Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Abdul Rehman Veeri chaired an introductory cum review meeting with the officers of Kashmir division at SKICC after assuming the charge of the Rural Development department, here today.
The meeting was attended by Secretary RDD Sheetal Nanda, Director RDD Kashmir Muhammad Nazir Sheikh, Mission Director SRLM J&K, Director Rural Sanitation J&K, Chief Executive Officer IWMP J&K and Chief Operating Officer Himayat J&K.
Assistant Development Commissioners, District Panchayat Officers (DPOs), Block Development Officers (BDOs), Project Officers, Engineers and other concerned officers of Rural Development Department Kashmir also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the Minister was briefed about the progress on various programmes and schemes including MGNREGA, Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (SBM-G), Pradham Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-), Integrated Water Management Programme (IWMP), Himayat being implemented in the state by the department.
Detailed discussions were held on MGNREGA programme and its progress in the Kashmir division. The Minister was informed about the total mandays and employment generated by the department for the job card holders. It was given out in the meeting that the wage payments are now being disbursed online through e-FMS to the bank account of the beneficiaries.
Director RDD Kashmir told the meeting that the department has utilized the funds to the tune of Rs 1208.59 crore and Rs 638.88 crore was disbursed as wage payment to the beneficiaries in the year 2017-18.
Besides, all the works completed under MGNREGA are being geo-tagged for effective monitoring.
The Minister asked the Block Development Officers not to take up all the works under MGNREGA together so that their timely completion is ensured.
The meeting was informed that the department has also taken some good governance initiatives for effective implementation of MGNREGA in the state including maintenance of 7 Register, information of citizen information board, implementation of unique job cards and work file as per MoRD, GoI.
The Minister directed the BDOs to ensure that 100 % job cards are distributed to the workers by May 31 and also to maintain 7 Registers in their offices. He also asked for expediting the process of seeding Aadhar of workers in MGNREGA database so that amount goes to the bank account of actual beneficiary.