TASKFORCE FOR EXPERTS SUGGESTIONS ON JPRGY
The taskforce on Jai Prakash Rozgar Gaurantee Yojana (JPRGY)
has decided to invite suggestions from experts from all over the
country in formulating foolproof guidelines for the new scheme.
The third meeting of the taskforce on JPRGY was held under the
chairmanship of the Union Minister for Rural Development Shri
M. Venkaiah Naidu, here today. Taskforce would be obtaining opinions
of intellectuals and experts in various social and economic sectors.
The taskforce with single tone said that it is necessary to take
suggestions for the better launching and implementation of the
new scheme. In this context, the taskforce has invited Shri Digvijay
Singh, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as special invitee,
for the third meeting.
Shri Digvijay Singh has made suggestions based on successful
implementation of the Rozgar Yojana in Madhya Pradesh. The Chief
Minister emphasized on the need of checking the migrating population
in the first stage. Based on available information of Drought
Prone Area Programme (DPAP) and Dessert Development Programme
(DDP) taskforce could identify the most distressed districts of
the states, he added. Able persons in these areas should be provided
with work at least for 150days in a year. He gave thrust on strengthening
of Self-help Groups (SHGs) and Khadi Industries with broader outlook.
The new scheme should address the distressed in terms of cash
and food grains to feed themselves and to develop their own farmlands,
which in long run can be productive, he emphasized.
In the earlier meeting of the taskforce, Sushree Uma Bharati,
Sport and Youth Affairs Minister, offered full human resource
support from National Reconstruction Corps (NRC) and Nehru Yuva
Kendra (NYK) for better implementation of the scheme.
Shri Ananth Kumar, Minister for Urban Development and Poverty
Alleviation, Shri Karia Munda, the Minister for Rural, Agro Industries
and Shri Babasaheb Vikhe Patil, Minister of State for Finance
participated in the meeting. Other members of the taskforce and
senior officials from various Ministries were also present in
the meeting.
