Minutes of the meeting of the Screening Committee held on 27.10.2009 to consider the fresh project proposals under the Scheme of the Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP)
The meeting of the Screening Committee for consideration of the fresh project proposals under the Scheme of the Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) was held as per the schedule on 27.10.2009. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Smt. Purnima Singh, Joint Secretary (SD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in Room No. 613, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri M.M. Sabharwal, Smt Shanthi Ranganathan and Shri K. Vivekanand who are members of the Screening Committee attended the meeting.
2. At the outset, the Committee members were briefed about the revised Scheme of IPOP, which came into effect from 01.04.2008. The Committee was also informed about the budget allocation for 2009-10 under the Scheme, committed liability for funding existing ongoing projects, notional allocation fixed for the States / UTs within the budgetary outlay, the number of new proposals already recommended by the Screening Committee in 2008-09 but grants are yet to be released during 2009-10. The Committee was also informed that the last Screening Committee meeting held on 17.11.2008 had already considered project proposals received up to 15.10.2008. A total of 1048 new proposals received after 15.10.2008 up to the date of meeting of the Screening Committee on 27.11.2009 had been included in the lists presented before the Committee for consideration. These proposals have been received from the States of Arunachal Pradesh (4), Andhra Pradesh (150), Assam (70), Bihar (25), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (15), Haryana (77), Himachal Pradesh (12), Jharkhand (1), J&K (5), Karnataka (124), Kerala (50), Maharashtra (118), Manipur (161), Madhya Pradesh (20), Mizoram (6), Nagaland (10), Orissa (113), Tamil Nadu (8), Tripura (3), U.P (5), Uttarakhand (31), West Bengal (33).
3. In this connection, the Committee was informed that as per the policy decision contained in the Ministry's Office Order No.1-31/2006-Cdn., dated 05.09.2008, recommendations of the State GIA committee for new projects remain valid for the financial year following the year in which they were received and recommendations of
