The three-day Punjab visit of the National Scheduled Caste (SC) Commission begins from Monday. The visit, from January 19 to 21, is aimed at reviewing the implementation of welfare schemes in the State.
National Commission would hold separate meetings with the state Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike, the Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal and the Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, said the state Welfare Department secretary Seema Jain.
She said that National Commission would meet the public representatives on January 19 from 3 pm to 4 pm at UT Guest House, while the employees’ unions and government employees could meet the visiting delegation from 4 pm onwards on the same day.
Jain said that on January 20, the Commission would hold high level meeting with Ranike and other senior officers of the Punjab Government. Anyone from the public can meet the National Commission on the issue of implantation of national as well as state sponsored SC welfare schemes on January 19, she said.
She said that the visiting delegation of National Commission for SC would comprise of Commission’s chairman Pl Puniya, vice chairman Raj Kumar Verka, members Raju Parmar, Ishwar Singh, PM Kamlama besides other senior officers of the Commission.