West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

253SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONSTo conclude, some of the areas which need attention are :16.1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT :GOI may allocate fund intervention wise instead oflump sum as per approved budget for assessment ofperformance of each such intervention. There have beendelays in transfer of funds from Government of India andState Government. Often funds have been received towardsthe end of the financial year. While civil works budget is notlapsable the funds under other heads are likely to lapse. Thisaffects implementation of plan and causes a vicious circle oflow utilization, which in turn delays the release of nextinstalment.The funds received by SIS are to be released within 15days from the date of receipt from GOI to the districts. But inmost cases delay in receipt of grants ranged between 3 dayand 119 days during the period from 2005-06 to 2007-08. As aconsequence the transfer from districts to CLRCs and thenCLRC to VEC/SMC/WEC too was delayed by 01 to 79 days.Hence, improved flow of funds between GOI and thestate, between State and District and between District and