LOK SABHA
The Ministry of
Rural Development has reconstituted the Vigilance and Monitoring
(V&M) Committees at the State and District levels with greater
role for Members of Parliament. The reconstituted V&M Committees
would replace all other Committees constituted by the Ministry
for similar purposes.
The revised guidelines
for the V&M Committees have been issued to all States/UTs.
These guidelines contained the composition, role and functions
of these Committees at State and district levels, as well as
instructions for conducted the meetings.
The Committees
shall have the authority to summon and inspect any record in
respect of implementation of the programmes including complaints
of wrong selection of beneficiaries, mis-appropriation/diversion
of funds of various schemes of the Ministry and recommend follow
up actions. The Committee may refer any matter of enquiry to
the Dy. Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer/Project Director
or suggest suitable action to be taken as per rules which shall
be acted upon by him within 30 days.
This information
was given by Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Annasaheb
M.K. Patil in a written reply to Shri Rajo Singh in Lok Sabha
today.
