Agencies to monitor implementation of the sub plans once in two months
Hyderabad, November 6, 2007The State Government has constituted two nodal agencies to oversee the utilization of funds under the Sub Plans for Scheduled Castes and Tribes. The Government has issued a GO NO.MS117 on Monday setting up the nodal agencies to review and monitor allocation, expenditure and implementation of the sub plans once in every two months and ensure that the departments spend the money earmarked.
The agencies have been vested with powers to re appropriate funds from departments tht were in in a position to incur expenditure in proportion to the allocation to another needy departments that had schemes benefiting SCs and STs. The nodal agency for SC sub plan would be headed by the Social Welfare Minister as chairman and the Commissioner for Social Welfare Department would be the member-convenor.
The panel will have special chief secretaries of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Planning and Social Welfare departments, Principal Secretaries of Rural Development and Housing, AP State Scheduled Caste Finance Corporation Managing Director and secretary of State, Social Welfare residential educational institutions as its members.
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