Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways informed Rajya Sabha about the scheme for grant of financial assistance to NGOs for administering “Road Safety Advocacy”.
About:
Under this Scheme launched in the last FY 2017-18, proposals for road safety advocacy programmes through 203 different Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) / Trusts / Cooperative Societies have been sanctioned in FY 2017-18.
Financial assistance for a road safety programme is Rs. 5 lakh.
The scheme does not provide for any advance payment and financial assistance is reimbursement only after the successful completion of the programme.
There are adequate safeguard in the scheme to ensure proper utilization of funds, such as:-
No advance payment is released to any agency.
Registration of the NGO on Darpan Portal.
The scheme is administered through a Project Management Unit (PMU) for scrutiny of proposals
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