Welfare funds being misused: MLA
Monday, 16/04/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120416/punjab.htm#7
Congress MLA from Ferozepur Parminder Singh has urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to direct the authorities concerned to convene meetings of the district-level vigilance and monitoring committees regularly to monitor the implementation of flagship programmes such as MNREGA, National Rural Health Mission and urban renewal programmes.
Parminder said in absence of regular meetings, the implementation of these programmes had been affected to a large extent.
Funds meant for welfare schemes were not being utilised properly and there was no transparency, he added.
He said in Ferozepur district, the meeting had not been held for about an year.
The committee was supposed to meet once in three months, he said, adding that similar was the case with other districts.
The MLA said while the Akali Dal had been alleging discrimination in the allocation of Central funds, it was the state government that had failed to avail of a number of schemes.
In some cases, money transferred by the Centre for a particular scheme was diverted by the state government to some other schemes.
