Chief Minister Raghubar Das today stressed on the need of participation of the rural populace in development of villages through Village Development Committees and Tribal Development Committees. Holding a high level meeting to determine the work to be done by the VDCs and TDCs here on Wednesday, the CM said that the development of tribal and scheduled caste villages in Jharkhand is a top priority of the government.
The CM said that it is being ensured that the government's schemes properly reach these areas. In view of this, the concept of tribal development committee and village development committee has been envisaged. The people of the village have been kept in the committee.
“The committee will decide the small development schemes in the village itself. According to the Model Estimates, the fixed amount will be given to the committee. About 80 per cent amount of the plan will be given to the committee. Villagers will spend remaining 20 per cent through labour. In the first phase, construction of Dobha, Bora dam, well, pond, check dam etc should be decided by meeting and the required amount will be given into the bank account of the committee,” he said.
Das said on the occasion that people of the village should be trusted. “So far schemes were being implemented through the authorities but now villagers will do the work. Now, we will get rid of middleman by getting work done through tribal development committee and village development committee. The unemployed youth of the village will also get employment. Many mukhiya are not working properly. They have become exploiter. On getting the work done through the committee, the dependency on mukhiya will end. The information about bribery is being received in giving benefits of schemes to poor. Action will be taken against such mukhiya,” he said.
Panchayati Raj Secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey said that TDCs, VDCs has been established in 60 per cent of the villages in the entire State. Committees have been formed in all the villages of Simdega and Jamtara.
Additional Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Additional Chief Secretary DK Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Principal Secretary Education Department AP Singh, Principal Secretary Rural Development Department Avinash Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Welfare Secretary Himani Pandey, Agriculture Secretary Puja Singhal, Panchayati Raj Secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey and other officers were present in the meeting.