Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand will chair a meeting of Empowered Committee constituted for the implementation of Member of Parliament Model Village Scheme to be held at the Mantralaya here on Saturday. The officials who have been asked to remain present during the meeting include Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments including Health, Finance, School Education, Public Health Engineering, Revenue, Agriculture , Women and Child Welfare, Forest and Environment, Tribal Development, Energy, Sports and Youth Welfare.
The meeting will also be attended by Commissioner Public Relations and Gramodyog. For implementation of ‘MP Model Village Scheme’, the State Government has constituted the Empowered Committee which is headed by the Chief Secretary. The Committee will issue necessary directions time to time to the concerned departments for the scheme and also determine the role and responsibilities of concerned departments at State, district, development block and village Panchayat level.
According to officials, the members of the Committee includes Additional Chief Secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare and Principal Secretary of Energy Department. The other members of the Committee include the secretaries of School Education Department, Revenue Department, Tribal Welfare Department, Women and Child Development Department, Agriculture Department, Forest and Environment Department and Sports and Youth Welfare department besides Commissioner of Public Relations Department and Director of Village Industries Department.
The Secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development Department is the Secretary of the Empowered Committee. The Committee will also have two invited members from the Civil Society. The Committee will review the progress of development works undertaken in the selected villages under the MP Model Village scheme. A web-based supervision system will also be developed by the Committee. It will also cooperate in overcoming difficulties in execution of the scheme.