Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

Plan 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively, however no funds were released. An outlay of Rs.
200.00 lac was provided for this scheme in the Annual Plan 2009-10. Government of India
had approved Rs. 10000.00 lac as one time ACA for construction of toilets in the rural areas
during 2009-10 which could not be released during 2009-10. However, Rs. 1400.00 lac have
been diverted for the construction of toilets in the urban areas during 2010-11. Apart from
this Government of India has earmarked Rs. 53.00 crore as one time ACA for the year 2010-
11. Thus a sum of Rs. 13900.00 lac are provided for the construction 1.39 lac toilets @ Rs.
10000/- per unit during Annual Plan 2010-11 against which an expenditure of Rs. 5000.00
lac was incurred. A token provision of Rs. 0.10 lac is provided for this scheme in Annual
Plan 2011-12 in case the funds are not released/utilised during 2010-11.
RDO(D)-2 Improvement/Cleaning of village ponds
3.47 For improving village environment especially laying emphasis on disposal of
liquid and solid waste the village ponds are required to be renovated and repaired so that the
sullage water/rain water could be channelised and diverted to the village ponds. This will
result in clean village environment and the ponds could be utilized for irrigation purposes and
also encourage the fisheries. The survey for cleaning of village ponds has been completed
according to which 10396 ponds in 141 blocks of the state need improvement/ cleaning at an
estimated cost of Rs. 775.47 crore. An outlay of Rs. 15,000.00 lac is provided for the
scheme for the 11 th Five Year Plan. There is a provision of cleaning of village ponds under
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and maximum ponds would be taken up for
cleaning under this scheme. An outlay of Rs. 500.00 lac was provided for this scheme in the
Annual Plan 2008-09 against which an expenditure of Rs. 70.03 lac had been incurred. An
outlay of Rs. 200.00 lac was provided for this scheme in the Annual Plan 2009-10 and no
expenditure was incurred during 2009-10. No outlay is provided for this scheme in the
Annual Plan 2010-11. As cleaning of most of the village ponds are done under MGNREGA
and untied funds are also released for this purpose, therefore, no outlay is provided for this
scheme in the Annual Plan 2011-12.
RDO(D)-3 Financial assistance to Panchayati Raj Institutions for revenue earning
schemes.
3.48 The object of the scheme is to advance loans to Panchayati Raj Institutions to
enable them to develop their sources of earning. The Panchayati Raj Institutions will utilize
this loan for capital investments and creation of assets such as construction of shops,
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