Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: The Government today ordered constitution of State Convergence Plan Committee (SCP), District Convergence Plan Committee (DCP) and Block Convergence Plan Committee (BCP) for implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan in J&K.
SCP Committee shall be headed by Administrative Secretary Health & Medical Education Department as its Chairman, while as Administrative Secretaries of Finance, Planning, School Education Department, PHE, I&FC, RDD, Social Welfare, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, State Mission Director NRHM, representative of Food & Nutrition Board, Government of India, State representative from NIPCCD and State Mission Director, ICDS, will be its members.
The committee shall consolidate and examine the requirements given in District Plans received from various Districts, segregate the requirements and seek the financial commitment before inclusion in the SCP, determine the final requirement and prepare a State convergence plan, indicate the roll-out plan, assign responsibilities of each department to avoid any overlapping or consequent shifting of responsibility and submit the SCP for inclusion in State APIP for approval by State EPC before submission to the MWCD.
The DCP Committee will have concerned Deputy Commissioner as the Chairperson, while as District Programme Officer will serve as Member Secretary and ACD, SDM, CMO, Chief Planning Officer, Executive Engineer, PHE, CEO, District Panchayat Officer, District Social Welfare Officer, Child Development Project Officer, and Assistant Director of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs will be its members.
The DCP shall examine the need assessment made by the BCP for essential interventions at the village/AWC level and the availability of resources, consolidate requirement of interventions at the District level, considering the need, each line Department to prepare their action plan at the District level for delivering the interventions relating to them, take inputs from PRI members including on the extent of community participation, submit the consolidated District convergence plan to the SCP committee for approval and for earmarking the financial provisions.
For Block Convergence Plan Committee (BCP), the concerned SDM will serve as Chairman, while as Executive Engineer, PHE will be member and Child Development Project Officer, ICDS will be its Member Secretary. BDO, BMO, ZEO, TSO and five Supervisors of ICDS (on rotation basis) will work as members.
The BCP shall do assessment of essential interventions at the village/AWC level i.e water, sanitation, food, health, intervention, immunization, ANC/PNC, Vitamin-A, IFA, de-worming tablets, functioning of VHSNC, etc. and the availability of resources. The assessment at the village level shall be done by AWW and supervisor in association with PRI representative under the supervision of concerned CDPO/DPO. The CDPO/DPO shall submit the inputs to the area SDM, consolidate and assess requirement of interventions at the block level, considering the need, each line department at the block level to propose their action plan for inclusion in the DCP, involve PRI Members actively in assessing the need and seek their suggestions, and submit the BCP to the District Authorities for inclusion in the DCP and approval of DM.
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