Jammu, Nov 18: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta
Friday impressed upon all the Administrative Secretaries
including Deputy Commissioners and other Sectoral
heads to plan well and make a proper strategy to complete
the target of over two lakh works under different Centrally
Sponsored Schemes (CSS).
Dr Mehta made these remarks while reviewing the
progress made under District Capex Budget 2022-23 here.
Besides the Administrative Secretaries, Divisional
Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Chief
Planning Officers the meeting was attended by DG
Budget, Officers of Planning Department and many other
concerned officials.
The Chief Secretary enjoined upon all the Deputy
Commissioners (DCs) to formulate a roadmap to achieve
the fixed targets on time. He stressed on breaking the
District Capex into scheme wise components and review
performance made under each of them. He asked them to
keep an eye on the number of works taken under these
schemes and make efforts to complete all of them.
Dr Mehta maintained that there are around 100 odd
schemes and we had to access funds under most of them.
He stressed on utilizing the already released shares
efficiently so that the next tranches are accessed by the
departments. He directed the Planning Officers to
understand the nitty gritty of the changed planning
scenario so that they are able to improve their working.
He also asked the Administrative Secretaries and DCs to
hold periodical review meetings so that the hurdles faced,
if any, are ironed out smoothly. He asked from each of the
DC about the plan size, releases, and expenditure
incurred till date. He also enquired about the number of
ongoing and completed works under different schemes
and the number of works they are going to complete till
end of 3rd quarter.
The Chief Secretary also reviewed the performance of
each district under the flagship programmes like Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), Swachh Grameen etc. He told
them to accelerate the process of uploading the relevant
activities under AKAM and ensure the quality of feedback
is also up to mark.
He made out that the cleanliness under ‘Swachh
Grameen' should be given due priority by each of the
Deputy Commissioner. He asked them to ensure the door
to door collection in each village and identification of
dumping site for segregation of waste.
During the meeting it was given out that the total plan size
of District Capex Budget 2022-23 is Rs 22126.93 Cr which
is 75% more than the previous Budget of 2021-22 i.e., Rs
12600.58 Cr. It was also revealed that in view of the needs
in the rural areas Rs 10914.08 Cr under Jal Jeevan
Mission, 3814.42 Cr under MGNREGA, Rs 1529.59 Cr
under PMAY-G, Rs 2001.12 Cr under PMGSY and Rs
47.53 Cr under Border Area Development Programme
have been earmarked for current financial year.
