National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

Chapter 11
Financial Management and Disbursement Arrangements
The National Vector Borne Disease Control Project (NVBDCP) is a follow on
project to the Enhanced Malaria Control Project closed in December 2005.
NVBDCP will focus on malaria control activities in 93 Districts from 8 States and
on kala-azar elimination in 46 districts in 3 States. In phase I of the project 50
districts from 5 States (Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and
Andhra Pradesh) under Malaria and 16 Districts under Kala-azar in the state of
Bihar will be covered. The project will be extended to Phase II after a period of
18 months based on early implementation progress review by the World Bank
team.
The project will be financed 100% by Bank on certain categories( the details of
categories is described in this chapter. NVBDCP will finance other activities
under the program. About 85 % of the project cost will be incurred at the
Central level by the NVBDCP Directorate primarily on procurement of drugs,
long lasting bed nets, BCC, M&E, contractual staff and operating costs
activities. The expenditure to be financed under the project at the decentralized
level i.e. states and districts will be limited to contractual staff, their mobility
cost and training which is estimated to be Rs 1480 million. Expenditures on
other activities at the state/district level such as consumables and lab articles,
IEC, spray wages and office costs will be financed by GoI out of domestic
budget for which NVBDCP shall obtained a separate approval for this project
from MOH.
11.1 Implementing Entities
The Malaria and Kala-azar component of the project will be implemented by the
Directorate, NVBDCP at the centre, by the State and District Health societies at
the states and districts respectively. In addition limited activities relation of
surveillance, studies and training will be executed by research institutions
under ICMR. Directorate, NVBDCP is responsible for overall management of the
project and will have a financial management cell (2 Financial consultants) at
the centre to monitor the financial management and with FMG group of NRHM
at national level, the finance staff of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
supplemented with project specific finance staff at the states and districts will
be responsible for the financial management of NVBDCP at their respective
levels.
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