DRDA Administration
District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has traditionally been the
principal organ at the District level to oversee the implementation of
the anti-poverty programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development.
Created originally for implementation of Integrated Rural Development
Programme (IRDP), the DRDAs were subsequently entrusted with a number of
programmes, both of the Central and State Governments. Since inception,
the administrative costs of the DRDA (District Rural Development
Agency) were met by setting aside a part of the allocations for each
programme. Of late, the number of programmes had increased and several
programmes have been restructured with a view to making them more
effective. While an indicative staffing structure was provided to the
DRDAs, experience showed that there was no uniformity in the staffing
structure. It is in this context that a new centrally sponsored scheme -
DRDA Administration - has been introduced from 1st April, 1999
based on the recommendations of an inter-ministerial committee known as
Shankar Committee. The new scheme replaces the earlier practice of
allocating percentage of programme funds to the administrative costs.
Objective:
The objective of the scheme of DRDA (District Rural Development
Agency) Administration is to strengthen the DRDAs and to make them more
professional and effective. Under the scheme, DRDA is visualised as
specialised agency capable of managing anti-poverty programmes of the
Ministry on the one hand and effectively relate these to the overall
efforts of poverty eradication in the district on the other.
Funding:
The funding pattern of the programme will be in the ratio of 75:25 between the Centre and the States.
Strategy:
The DRDA will continue to watch over and ensure effective
utilisation of the funds intended for anti-poverty programmes. It will
need to develop distinctive capabilities for poverty eradication. It
will perform tasks which are different from Panchayati Raj Institutions
and line departments. The DRDAs would deal only with the anti-poverty
programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development. If DRDAs are to be
entrusted with programmes of other Ministries or those of the State
Governments, it must be ensured that these have a definite anti-poverty
focus. In respect of such States where DRDA does not have a separate
identity and separate accounts.
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