Out of the total
outlay of Rs. 123 crore for the Ministry of Labour during 2000-01,
the allocation and utilisation of funds earmarked for Plan Schemes
on Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour, Employment & Training
and Welfare of SCs/STs & OBCs are given below:
(Rs. in crore)
|
Schemes
|
Budget Allocation
|
Utilisation
|
| 1. Rehabilitation
of Bonded Labour |
5.75
|
9.21
|
| 2.
Employment & Training |
49.97
|
31.62
|
| a)
Employment |
13.03
|
9.66
|
| b)
Training |
35.32
|
21.50
|
| c)
Welfare of SCs/STs & OBCs through Coaching, Vocational
Guidance & Training |
1.62
|
0.46
|
|
Total:
(1 to 2)
|
55.72
|
40.83
|
The utilisation
of funds for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour was substantially
higher than the allocated amount. There was, however, a shortfall
in utilisation under Employment & Training and Welfare of
SCs/STs & OBCs. The main reasons for low utilisation were
non-creation/non-filling up of posts, non-approval of schemes
by competent authority, less number of instructors sponsored
by State Governments, non receipt of equipment in time etc.
There is a
three-tier monitoring mechanism under operation in the Ministry
to review the pace of expenditure. Under this mechanism, Secretary
reviews the pace of expenditure in periodic meetings with the
Divisional Heads with a view to identify the main hurdles and
to take steps to overcome them. Secretary is also separately
monitoring some of the important schemes like National Child
Labour Project (NCLP), employment & Training and Rehabilitation
of Bonded Labour. This is followed by meetings taken by the
Additional Secretary to examine the actual implementation of
the decisions taken at the level of Secretary. Finally, the
Divisional Heads meet the Financial Adviser at their level and
discuss individual cases. Recently, Planning Commission has
also started reviewing the implementation of schemes through
Quarterly Progress Reports.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of Labour Dr. Sahib Singh Verma
in the Lok Sabha today.
