AVAILABLE FINANCIAL SCHEME FOR NGOs ROAD SAFETY ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS GRANT
MoRTH INVITES APPLICATIONFOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – GRANT IN AID
This
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India issued the
Guidelines of the Financial Scheme about the assistance for
administering Road Safety Advocacy and Awards for the outstanding work to the
third party eligible agencies on vide circular dated 21st September 2021.
In line
with the last year’s circular, the Government rolls out the circular dated 21st
September 2021 inviting eligible agencies/organizations/bodies to apply for the
Road Safety Financial Scheme.
Reason Adopting Sustainable Scheme is for Road Safety & Accident
Prevention
Per year, India registers road accidents nearly 150000 people and injured 500000.
Approximate 85% within the working age group of 18-60 years die in road
accidents.
As per the International
Organization, the 2018 World Health Organization Global Reports, India’s road
accident death rate is at 11%, and pedestrian and two-wheeler death at 15%
each.
Government of India’s Goal
The GOI’s
primary goal is road accident prevention and control instating the global road
fatality prevention theme - 4 E's, vis. Education, Enforcement, Engineering and
Environment & Emergency care of road accident victims.
It now
intends to shoulder the responsibility of the effective implementation of Road safety and accident prevention to the Non-Governmental Organizations, mainly NGOs.
The GOI
entrusts the work of completing the Road Safety Advocacy and Awareness program
to the NGOs/other eligible bodies providing financial assistance. The developed
nations have adopted the road safety and accident prevention 4-Es theme and
India is about to stand at par very soon.
The Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways aspire to develop the road safety framework in India aligning with the
international Road Safety policy of 4Es –
Ø Education
Ø Empowerment
Ø Engineering
Ø Environment & Emergency
assistance in road accident
Scheme for
Grant of Financial Assistance for Administering Road Safely Advocacy and Awards
for the Outstanding Work Done in the Field of Road Safety Notification RT-25035/33/2022-RS.
"Opportunity
creation encouraging participation of agencies to create awareness on road
safety in alignment with the objectives of National Road Safety Policy:-
OBJECTIVES - NGO FINANCIAL SCHEME BY
GOI
The Ministry of Roads Transport and
Highways seek to promote road safety through consistent Cooperation,
Co-ordination instating supporting initiatives by -
·
Development
of financial assistance credible plans
·
Knowledge
creation via good governance & practices
·
Recognizing
& awarding performing stakeholders
Promoting road safety
·
Achieving
objectives through consistent Cooperation, and Co-ordination, via supportive
initiatives with the State
·
Development
of credible plans to provide financial assistance to various stakeholders
·
Design
long-term strategy, policies, programs, and initiatives along with progress
monitoring
·
Creation
of Knowledge base through good governance and practices
·
Awards
and Recognition for deserving partners for their initiatives and performance
Who are eligible for the NGO
financial Scheme by GOI
·
NGO - With
Darpan Unique ID
·
Trusts - Trusts
under Indian Trusts Act
·
Cooperative
societies - Cooperative Society
under Societies Registration Act
·
Firms - Firm
registered under the Companies Act, 1956/ 2013
· Academic institution Accredited/affiliated to or recognized as a university or Deemed university by UGC Act
NGOs Eligibility
The NGOs
must be registered and have Darpan Unique ID and documentary evidence that
substantiates their previous work performance like a work order, work contract,
etc which is similar to the present road safety program or related work.
The NGO must have a minimum of 1-year exp in either -
·
Road
Safety
·
Road
Safety Advocacy
·
Road
Safety Awareness Program
Work Scope - NGO financial Scheme by
GOI
"Scheme for Grant of Financial Assistance for Administering Road
Safely
Advocacy and Awards for the Outstanding Work
Done in the Field of Road Safety"
The
applicant agencies need to execute their work keeping in view the below points strictly.
·
Road
Safety Audit
·
Capacity
Building
·
Pilot
Projects
·
Awareness
Campaigns
Road Safety Audit - Distanced
Road Safety Audit engagement - National & State Highways & District
& Urban Roads (minimum 100 km length).
