Principal Secretary and Dehradun district in-charge secretary Manisha Panwar reviewed district level developmental works with District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar Yadav and other district officers at Collectorate on Friday and directed them to conduct physical verification of welfare schemes periodically which are now being executed in the district.
She said she would self conduct physical inspection of several welfare schemes in the district before convening a meeting with district officers. Panwar directed the DM Yadav to form a task force and deploy them for conducting physical inspection of developmental projects periodically in the district.
The district officers were directed to present a project highlighting status of physical verifications department wise. The Principal Secretary reviewed ongoing pension schemes being run by Social Welfare Department and directed the officers to ensure that intended beneficiaries are given their pension on time.
She also reviewed scholarship schemes and directed the officers to ensure that students are being given their scholarship on time. The district education officers have been directed to conduct meeting with school management committees from time to time and ensure that scholarship schemes are implemented transparently on time. The district officers should lay emphasis on providing scholarship to minority students and it should be reviewed periodically in the district.
Panwar said that the received applications of Gaura Devi Kanyadhan Yojana should be verified by the officers concerned and they should ensure that intended beneficiaries are benefited under the scheme. Right to Education Act was also reviewed and she said that the officers were directed to verify whether school fees have been transferred on students' account.
Panwar reviewed several schemes being run by Child Development Department and directed the officers to provide weak children with medical facilities after they are identified in Anganwadi Centre in the district. Panwar directed the department officers to utilise funds released under district plan, State sector, Centrally-sponsored schemes effectively.