Chief Minister Raghubar Das today asked officials to work in mission mode to complete Antodaya scheme within stipulated time so that poverty can be eradicated from the State in targeted three years. The CM, while holding review meeting of the Rural development Department here on Tuesday stressed on speedy implementation of schemes for the welfare of people of the State.
Das on Tuesday sat in his office with top officers of the State holding back to back review meetings of six departments in a row and issued various instructions for speeding up the works under government schemes.
The CM asked to complete Geo Tagging of all the completed schemes and to complete the pending schemes at the earliest. He also instructed to equip Gram panchayats with Internet and train Sakhi Mandals members as business correspondent.
Reviewing PMAY, PMGSY and work done by panchayat secretariat, he directed to complete the approved 1,64,121 houses by June 2017, 11,000 houses of Ambedkar Aawas by September 2017 and 1,59,052 houses under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana by March 2018. Das also instructed to complete the roads for 113 blocks under 13 districts for 100-249 villages and complete 169 pending schemes under Mukhya Mantri Gram Setu Yojana.
Principal Secretary of the department NN Sinha said that 97 per cent of workers have bank accounts. Geo-tagging of 1,81,657 schemes under the assets created under MGNREGA has been done and 53,000 women mates have been trained and employed.
While reviewing works of the Agriculture department, Das ordered to distribute Soil Health Cards to the farmers by June. He said it would help them to decide proper farming practices for their land. He directed to run cold storages under a committee and encourage bio farming to control pests.
During the review meeting of Welfare Department, the CM stressed on skill development and called for providing employment for tribal children of 13 districts in the State. He told officials to work towards uplift poverty stricken 2,000 tribal families of Dumka. The CM said that maximum works should be done through sakhi mandals and panchayat secretariats. He said that students of BEd and dental college taking scholarships without fulfilling the criteria should be detected and punished.
The CM directed that boundary walls of all Sarna, Masna and Jaher shrines should be constructed in 2 years. He said that funds for bicycles of school children should be transferred into their bank accounts. At the same time, single window system should be arranged for the aspirants of Chief Minister Education loan Scheme and provide facilities to apply online through portal and review it from time-to-time.
In the Women, Child Development and Social Security department meeting, CM said that the Sakhi Mnadals would manage crèche for kids of working women in block headquarters and district headquarters of the State. He also asked officials to start implantation of the ‘Ujjwala’ scheme meant for the betterment of women trafficking victims in State. He instructed to implement the ISSNIP (ICDS SYSTEM STRENGTHNING AND NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME) run with the help of World Bank in such a way that it becomes role model for the country.
The CM will address 372 rescued children from trafficking and encourage them for studies and skill development.
The CM also reviewed the labour, Employment and Training department and asked officials to make best efforts to help reach benefits of government schemes reach the labour classes in the State.
During the Industry, Mines and Geology department review meeting Das asked officials to apprise him of the status report on 210 MoUs signed during the Momentum Jharkhand Summit. He instructed to set up Jharkhand Institute of Design and Craft with help of the National institute and also to set up NIIFT.
Department Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal said that Textile, Pharma and Food Processing related investors will start work in the month of May as they have been allotted land pieces. In June-July, 35 more investors will start work, he said.
Rural Development Minister Nilkantjh Singh Munda, Welfare Minister louis Marandi, Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh, CS Rajbala Verma, Additional CS Amit Khare, Principal Secretary to the CM Sanjay Kumar , Cabinet Secretary SS Meena and several department heads and secretaries were present in the meeting.