Capacity
Building - Work Shops, Online Training, Webinars:
Data collection & Training & Mentoring: Coordination in data collection
with the Government/State/District/Panchayat officials/ persons near & around
crash investigations areas (Training and Mentoring).
Training
-
First
responders (Locals communities & Police) along with first aid box
distribution
-
Heavy
& Commercial Vehicle drivers and staff about how the first responder mechanism
works
-
Commercial
Vehicle drivers about anticipatory/accident prevention driving in adverse
climatic and road condition
Conduct
"Train the Trainer" program for Road
Engineering, Basic Trauma Care, and Train State Officials & small NGOs
Pilot Projects
-
Conducting
pilot project on the implementation of innovative road engineering
interventions
-
Selection
of High-Risk Corridor
-
Creation
of safer school zone - signage installations, traffic calming measures
Awareness Campaigns
Safer Vehicles
Vehicle
Fitness: Regular
Vehicle Inspection
Inspection components: Heavy & Commercial Vehicles Brakes, Tires, Lighting Steering,
Axle, etc before a long journey
Safe Road Users
Safety Equipment Usage: For Riders & Pillion (incl children) ISI certified Helmets and helmet strapping, seat belts for all vehicle occupants
For Cyclists and construction workers: enhanced visibility clothes
Awareness Building
· Advertisements & Media Campaign: on Speed driving / Speed Control / Wrong side driving / avoiding drunk driving
· Campaigns: Discourage minor’s driving
· Ads & Campaigns: Results of traffic rules non-compliance like - penalty/Fine/death
· Increase Awareness: of road accident compensation scheme
· Increase Awareness: on Good Samaritan Law
· Increasing Awareness: & Advertising the use of single accident number
·
Advocacy & Awareness program: to spread root-level
information about Government Rules/Regulations/Policies
· Assist & Advocate: Government/State/District Officials in the preparation of rules as mandated by the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act (Yet to be implemented)
Application
Submission Due Dates For Scheme
The applicant agencies shall apply online for Financial Assistance.
· Mode - Only online application at the website (https://morth.nic.inl)
· Start date of Application submission - 01-Sep-22
· Last date of Application submission - 30-Sep-22
· Application Format - As per Annexure-G that contains 14 points to be filled
Submission
- Proposal & Process
·
Proposal
Submission
The applicant agency needs to fill the form online as per Annexure A format
·
Data
Data Sourcing and incorporating the content/statistics in the proposal to be collected and authenticated by:-
- Educational Institute
- University
- Reputed Agency
- Government PSU/Departments
Data Information & Consultation
The Data collection to be particularly on Road Safety & Crash Data analysis and/or prepared to consult the -
· Police
· PWD
· Health
· Education Department
Approach & Method along with the prior proposal
The applicant agency must mention the technique (innovative) adopted in conducting the work and submit the prior proposal's performance.
Grant
Release
·
Monitoring
Progress
Progress to be monitored online (MoRTH portal)
·
First
Installment of Grant Release
15% of the grant to be released post signing the Grant Agreement as per condition requirement of Annexure-B
·
Report
Upload
A work progress report in the form of images/videos/ related documents per milestone is to be uploaded online on the MoRTH portal
Detailed Expenditure & Expense Source Applicant Agency Must submit:-
- Detailed expenditure certified by CA
- Program outline report
- Authenticated Data Source
Release of Grant
Financial assistance shall be transferred to Applicant Agency's bank account directly after submission review as per the checklist Annexure-D and TDS.
Grounds
of Proposal Rejection - Applicants Agency
The applicant agency must keep a notice of these points that may factor in proposal rejection.
Previous proposal rejections were under these points.
· Relevant Experience Document Submission
· Must have prior work completion experience in any one of these in the last 3 years -
- Road Safety
- Advocacy
- Awareness
· Break-Up of the financial budget estimation
· Work Contract/Order - Previous Work Delivered
· Submission of Data Collection - Baseline Data
· Submission of Technical details of the Program
· Specific Location - Irrelevant with no/less audience is subject to rejection
The essence is to fill in the grant-in-aid application in the correct and prescribed manner. You can visit the MoRTH portal and refer to the guidelines, Remember, adherence to Scheme Guidelines is the only hint to increase your chances of availing the NGO Financial Scheme.
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