Setting up of Driving Training Institutes in each State for Inprovement in Road Safety

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has a scheme for setting up one Model Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) and  vehicle Inspection & Certification Centre (I&C) in each state for improvement in road safety. 

The details of fund released to states under the scheme for setting up IDTR and I&C Centre during the last three years and utilization of funds is as follows-

For IDTR

S. No.	Name of State	Fund allocated (Rs. in Crore)			Total fund released so far	Utilization of fund
		2013 - 14	2014 - 15	2015-16
1.	Bihar	0	5.00	0	12.5	Rs.12.5 crore has been utilized  so far
2	Himachal Pradesh	0	5.00	0	11.46	Rs.11.46 crore has been utilized  so far
4	Madhya Pradesh	0	0.97	0.07	14.90	Rs. 14.18 crore has been utilized  so far
5	Maharashtra	4.65	0	0.78	13.93	Rs.13.29 crore has been utilized  so far
6	Rajasthan	5.00	0	0	11.50	Rs.6.39 crore has been utilized  so far
7	Tripura	1.50	0	5.00	7.77	Rs.7.77 crore has been utilized  so far
8	Uttar Pradesh	0	1.5	0	6.5	Rs.1.21 crore has been utilized  so far

                

Details of funds released to the states and  agencies authorized by the states for setting up of Inspection and Certification (I & C) Centre during last three years  .

                                                                                             (Rs. In crore)

S. No	Name of State	Fund allocated			Total fund released so far	Utization of fund
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
1	Delhi	2.50	0.80	0	6.80	Rs. 5.99 crore has been utilized  so far.
2	Gujarat	0	2.50	0	6.20	Rs. 4.00 crore has been utilized  so far.
3	Haryana	4.50	0	0.80	6.80	Rs.6.70 crore has been utilized  so far.
4	Karnataka	0.85	4.60	Nil	5.25	Rs 4.88 crore has been utilized  so far.
5	Maharashtra	3.85	2.00	0.29	7.25	Rs. 7.25 crore has been utilized  so far.
6	Madhya Pradesh	0	1.71	0	10.30	Rs. 10.26 crore has been utilized  so far.
7	Rajasthan	2.95	1.94	Nil	5.35	Rs. 4.15 crore has been utilized  so far.
8	Telangana	0	0	2.50	4.00	Rs. 3.06 crore has been utilized  so far.
9	Uttar Pradesh	Nil	1.50	2.50	4.00	Rs. 2.69 crore has been utilized  so far.
10	West Bengal	0	0	1.06	1.06	Nil
11	Kerala	0	0	1.10	1.10	Nil
12	Sikkim	0	0	1.10	1.10	0
13	Odisha	0	0	1.08	1.08	Rs.0.67 69 crore has been utilized  so far.

Besides, the Ministry, under the Central Sector scheme, has been providing cranes and ambulances to States/ UTs for relief and rescue measures in the aftermath of accidents and road safety equipment for enforcement and implementation of various rules & regulations relating to road safety.  During the year 2015-16 the fund have released directly to the states for procurement of Ambulance and Breath Analyzer as per below -

State	No. of BLSA allotted	Cost of BLSA  @  Rs. 11 lakh per ambulance	Amount being transferred (i.e 90% of the total cost of BLSA)	Utilization
Jammu & Kashmir	136	Rs.14,96,00,000/-	Rs.13,46,40,000/-	Fully utilized
Sikkim	31	Rs.3,41,00,000/-	Rs. 3,06,90,000/-	Fully utilized
Mizoram	5	Rs. 55,00,000	Rs. 49,50,000/-	Fully utilized

Funds provided to the State Governments for procurement of road safety equipments i.e Breath Analyzers from DGS&D Rates during year 2015-16

S. No	State	No. of  Breath Analyzer  allotted	Total Cost of 100 Breath Analyzer i.e. @ Rs. 31,272/-	Amount transferred (i.e 90% of the total cost through RTGS)	Utilization.
1	Jammu & Kashmir	100	Rs. 31,27,200/-	Rs.28,14,480/-	Fully utilized for the purpose
2	Sikkim	100	Rs. 31,27,200/-	Rs.28,14,480/-	Fully utilized for the purpose.
3	Punjab	100	Rs. 31,27,200/-	Rs.28,14,480/-	Nil
4	West Bengal	100	Rs. 31,27,200/-	Rs.28,14,480/-	Nil

The Government has formulated a National Road Safety Policy. A Draft Action Plan based on the six pillars of road safety was prepared by the Ministry and circulated to all the States/UTs for adoption and implementation.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways ShriMunsukh L. Mandaviya in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.



Courtesy: pib.nic.in