households in rural areas for construction of a dwelling unit. The unit assistance for an IAY house is Rs. 35,000/- in plain areas and Rs. 38,500/- in hilly / difficult areas. Pattern of funding under the scheme between Centre and the States is in the ratio of 75:25 and in case of UTs, 100% funding is done by the Government of India. However, in the case of North – Eastern States, funds are provided in the ratio of 90:10 by Centre and NE States respectively.
New initiatives taken up under the scheme
The proposal for incentivizing State Governments to provide homestead sites by regularization of the occupied Government land/ allotment of Government land/purchase of private land to the housesiteless rural BPL households has been approved by the Cabinet. All States/UTs have been asked to submit proposal to get funds for this purpose. This will go a long way to ensure access to funds under IAY for poorest of the poor landless rural households.
Efforts are being made to ensure that Indira Awaas Yojana beneficiary gets access to benefits available under other Govt. schemes meant for rural BPL households. To ensure this, necessary instructions have been issued to all the DRDAs regarding convergence of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) with IAY. IAY beneficiaries can get the benefits available under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), Janshree and Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana and Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme etc. Further efforts are also being made to converge IAY with Health Insurance Scheme meant for rural BPL households.
At present, financial and physical Monthly Progress Reports in respect of Indira Awaas Yojana are made available online by all districts in the country. Ministry has recently also introduced monitoring format for convergence of IAY with other Centrally Sponsored Schemes. Further, beneficiary-wise data is now being compiled for placing in public domain and software is being developed on all processes involved in implementing IAY.
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