Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Jan 5: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today impressed upon all the departments to assist and aid each other in implementation of Government policies for optimal results.
He made these remarks while chairing a meeting of Administrative Secretaries, Divisional and District Administration to review the pace and progress of developmental works and budget expenditure in the UT of J&K.
Dr Mehta enquired from each of the officers the Departments and Districts wise completion of works during the year. He noted that each of the department should help other departments so that the Government works as an unit and achieves its targets in time and implements its policies smoothly. He expressed that each of the officer in any department should own the responsibility of being a catalyst in furthering the Government policies and schemes. He stated that all of us should work with a right frame of mind to achieve better results in a time-bound manner.
He enjoined upon them to accelerate the pace of completion of targeted works. He impressed upon the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) that it is solely their responsibility to access the funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes share of which forms part of their respective District Plans.
The Chief Secretary directed the DCs to take the process of plan formation in their hands well on time so that the necessary tendering of works is achieved before the onset of the month of May. He stated that the fund releases would normally be made in the first week of April itself for all Departments and they should be fully geared to change the work culture. He further told them that the tentative plan size for financial year 2023-24 would be communicated to them after 15th of this month and their respective plans should be ready by the middle of February this year with due consultation with the stakeholders.
He emphasized that the demand for wage employment and Self Employment must be saturated in each Panchayat and town and designated Prabhari Officers shall be responsible for the same.
Dr Mehta asked each of the Deputy Commissioner to create a District Employment Plan by consolidating all the available schemes rolled out by the Centre and UT. He advised them to work out in each department the schemes available for extending employment to youth. He told them to take full advantage of schemes and programmes like Mission Youth, Himayat, NRLM, Atmanirbhar Bharat, PMEGP, PM Mudra Yojana, Make in India, Stand Up Start Up India, SC/ST specific schemes etc.
He also underscored the need of paying more attention towards Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Mission Amrit Sarovar, and Digital J&K.
The Chief Secretary also enquired from each department about the number of works completed this fiscal and during previous financial year. He made out that the set target for completion of works should be met without any fail. He also urged them to achieve all the deliverables set for each of the department by following them with due urgency.
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