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Utilisation of Funds Should Be As per SC, ST Sub-Plan: Bhatti Tells Officials

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday said that every department should spend funds in accordance with SC, ST sub-plan within the stipulated time.

Bhatti instructed officials to disclose the details of department-wise expenditure as per the sub-plan Act once in a month. The available funds should be spent satisfactorily, he said. The officials should formulate plans to ensure that the funds spent under the sub-plan would lead to a rise in income of the respective communities and creation of assets, he asserted.

He was speaking at a review meeting on implementation of the SC, ST sub-plan with senior officials of various departments at the Secretariat.

The Deputy Chief Minister asked all officials to come up with full details related to spending of the sub-plan funds and the benefits accrued to the communities ahead of the January 23 meeting. He wanted to know how officials proposed to spend the sub-plan funds that they could not utilise.

Officials gave a presentation of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) report on the implementation of SC, ST sub-plan in various departments over the last eight years. He enquired about the issues observed by the CESS officials and the outcomes achieved by the officials on those issues.

Bhatti laid emphasis on use of solar power pump sets in forest lands and directed the officers to design bamboo, avocado, palm oil projects and other inter crops along with them. The works, under the employment guarantee scheme, should be linked with these cultivations, he said.

SC and ST women, who are being displaced under the Musi Rejuvenation project, should be identified and enrolled in self-help groups to let them avail interest-free loans and help them become entrepreneurs.

Self-employment schemes should extensively be made accessible to SC and STs in urban areas. Towards this, vehicles and cleaning machines should be sanctioned to these communities in municipalities and under GHMC limits.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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