Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 21: Minister of State for Power, CAPD, Forest and Transport Shabir Ahmed Khan today asked the officers to speed up their efforts for effective implementation of Centrally Sponsored scheme MGNREGA.
“The officers should ensure total transparency and adherence to prescribed norms so that the benefit of this scheme aimed at socio-economic emancipation of rural and far flung areas, reaches the genuine beneficiaries,” Shabir said while speaking at a review meeting convened to take stock of implementation of MGNREGA and other schemes of Rural development Department in Rajouri district.
MLC Ravinder Sharma, MLA Darhal Zulfkar Choudhary, Director Shafiq Raina, ACD Rajouri, BDOs, Engineers and other concerned officers were also present in the meeting.
The Minister directed the BDOs to ensure regular payment to Job Card holders who have completed their works. He said MGNREGA is a demand drivers programme so funds be allocated as per demand of each block.
The Minister said that the scope of the scheme has increased due to convergence of the same with the schemes of other departments and care should be taken so that a complete synergy is maintained while dovetailing it with other flagship programmes.
Mr. Shabir asked the officers to speed up the work on new Panchayat Ghars being constructed across Rajouri district, adding that these should be completed within the shortest possible time so as to provide requisite infrastructural facilities to these grass-root level institutions.
Threadbare discussion was held on various issues pertaining to programmes and schemes being implemented by the Rural Department, details of the work undertaken under MGNREGA during current year, availability and expenditure incurred during the current year under MGNREGA, number of job card holders, block wise details of the mandays created, details of cases sanctioned under IAY (Normal/BAPD), details of the works under 13th Finance Commission, details of the work taken under CD Panchayat, status of Panchayat Bhavan to be constructed at block level, status of construction of Panchayat Ghar in new panchayats, status of under construction Panchayat Ghars (old Panchayats), implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and detail of works done under Constituency Development Fund, status of new socio-economic survey, etc.
The meeting was informed that a total number of 83,590 job cards have been issued to the beneficiaries under MGNREGA in Rajouri district. Besides, Rs. 47.97 crore have been expended on different works in the district under the scheme.
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