BJP MPs were asked on Monday by the party leadership to ensure effective and speedy implementation of developmental projects in their constituencies as they were informed in the BJP's Parliamentary Party Meeting that the freshly constituted district-level committees headed by the local Member of Parliament will monitor the centrally-funded schemes and mandatorily meet four times a year.
The party meeting was briefed about successful passing of five Bills in the lok Sabha and two in the Rajya Sabha in the ongoing session as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told MPs that benami properties prohibition Bill will check flow of black money in the country.
Members were told by Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar that newly constituted DISHA Panels, also having State Government officials on board, should be used to facilitate central developmental plans in their areas.
The new panels will ensure greater accountability as its meetings have been made mandatory.
DISHAs are expected to meet in the months of February, April, August and December. The next meet of the panel would be held on August 23.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and senior party leaders.
Briefing newspersons after the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the government is keen on the passage of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill (CAMPA) and Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill in the coming days.
"We will do all the official business (as listed). We had considered 16 bills for the session and four new bills besides them have also been brought," he said.