Parliamentary panel pulls up Health Ministry for tardy progress in setting up blood banks
A parliamentary panel has pulled up the Health Ministry for “tardy” progress made towards setting up metro blood banks in Chennai and Delhi. It has also asked the ministry to “iron out” all hindrances at the earliest so that instances of blockage of funds earmarked for the scheme do not occur. The parliamentary committee noted that the ministry had made a provision of Rs 404 crore in Revised Estimate 2015-16 and Rs 404 crore in RE 2016-17 but nothing was spent leading to “idle parking” of the funds and eventual surrender of the entire budgeted scheme for both years.
“The surrendering of the budgeted funds is indicative of the fact that the department has not played its role as a facilitator well in implementing the scheme that has a significant bearing on improving the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) interventions.
“Also, at a time when the government is striving for fiscal consolidation, such ritualistic allocation which remains on paper only is unacceptable to the Committee.
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