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Centre withholds funds, seeks verification of beneficiaries 2/29/2016 11:48:30 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb: 29: The Union government has asked the Rural Development Department and Social Welfare Department in J&K to hold fresh verification of beneficiaries, who get benefit under various schemes. Official sources said the Union ministry has received complaints about some departments about misusing of central sponsored schemes in J&K. They said the authorities of Rural Development Department have been asked to hold re-verification of job cards so that deserving ones get benefit and ensure proper implementation of these schemes. Under MGNREGA, central government was providing Rs 900 crore per annum to J&K but the state has been least benefitted since the benefit of the scheme according to sources had not reached to the actual beneficiaries due to lack of checks in implementation of the scheme. It has been learnt that central government has withhold funds in some schemes after it was found that there had been no checks in their implementation. "The union government has expressed concern over misusing of schemes in the state and the department has been told to give details about fund utilization to the central government," an official said. Sources said there were also complaints about the fund embezzlements in Indira Awas Yojana, PMGSY Swachh-Bharat-Abhiyan, schemes which are also meant for up-liftment of rural areas. The government according to sources is going to set up a monitoring body at the Civil Secretariat to supervise these schemes. The monitoring body will also ensure speeding up of execution of various schemes on which work has been going over the years. Government according to sources are going to start the online system where status of applicants would be updated to make transparency in schemes. An official said there will be complete transparency in implementation of schemes so that deserving ones get benefitted and there is proper utilization of funds. "The verification of beneficiaries of various schemes is the continue process. Wherever we find that undeserving ones are getting benefitted, we take immediate action," the official said. He said the department will take few other measures for proper implementation of schemes. In Social Welfare Department, the central government has withhold funds after reports of misuse of schemes meant for poor people of the state. There are also reports that that in some various areas, eatables meant for poor children under ICDS were not reaching to the deserving ones. Sources said around 20 lakh people of the state get benefit under different social welfare schemes. Further around one lakh people have registered their names under NSAP and NFBC schemes for which the state would require over Rs 80 crore. "But there is lack of transparency as we don't know whether all these beneficiaries' are the deserving ones ."   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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