NEW DELHI, Apr 8: Defective monitoring was responsible for lack of effective implementation of Prime Minister’s 15-Point Programme for minorities and another scheme for development of minority concentration districts, Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan said today.
“Monitoring is defective, because on paper it is fine that every six months the state committee should meet. Every quarter, the district collectors should meet, meeting should be done of the monitoring committee. But in practice, we saw in reports we get, very few meetings are held,” Khan said.
“It has been noted that the state and District Level Committees for the 15-Point Programme are not monitoring the implementation regularly.
“Some of the states like Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh have not reconstituted the State Level Committee as per the guideline. Many states do not transfer the central share of funds released by the ministry to the concerned districts or implementing agencies within the stipulated time,” Khan said.
The minster was addressing a conference of Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of state and UTs regarding implementation of Multi-sectoral Development Programme and Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme here.
To enhance monitoring, engagement of an independent monitoring agency is under consideration. “At present there is no proper independent monitoring mechanism in the programme. To strengthen the monitoring mechanism, it is proposed to engage an independent qualified agency for concurrent monitoring of the programme,” agenda of the conference said. (PTI)
Khan said the schemes have not been able to impact the beneficiaries the way they should have, and urged the states for proactive involvement for successful implementation.
Khan said, “The overall impression is that the effort of Government of India has not made impact with the people. The beneficiaries to whom these schemes should reach feel that they have not got the benefit of the various schemes which we have launched.
“You (states/UTs) are the stakeholders. Without states, we cannot implement any of these programmes. We need your not only active, but proactive involvement,” he said.
The agenda of the conference said states like Assam, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Haryana, among others, have failed to submit project proposals in time during 2012-13.
Project proposals were recommended by states and UTs without ascertaining the availability of land. Delay in selection of executing agency for approved projects and erroneous proposals were some of the other major issues with the states.
It has been suggested under the agenda that the unit of planning of MsDP should be changed to Block instead of district as at present. This would sharpen the focus of the programme on the minority concentration areas.
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