State government decides to disburse loans of Rs 10,000 crore
Rural development minister Kimidi Mrunalini addresses DRDA PDs at ZP Hall in Visakhapatnam on Monday. (Photo: DC)
Visakhapatnam: In order to make women associated with self-help groups (SHGs) economically strong, the state government has decided to disburse about Rs 10,000 crore through loans and pay an interest on the already taken loans, informed rural development minister Kimidi Mrunalini.
She added that Rs 3,000 crore has been released in the first phase. Saying that this move would benefit about 88 lakh SHG members in the state, Ms Mrunalini added that about 60 per cent beneficiaries are misusing the money meant to help them become economically self-reliant.
In a state-level district Rural Development Agency (DRDA) review meet held at the zilla parishad office in Visakhapatnam, Ms Mrunalini said that about 77 per cent people have expressed satisfaction over the implementation of social security pensions. “By correcting the errors, we are going to take the satisfaction levels to 99 percent. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has ordered to make sure every eligible person receives pension. At the same time, the CM advocated stringent actions against the ineligible beneficiaries,” she added.
She called on the DRDA officials to grant loans to only those SHGs that utilise the money for their self-reliance. She also ordered to take a written acknowledgement from the beneficiaries as to what programmes they are going to implement with the loan.
Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) CEO Solomon Arokiaraj asked all the project directors to make sure the pension list is free of errors and ineligible persons. SERP advisor C. Rama Lakshmi, additional PD China Tatayya, ITDA PO Harinarayanan, DRDA PD Dr Srinivas, PDs and APDs from all the districts in the state attended the meeting.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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