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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government will furnish a reply to the Planning Commission that has blamed it for faulty implementation of Centrally sponsored plans in the state.
It may be mentioned here that the Planning Commission had recently come up with a report on failure of Centrally sponsored programmes in Odisha. In its report, the Commission had blamed the state government for faulty plan implementation citing several loopholes. Reacting to the report, a high-level meeting was presided over by chief secretary Tarunkanti Mishra at the State Secretariat here on Wednesday.
The meeting discussed about the present status of various Centrally sponsored programmes such as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Rural Health Mission, Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, Indira Awas Yojana, National Horticulture Mission, Indira Gandhi National Pension Yojana, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana, Accelerated Irrigatiion Benefit Programme, Total Sanitation Campaign, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana, and their modus operandi. The meeting also discussed about the report of the Planning Commission.
The meeting observed that the state government cannot be held solely accountable to the irregularities in the implementation of the aforesaid programmes, as the Centre is also responsible for such deviations.
The meeting revealed that in most cases, the ongoing programmes have failed to achieve desired results due to inordinate delay in the sanction of funds by the Centre. On most occasions, the state has received the funds by the end of the financial year resulting in its non-utilization.
This apart, the requirement needed at the field level work, has remained unfulfilled while there is no relaxation in the norms laid down under these plans where it is necessary.
Though the state government has time and again drawn the attention of the Centre in this regard, there is no response from the latter. Moreover, the agencies employed by the Centre for each programme are not working properly. As a result, these programmes have failed to achieve desired results.
The meeting decided to furnish a detailed report on the status of these aforesaid programmes to the Planning Commission. The report will also suggest necessary intervention of the state and the Central governments on certain matters. Basing on the suggestions, the state government will propose the Planning Commission to advise the Centre in this regard, the meeting decided.
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