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ln addition to losing outon centralassistancehBiharisno:ableto use
even itsown funds.During thcthreeyearsending 2005,toralstateplan
alocation forBiharwaslks10220 crore,whereasi:could spcnd only Iḷ s
7895 crore.Even salarlesarenotpaid on tim ein Bitnar.Ȧ.n evaluation of
ICDS in Biharin 2007 by Uniccfshowed rhatonly Iessthan l0% of
A'W'W sreceivehonorarium regularly,mostrecciveitonly rwicein a year
ratherthan m onthly.
W 'hileon tourtoLalitpur(UP):Ilearntthattheprogramofpromoting
institutionaldeliverieswassu fering becausetherewasdclay in paymentfo
ASHA workersand pregnan:mothcrs . Thiswasconfirmed b0th inthe
field aswelasln ameeting ofASHA workefsfrom a1overthedistrict
thatwe addressed on the21stAugust2007 in thepresenceof Additional
CM O of thedistrict.Hein factadm ited rhe delay wasdueto thefactthat
therehasbeen no releaseofftnd hom the stategovernmentën theyear
2007-08.lasked him whethera(lem and had been sentto the ssate
governmentthisyear.W eweretold thatthe proposalfordem anding funds
from Lucknow had been sentonly on the7th August2007 . Thatexplitined
thedelay.Even iffundswercto bereleased quickly by theStatcgovernmenț
thedistric:lostthefirstsix monthsand non-paymenthmscertainly deaccelerated
theprogram.
Reasonsforpoorutilisation ofcentralfundsby the statesaremany ,
Som eofthccomm on onesthatneed furtherinvestigation are:
* Statesare notableto contriburecounterpartfundsbecauseof
flscalconstrainrs
. Delayin theflow off'unds(atvariousstages)
* Rigid conditionalitiesofCentraly Sponsored Schem ẹsprevcnting
thcgovernmen:stafffrom addressing aIllocalneedsIeading to
poorexpenditure
* Long processof identiflcation of potencialbeneficiariesunder
variousscheme.s(e.g.beneficiariesonly from BPL families,or
SC/FT communities,etc.)
. Capifalexpenditure(suchasconstruction ofschools)requires
preparation ofestimatcsand floating oftenders , which rake.stime