For a ‘welfare’ state where wearisome issues associated with water and sanitation continues to trouble citizens, Nagaland seems virtually awash in crores. The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has released grant in-aid worth Rs. 11,17,46, 000 (Rs. Eleven Crore Seventeen Lakh and Forty-six thousand) to Nagaland as assistance for the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). Likewise, Nagaland is among the states receiving part of the Rs. 6,753 crores under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme of the Ministry of Water Resources.
There are interesting financial figures about Nagaland in various central government ministries’ records and statements of financial assistances and grant in-aid extended by the Centre to various states under different schemes and programs.
According to a March 2011 PIB-release the Ministry of Rural Development has given grant in-aid of Rs. 1117.46 Lakh to Nagaland under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme “during the current financial year 2009-10”. The details of the Central share to the state: Dimapur district at Rs. 259.73 lakh as the installment being release; Rs. 107.46 for Kohima; Rs. 70.49 lakh for Mon; Rs. 195.69 lakh for Phek; Rs. 82.74 lakh for Tuensang; Rs. 148.50 lakh for “Zunhebota” (Zunheboto); Rs. 116.15 lakh for Kiphire and Rs. 136.70 lakh for Longleng district.
Further, the ministry highlighted status of the funds release to all the states during the past three financial years and the current year. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, Nagaland has received Rs. 12, 29, 45,000 up to February 28, 2011 for use in the Total Sanitation Campaign 2010-2011. During 2009-2010, the state got Rs. 10, 59, 26,000. During 2008-2009, the state got Rs. 99.78 lakh and in 2007-2008, the centre allocated Rs. 190.05 lakh for the campaign. The details are also in statements issued by the ministry on the Press Information Bureau website for March 2011.
The Central government launched the campaign in 1999 to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with the main objective of eradicating the practice of open defecation and ensuring clean environment. Project proposals are from district and forwarded by state government to the Government of India. The TSC follows a principle of “low to no-subsidy.” Rural poor households receive a nominal subsidy in the form of incentive for construction of toilets. The campaign strongly emphasizes on information, education and communication (or ‘IEC’), capacity building and hygiene education “for effective behavior change”.
In another related matter, a May 2011 release issued to the PIB by the Ministry of Water Resources said Nagaland is among a number of states for multi-crore assistance under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP). The record said the ministry has released over Rs. 6,753 Crore for use under the AIBP for ongoing Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation Projects in various states during 2010-2011.
In March 2011 alone, the release said, an amount of over Rs. 3,083.68 lakh was released under the AIBP to the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
There are interesting financial figures about Nagaland in various central government ministries’ records and statements of financial assistances and grant in-aid extended by the Centre to various states under different schemes and programs.
According to a March 2011 PIB-release the Ministry of Rural Development has given grant in-aid of Rs. 1117.46 Lakh to Nagaland under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme “during the current financial year 2009-10”. The details of the Central share to the state: Dimapur district at Rs. 259.73 lakh as the installment being release; Rs. 107.46 for Kohima; Rs. 70.49 lakh for Mon; Rs. 195.69 lakh for Phek; Rs. 82.74 lakh for Tuensang; Rs. 148.50 lakh for “Zunhebota” (Zunheboto); Rs. 116.15 lakh for Kiphire and Rs. 136.70 lakh for Longleng district.
Further, the ministry highlighted status of the funds release to all the states during the past three financial years and the current year. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, Nagaland has received Rs. 12, 29, 45,000 up to February 28, 2011 for use in the Total Sanitation Campaign 2010-2011. During 2009-2010, the state got Rs. 10, 59, 26,000. During 2008-2009, the state got Rs. 99.78 lakh and in 2007-2008, the centre allocated Rs. 190.05 lakh for the campaign. The details are also in statements issued by the ministry on the Press Information Bureau website for March 2011.
The Central government launched the campaign in 1999 to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with the main objective of eradicating the practice of open defecation and ensuring clean environment. Project proposals are from district and forwarded by state government to the Government of India. The TSC follows a principle of “low to no-subsidy.” Rural poor households receive a nominal subsidy in the form of incentive for construction of toilets. The campaign strongly emphasizes on information, education and communication (or ‘IEC’), capacity building and hygiene education “for effective behavior change”.
In another related matter, a May 2011 release issued to the PIB by the Ministry of Water Resources said Nagaland is among a number of states for multi-crore assistance under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP). The record said the ministry has released over Rs. 6,753 Crore for use under the AIBP for ongoing Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation Projects in various states during 2010-2011.
In March 2011 alone, the release said, an amount of over Rs. 3,083.68 lakh was released under the AIBP to the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
