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A parliamentary committee has accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government of failing to spend money allocated for most high profile national programmes. Although the government
insists the figures are wrong, a report from the parliamentary standing committee on urban development said Modi’s six top infrastructure initiatives spent on average just 21 per cent, or
$1.2 billion, of the $5.6 billion allocated, said the report published in Times of India. India’s “Smart Cities” program, according to the report which Modi has championed, used just 1.8 per
cent of the funds released to it, the committee said, or just $28 million of a dedicated $1.5 billion. Other programs like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Swachch Bharat, used less than 30
per cent of the available funds, the report quoting parliamentary committee as having said. The central government releases funds to states to roll out the initiatives, but the committee
said India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had “not made realistic projections or proper planning,” said the report. Despite the ambitious-sounding goals of some of the programs —
such as providing “housing for all,” or ending “open defecation” across India — they suffer from a lack of proper funding, as well as “slack implementation,” the report quoted committee as
having said.
