By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir has utilised 74.39% of the amount released to it (till September 30, 2011) by the Ministry of Minority Affairs under Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for the welfare of minorities. Six states have reported over 60% utilisation of MsDP funds. J&K tops the list with over 74% utilisation.
According to ministry of minority affairs, the ministry has released Rs. 5.99 crore to J&K out of which the state has been able to spend Rs. 4.46 crore. This is the highest percentage of expenditure reported by any State/UT under the MsDP programme, which is being implemented in 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) of 20 States/UTs. Jammu & Kashmir has one MCD under MsDP that is Leh (Ladakh).
Five other states which spent over 60% of MsDP fund
|
Sl.No. |
State |
% of utilization |
Amount Released |
Amount utilized |
|
1 |
Orissa |
69.50% |
Rs. 25.58 crore |
Rs. 17.78 crore |
|
2 |
West Bengal |
67.85% |
Rs. 517.24 crore |
Rs. 350.93 crore |
|
3 |
Haryana |
65.69% |
Rs. 30.47crore |
Rs. 20.02crore |
|
4 |
Madhya Pradesh |
65.03% |
Rs. 13.98 crore |
Rs. 9.09 crore |
|
5 |
Jharkhand |
64.24% |
Rs. 101.13 crore |
Rs. 64.96 crore |
Interestingly, the top two states which spent more than others do not have any MCD of Muslim minority population.
Performance of other 14 states/UTs
|
Sl.No. |
State |
% of utilization |
|
1 |
Manipur |
58.44% |
|
2 |
Assam |
47.71% |
|
3 |
Bihar |
43.76% |
|
4 |
Uttar Pradesh |
42.21% |
|
5 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
34.78% |
|
6 |
Meghalaya |
30.62% |
|
7 |
Maharashtra |
29.66% |
|
8 |
Karnataka |
23.42% |
|
9 |
Mizoram |
21.67% |
|
10 |
Uttarakhand |
20.03% |
|
11 |
Kerala |
7% |
|
12 |
A & N Islands |
0% |
|
13 |
Sikkim |
0% |
|
14 |
Delhi |
0% |
Thus the average percentage of the expenditure (till September 30, 2011) for the 20 States/UTs under this Programme is 49.97 %.
Multi-sectoral Development programme (MsDP) for the welfare of the Minorities, being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, is a Special Area Development Programme. It has been implemented from 2008-09 in 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) identified on the basis of substantial minority population and relative backwardness in terms of selected socio-economic and basic amenities parameters based on data of 2001 Census. The primary objective of the programme is to improve the backwardness parameters which resulted in the identification of the districts as backward and to bring them at par with the national averages.