14.1 Welfare of Prisoners

The main activity is to provide hygenic conditions and better facilities to the prisoners. Provision is made for improvement in sanitation conditions and arrangements for clean water supply in jails, construction of fencing, boundary walls and staff quarters etc. In the state of Madhya Pradesh 99 jails of various category exist with a total capacity to accommodate only 16547 prisoners, whereas the actual number of prisoners is about 30000 at a given time. It means most of the jails are over crowded out of total number of jails 39 buildings were constructed 50 to 100 years ago. These old jails do not have adequate water, sanitation facilities and proper sectorisation in different categories of prisoner wards.

• For the 9th Plan a sum of Rs. 93.00 lakh was provided. During 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02, as against the plan provision of Rs. 20.00 lakh, Rs. 77.65 lakh Rs. 37.19 lakh, Rs. 18.86 lakh and Rs. 202.00 lakh an amount of Rs. 8.96 lakh, 5.41 lakh, Rs. 71.93 lakh, Rs. 6.10 lakh and 412.75 lakh spent respectively.

• During the 9th plan period expenditure was incurred for providing water supply facilities in 12 various category of jails and 1 District Jail, 1 Sub Jail building was also completed during this period.

• During the 10th plan period and Annual Plan 2002-03 as provisions of Rs. 1225.00 lakh and 346.00 lakh is provided respectively.

• From this amount adequate water supply arrangements in 56 those jails where acute water supply problem arise due to non availability of proper source of water, construction of flush laterines in 31 Jails and additions and altration works regarding security are to be carried out in 21 jails and construction of 20 barracks in 8 central jails is proposed to be completed during 10th plan period. Completion of remaining works of 12 new jails is also to be done.

After reorganisation of Madhya Pradesh there are 4 government presses and stationary depots situated at Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore & Rewa. Of late the pressure of printing work on Government presses has increased tremendously but their expansion and modernisation has not kept pace. Consequently the job received from various departments remain pending for inordinately long time.

A provision of Rs. 467.00 lakh for the development of Government presses was made in the 9th plan. During 1997-98 Rs. 186.83 lakh, 1998-99 Rs. 6.33 lakh, 1999-2000 Rs. 23.22 lakh, 2000-01 95.45 lakh and 2001-02 Rs.100 lakh were spent against the annual outlay of Rs. 100.00 lakh, 100.00 lakh, Rs. 100.00 lakh, Rs. 100.00 lakh and 100.00 lakh respectively.

An outlay of Rs. 98.50 lakh and Rs. 98.50 lakh has been approved for 10th Five Year Plan and Annual Plan 2002-03 respectively. After the year 2002-03 no amount has been provided as the amount provided in Annual 2002-03 will complete the target in the same year.

• During 2002-03 to modernise the Government presses purchase of 167 binding machines and 12 equipments is proposed.

This plan head includes outlay for building construction work for Non-Plan Departments.

• During the 9th Plan period an amount of Rs. 1551.00 lakh on constant prices of 1996-97 has been kept under this head for construction of non-plan Department’s buildings. In the year 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 as against the approved outlay Rs. 380.00 lakh, Rs. 1051.01 lakh, Rs. 349.55 lakh and Rs. 1278.00 lakh an amount of Rs. 1041.76 lakh, Rs. 563.12 lakh, Rs. 186.35 lakh and 435.02 lakh was spent respectively.

• In the year of 2001-02 against the outlay of Rs. 262.00 lakh an amount of Rs. 262.00 lakh is anticipated as expenditure for this year.

The objective setforth is to provide as much outlay as possible for construction of Administrative Building of certain such departments which are not covered earlier.

• An outlay of Rs. 1330.00 lakh for 10th Five Year Plan and Rs. 266.00 lakh is provided for Annual Plan 2002-03.

• The activities of construction of buildings of some administrative departments will be continued in 10th plan.