Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Friday, gave clear instructions to the officials of the Rural Development Department (RDD) to expedite works and ensure their completion within the stipulated time frame or be ready to face the music.
Maurya, who holds the Rural Development Department portfolio, also directed officials concerned to achieve the desired target and continuously review and monitor the works underway.
“The ground reality should be inspected by visiting the field,” Maurya said while asserting that a solid and effective strategy and working with team spirit would ensure excellent results.
He asked the officials to set up KPIs (key performance indicators) of all the schemes of the Rural Development Department so that all projects could be monitored accordingly.
According to the deputy chief minister, targets should be allotted to the in-charges of all the schemes and they should prepare a roadmap for every six months and give results beyond the targets.
Maurya was reviewing the implementation and progress of the schemes of the Rural Development Department in a high-level meeting held in his office at Vidhan Bhawan here on Friday.
He said the schemes being run for villages should be implemented in time and no stone should be left unturned.
For women self-reliance and empowerment, instructions were given to specially focus on the schemes run under the State Rural Livelihood Mission. Women's participation in MGNREGA projects, Prerna Ojas, Rural Livelihood Express Scheme, Prerna Canteen, distribution of nutrition by self-help groups, operation of fair price shops by group members, management of community toilets etc.. He said focus should especially be on schemes being run for women empowerment.
The deputy chief minister directed officials to ensure that there was uniformity in all the buildings of the Rural Development Department by painting them with a unique colour with motivational slogans on village uplift written on all the buildings. He said a logo of the Rural Development Department should be also made.
Maurya said that plaques of all 26 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) should be installed on acrylic sheet, on which other details should be shown along with the photo of the beneficiary.
He said that all permissible facilities should be made available to the beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana (Rural) and verification should also be done whether the benefit of all the facilities allowed in this scheme was 100 per cent or not.
He said there should not be any disparity in the payment under MGNREGA and as per the rules, it should be ensured that everyone's dues were paid on time. He said that by developing an effective system in the State Rural Livelihood Mission, all the payment related problems should be resolved quickly.
The deputy chief minister said effective action should be taken towards setting up of Village Aggregation Centre under the State Rural Livelihood Mission. He said that to increase the income of self-help groups, maximum work should be given to SHGs by forming CIB Board (Common Information Board).
He asked the officials to ensure that the work of the Rural Development Department was clearly visible on the ground.
Maurya also gave instructions to complete the construction work of THR (Take Home Ration) projects on time.
He said that encouraging results were coming out of the construction of Amrit Sarovars and this work was being praised all around. He said that tree plantation should be done by barricading the government land lying around the Amrit Sarovars so that illegal encroachment did not take place on that land.
Maurya directed that officers, employees and heads doing good work be encouraged and rewarded. He said publicity should be made of the notable works of the department and action should be taken to provide a suitable market for marketing the products manufactured by SHGs.
He said that the State Rural Development Institutes should speed up the training programmes.