PRISON STATISTICS INDIA 2014

Details of State/UT wise Plan and Non-
Plan budget and actual expenditure for the
year 2014-15 are presented in Table 12.1.
The Plan expenditure in Odisha was
reported highest (` 5153.3 lakhs) followed by
Karnataka (` 4,854.0 lakhs), Bihar (` 3,675.1
lakhs), Jharkhand (` 3,557.7 lakhs), West
Bengal (` 3,033.2 lakhs) Haryana (` 2,418.8
lakhs) and Rajasthan (` 2,147.4 lakhs).
The highest Non-Plan expenditure was
reported from Uttar Pradesh (` 73,737.1 lakhs)
followed by Madhya Pradesh (` 21,449.9
lakhs), Tamil Nadu (` 20,352.1 lakhs), Punjab
(` 19,636.5 lakhs), Maharashtra (` 19,311.8
lakhs), Delhi (` 19,031.3 lakhs), West Bengal
(` 18,542.2 lakhs), Bihar (` 17,997.0 lakhs)
and Haryana (` 16,068.0 lakhs). The total
sanctioned budget in case of Himachal
Pradesh (` 2,628.9 lakhs was less than their
actual expenditure of ` 2,731.5 lakhs) and
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (` 1,618.0 lakhs
was less than their actual expenditure of `
1,620.5 lakhs). The total sanctioned budget
and actual expenditure was equal in case of
Mizoram (` 291.5 lakhs), Nagaland (` 3,009.7
lakhs) and Daman & Diu (` 71.4 lakhs). In the
case of remaining States and UTs, the total
expenditure incurred was less than their
sanctioned budget.
Expenses on prison inmates
The recurring expenditure on prison
inmates with details of expenses made on
food, clothing, medical, vocational, educational
facilities, welfare and other expenses for the
year 2014-2015 has been presented in Table
12.2.
The analysis of expenses made on
prison inmates in various States/UTs reveals
that the maximum part of expenditure (56.8%)
was mainly on providing food to the inmates.
The State of Uttar Pradesh (` 13,200.0 lakhs),
Madhya Pradesh (` 5,382.7 lakhs), West
Bengal (` 5,235.5 lakhs), Bihar (` 4,505.2
lakhs), Punjab (` 4,393.8 lakhs), Jharkhand
(` 4,304.8 lakhs), Chhattisgarh (` 3,360.0
lakhs) and Odisha (` 3,334.9 lakhs) had spent
maximum amount of their budget under this
head.
Madhya Pradesh had spent
considerable amount of ` 299.7 lakhs on
clothing during the financial year 2014-15.
Some of the other States / UTs which
earmarked a reasonable amount of
expenditure under this head were Jharkhand
(` 240.1 lakhs), Rajasthan (` 224.7 lakhs),
Uttar Pradesh (` 194.7 lakhs) and West
Bengal (` 98.2 lakhs)
Delhi (` 1,031.8 lakhs) followed by
West Bengal (` 938.9 lakhs), Uttar Pradesh (`
900.0 lakhs), Madhya Pradesh (` 487.2 lakhs)
and Chhattisgarh (` 375.0 lakhs) had spent a
large share of their budget under medical
expenses for the treatment of prison inmates.
The highest expenditure on
vocational / educational facilities was
reported from Chhattisgarh (` 500.0 lakhs),
Andhra Pradesh (` 238.8 lakhs) and Odisha
(` 114.8 lakhs) out of 24 States / UTs which
reported vocational / educational expenses
on inmates for the financial year 2014-2015.
Kerala has reported highest
expenditure (` 349.5 lakhs) on welfare
activities of prison inmates followed by
Odisha (` 195.4 lakhs), Gujarat (` 193.5
lakhs) and Jharkhand (` 69.9 lakhs).
Bihar, Delhi, Telangana, Madhya
Pradesh and Haryana had spent ` 13,236.8
lakhs, ` 9,104.0 lakhs, ` 3,714.3 lakhs,
` 3,650.3 lakhs and ` 3,369.0 lakhs
respectively under miscellaneous expenditures
termed as 'other expenses'.
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