Expressing unhappiness over the non-expenditure of Rs 559 crore out of the total budgetary allocation of Minority Affairs Ministry, a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday said a mechanism should be devised in consultation with Planning Commission to make erring states accountable.
Dissatisfied with the ministry’s action taken reply on the matter, the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment chaired by Congress MP Hemanand Biswal said the government should take up the matter at appropriate level so that the schemes of welfare for minorities do not suffer due to ‘inaction of some states’.
A sum of Rs 559.28 could not be utilised out of total budgetary allocation of Rs 2,866 core for MoMA for the year 2010-11 and hence the panel had recommended earlier that the ministry should analyse the implementation of various schemes so as to ensure 100 per cent utilisation of the increased budgetary allocation of Rs 313 crore for it in 2012-2013.
The report was tabled in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In its action taken reply, the ministry responded by saying that it has enumerated various steps including giving publicity to states and persuading states to speed up their implementation.
Dissatisfied with the ministry’s action taken reply on the matter, the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment chaired by Congress MP Hemanand Biswal said the government should take up the matter at appropriate level so that the schemes of welfare for minorities do not suffer due to ‘inaction of some states’.
A sum of Rs 559.28 could not be utilised out of total budgetary allocation of Rs 2,866 core for MoMA for the year 2010-11 and hence the panel had recommended earlier that the ministry should analyse the implementation of various schemes so as to ensure 100 per cent utilisation of the increased budgetary allocation of Rs 313 crore for it in 2012-2013.
The report was tabled in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In its action taken reply, the ministry responded by saying that it has enumerated various steps including giving publicity to states and persuading states to speed up their implementation.