West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

31From the above tables (6-9), it would be seen that –Murshidabad -Out of the approved overall outlay for the SSAactivities for the years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 amountingto Rs.10,311.27 lakh, Rs.14,864.63lakh, Rs.14,537.46 lakh andRs,14,598.69 lakh, the District Authorities could not utilize 63.27percent, 42.23 percent, 22.71 percent and 72.76 percent (upto November2008) representing Rs.6,523.87 lakh, Rs.6,276.62 lakh, Rs.3,301.03 lakhand Rs.10,621.58 lakh (upto November 2008) respectively.South 24 Parganas -Against the approved outlay for the years2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 amounting to Rs.10,616.82 lakh,Rs.11,681.89 lakh and Rs.11,975.74 lakh including NPEGEL and KGBVunder utilisation was to the extent of 56.76 percent, 42.39 percent and18.23 percent representing Rs.6,025.71 lakh, Rs.4,951.92 lakh andRs.2,182.62 lakh respectively. Out of the approved outlay for the year2008-09 amounting to Rs.14,146.92 lakh, the DPO could utilize onlyamount to the extent of Rs.2,973.26 lakh upto November 2008representing only 21.02 per cent achievement.The following further points were noticed :(i) Murshidabad - During 2005-06, out of 16 SSA activities forwhich outlay was sanctioned, under utilization in respect of 4activities (out of school children, Teachers Grant, Teachers Salary /and Teacher Training) was between 52.05 percent and 94.86percent.South 24-Parganas - Out of 16 SSA activities, underutilization in respect of 6 activities (out of School Children,Innovative Activity, Cluster Resource Centre, Teachers Grant,Teachers Salary and Teacher Training) ranged between 55.17 percent and 100.00 percent. There was excess expenditure in respect of