Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin J Gadkari has informed that Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched a scheme for grant of financial assistance to NGOs for administering “Road Safety Advocacy” in the last FY 2017-18. Under this Scheme, proposals for road safety advocacy programmes through 203 different Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) / Trusts / Cooperative Societies have been sanctioned in FY 2017-18.
As per the scheme provisions, financial assistance for a road safety programme is Rs.five lakh. The scheme does not provide for any advance payment and financial assistance is reimbursement only after the successful completion of the programme.
(e) 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 and further physical verification of the road safety programme conducted by agencies is also made by PMU. Then genuineness of the claim is certified by the PMU.
- Utilization Certificate in GFR-12A and audited statement of accounts duly certified by Charted Accounted and other documentary evidence including photographs, video clips etc.