Govt reinstates 13 officers including 2 ACDs
Govt reinstates 13 officers including 2 ACDs
Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, July 15 : The Government today re-instated 13 officers including two Assistant Commissioners of Development (ACDs), who were suspended last month for alleged “excess withdrawal of MGNREGA funds”.
These officers -the ACDs and BDOs- who were suspended for alleged withdrawal of funds without any authorization don’t have any direct role in releasing the payment as the Government in 2019 had empowered the PRIs and authorized them to release the payments.
The guidelines (No. 207 RD&PR of 2019 dated 04-07-2019) for release of MGNREGA payments read: “The signatory one (Panchayat Secretary) and two (Sarpanch) at Panchayat level directly draw the funds though the Digital Signature from State e-FMS account and transfer to the individual beneficiary account as Mandated in the Act. Besides, the payment of material transferred shall also be transferred electronically to th
Srinagar: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj ((RD&PR) department of Kashmir division at Civil Secretariat here.
During the meeting, execution of MGNREGA works, implementation of ongoing works under Centrally sponsored schemes, PMAY, Rural Sanitation and status of construction and renovation of Panchayat Ghars and buildings for DDCs and BDCs were discussed in detail.
The Advisor also reviewed the implementation of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) under the chapter of UMEED in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Mission Director NRLM Jammu and Kashmir, Director Rural Development Department Kashmir, Director Panchayati Raj J&K, Director Rural Sanitation J&K, CEO Himayat, SE Rural Development Department Kashmir, Assistant Commissioners Development of Kashmir Division, Executive Engineers of Kashmir division, District Panchayat Officers of Kashmir division and
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Sarpanchs from J&K to visit Uttarakhand for 5 day Training cum Exposure Tour
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Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda, held a brief interaction with the delegation before flagging off a batch of the 33 Sarpanchs of different districts of the UT from Panchayat Bhawan here today. Speaking on the occasion, Sheetal Nanda said that the Department of Panchayati Raj, Uttarakhand has organised this training visit very meticulously for the exposure of Sarpanchs of Jammu and Kashmir.