Rajouri, Feb 25: Secretary, Rural Development Department (RDD) and Panchayati Raj, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, on Sunday chaired a comprehensive review meeting in Rajouri district to assess the progress and perspective planning under MGNREGA, SBM, IWMP, RGSA, PMAY, NRLM and other Centrally Sponsored schemes under the rural infrastructure sector.
During the meeting, directions were issued on formulating the plan of next financial year in convergence with other departments like agriculture, horticulture, forest, fisheries and others.
Secretary RDD review all key performance indicators of centrally sponsored schemes like MGNREGA, PMAY-G , SBM- G, IWMP , JKSRLM in detail and issued instructions to make substantial improvement in all indicators in a week’s time.
Dr Shahid emphasised on the critical need for enhanced convergence with different departments, particularly agriculture and allied sectors.
Secretary directed for the completion of pending work of the financial year 2021-22, by March 31st, 2024
With regards to the construction of border bunkers, the Secretary stressed the urgent need for their completion to ensure the safety and security of border residents.
Additionally, prompt completion of border bunkers that have already been taken or under execution was emphasized upon.
Dr Shahid asked Fisheries Department to address the gap in fish ponds construction in collaboration with the Rural Development Department.