Question : PROJECTS OF UP



(a) the number of the projects/proposals sponsored by Uttar Pradesh Government and submitted by non-governmental organizations pending for clearance with his Ministry for more than one year;

(b) the reasons for delay in each case; and

(c) the number and details of such proposals rejected during the years 2000- 2001,2001-2002 and the current year alongwith the reasons for rejection thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI S. B. MOOKHERJEE)

(a) 37 projects/proposals of Uttar Pradesh sponsored by Non-Governmental Organisations are pending for clearance for more than one year.

(b) The reasons for the pendency of various proposals received by this Ministry are deficiencies in documentation and clarifications sought from the concerned NGOs.

(c) 116 proposals have been rejected during the years 2000- 2001,2001-2002 and the current financial year due to reasons such as inadequate experience in the relevant field on the part of applicant organization, ineligibility in terms of financial and infrastructural capacity, incomplete documents and availability in the area of sufficient number of similar projects to those proposed by the applicant voluntary organisation.