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| Azad, Baig to monitor State level Vigilance Committee | | Implementation of RDD Schemes in J&K | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 22: In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in Rural Development sector , the Government has constituted a 20 member high level committee headed by State Rural Development Minister. The committee members include opposition leader in Rajya Sabha and Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, PDP MP's Muzaffar Hussain Baig , Tariq Hameed Karra & BJP MP Jugal Kishore.
The order in this regard was vide Govt order No: 910 of 2016 was issued here on 16.8.2016.
Details available with Early Times reveal that high level committee which has at least 20 members on the panel would look into better implementation of MG NREGA, Swatch Bharat Mission, and Indira Awas Yojna and other schemes which are being implemented by Rural Development Ministry in J&K. In addition to MPs , Government has kept several MLA's from different parties in this committee.
Pertinent to mention that Government in December 2013 had planned to appoint Ombudsmen at various places in the state for hearing complaints regarding implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme read NREGA, but in-spite of the lapse of more than two years, the appointments are yet to be made which is breeding corruption in the Rural Development Department during implementation of MG NREGA.
Early Times had carried a series of stories on this issue and on December 26th 2013 this paper had carried an exclusive story on absence of MNREGA Lok Pal (Ombudsman) affecting the implementation of this centrally sponsored scheme. After the news was carried the Rural Development Department issued an advertisement notice on 30th December 2013 regarding appointment of Ombudsmen and subsequently applications were sought from the eligible candidates. It is now almost 16 months and nobody knows what has happened vis a vis appointment of the Obmudsmen. It seems that Govt has dropped the idea of appointing these NREGA Lok Pals. The NC lead Government was planning to appoint one NREGA Ombudsman for three to four districts while as Ministry of Rural Development Government of India's guidelines had made it clear through its notification that one Ombudsman (Lok Pal) has to appointed in each district. Neither has the Government appointed one Ombudsman for three districts nor each one for a single district and this is seriously affecting the implementation of NREGA at grass roots level which is marred by large scale corruption right now.
"We hope the newly constituted committee will probe into all the issues of bungling and corruption vis a vis implementation of several centrally sponsored schemes " said Tanveer Hussain a social activist from Anantnag. |
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