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| Mufti expresses dismay over sluggish fund utilization, cautions administration | | Plan outlay for Ramban increased by 173%, Udhampur by 194% | | 
Early Times Report
Udhampur, July 2 : Expressing dismay over inadequate utilization of funds, the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for expeditious and effective usage of allocated money to get the desired results on the ground.
"Unfortunately, the track record of the State in utilizing the allocated funds has not been up to the mark resulting in development deficit in key sectors," Chief Minister said while chairing the District Development Board meeting of Udhampur and Ramban districts here today. He said it is dispiriting to note that on an average utilization of funds under centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) has been hovering around 40 percent only during the past few years.
He said the officers will be made accountable for implementation of all the programs and schemes and utilization of funds under their jurisdiction. "Your performance will be judged on the basis of implementation of the programs on ground," he told the officers present in the meeting.
The Chief Minister directed the officers to frequently tour the remote and hilly areas to monitor the development works pertaining to their departments so that better results could be ensured on the ground with no compromise on the quality of works. He hoped that the officers would put in sincere efforts in achieving optimum results. He said regular follow-up meetings would be taken by the respective chairmen of the District Development Boards to monitor the physical and financial achievements registered by the district.
To bring transparency in the implementation of the developmental programmes, the Chief Minister exhorted upon the officers to take the Legislators of their respective areas into confidence by sharing the details of various government-sponsored schemes with them. He asked the public representatives to monitor the development works and welfare schemes and send feedback to the Government. "If anything goes wrong on ground in implementation, apprise us so that corrective measures are immediately taken", Sayeed said.
The Chief Minister, who is also Incharge Planning Minister, announced an outlay of Rs 166.32 crore for Udhampur for the year 2015-16 and Rs 116.27 crore for district Ramban. He said eight schemes worth Rs 52 crore have been taken up in the Udhampur district under NABARD during the year 2014-15.
The meeting was informed that against the outlay of Rs 85.54 crore for 2014-15 for Udhampur, actual availability was Rs 54.32 crore, whereas the actual expenditure was Rs 49.49 crore.
Similarly, the plan outlay for Ramban district for 2014-15 was Rs 67.30 crore which was revised to Rs 58.58 crore where as actual availability of the funds was to the tune of Rs 40.18 crore. The expenditure was Rs 38.07 crore (94.75%).
Stressing on launching job oriented subjects, Mufti Sayeed laid emphasis on introducing such courses at college and school levels which have better employment prospects.
The Chief Minister sanctioned Rs 56 lakh to be kept at the disposal of the DDC Ramban to be paid as land compensation for development of Government Degree College, Banihal.
The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh, Minister for Health and Medical Education Lal Singh, Minister for Law & Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Syed Basharat Bukhari, Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, Minister of State for Finance Pawan Gupta, Member Parliament Shamsher Singh Manhas, MLC Sham Lal Bhagat, Vice-Chairman Kissan Advisory Board Daljeet Singh, MLA Ramnagar R S Pathania, MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat and MLA Reasi Ajay Nanda were also present.
Earlier, DDC Udhampur Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and DC Ramban Farooq Ahmad Shah gave detailed presentations on various projects and proposals for the development of the districts. |
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