Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday sanctioned Rs2.69 crore for power connections to be provided to ‘non-feasible’ irrigation pumps of 344 farmers belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) community.
He was participating in the meeting of people's representatives and officers of the Scheduled Castes' Development Authority at the Mantralaya here.
There is a proposal to provide financial aid for self-employment to 300 Scheduled Caste youth under the Mini Mata Swahalamban Yojana in the current financial year 2015-16.
Singh said that Rs1.50 lakh is given to an unemployed SC youth who is selected by the Scheduled Caste Development Authority. If there is need for extra financial assistance the youth are provided with it under the Prime Minister's Mudra Bank Yojana.
The Chief Minister said that loans amounting from Rs50,000 to Rs10 lakh is provided to the Scheduled Caste unemployed youth without any Guarantee or mortgage/hypothecation.
Singh said that the public utility ‘Nal-Jal’ yojanas will not be disconnected even if the electric bills are not paid.
Orders to this effect have already been issued to the Panchayat and Rural Development Department and Electricity Department. The amount relating to the pending power bills will be cleared by the Panchayat and Rural Development Department and paid by the Gram panchayats.
The Scheduled Castes' Development Authority officials said that Rs35 crore had been allocated to the Authority for the current fiscal 2015-16.
An amount of Rs26 lakh has been sanctioned for 12 development works in the meeting on Monday.
Singh expressed dissatisfaction over sanctioning and delay in tender process of sinking of tube wells in the rural areas of State.
He ordered the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) officers to expedite the process of completing the tenders.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu, Home and Public Health Engineering Department Minister Ramsevak Paikra, Food , Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Punnulal Mohle, Public Works, Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat, Tourism, Culture Minister Dayaldas Baghel, Parliamentary Secretary Ambesh Jangde, MPs Tamradwaj Sahu, Chandulal Sahu and Dr Bhushanlal Jangde were present at the meeting.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and Director General of Police A. N. Upadhyaya and top officers of the concerned departments attended the meeting.