Punjab orders speedy implementation of welfare schemes for SCs
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (UNI)
The Punjab government has strictly directed all its departments for speedy implementation of welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes and other weaker sections of the society to facilitate the beneficiaries at ground level.
Stating this here today, Minister for Welfare of SC/BC Gulzar Singh Ranike said the Punjab government was committed for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and other weaker sections of the society by ensuring the implementation of all welfare schemes.
He said the directions in this regard had already been issued to all Principal Secretaries, Commissioners of Divisions, Deputy Commissioners and other concerned officers besides instructing them to strictly implement the Scheduled Castes sub plan.
To make all the exercises easy the state government had also issued new directions to withdrawal of funds, he said.
Mr Ranike said that the state government had also amended the process of withdrawing funds by including demand no 25 for the welfare funds, which were earlier booked under section 789 of sub plan, in the recently issued notification for 2012-13.
He said that though all the welfare schemes of SC plan had included in demand no 25, but the major head would be remain the previous one and DDOs of concerned departments would also remain the same.
He said that the heads of concerned departments would distribute sub-heads of 789 SC sub plan through its DDOs and concerned DDOs would withdraw the funds from treasury.
All the concerned authorities had been directed for proper implementation of welfare schemes for SC and other weaker sections of the society, he added.