HYDERABAD: The State government will launch a new programme Grama Jyothi on August 15 aiming to ensure comprehensive and equitable development for rural areas across the State.
Depending on the population, each village would receive Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore for developmental needs during the next five years. Under the programme, villages themselves will be made responsible to chalk out their development strategy. In all, the government has decided to spend Rs 25,000 crore during the next five years on the same.
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held discussions here on Sunday, constituted a cabinet sub-committee headed by Panchayat Raj minister KT Rama Rao to work out the modalities for the scheme.
Ministers Eatela Rajendar (Finance), Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (Agriculture), Tummala Nageswara Rao (Roads and Buildings), Harish Rao (Irrigation) and Jogu Ramanna (Forest and Enivornment) are members of the committee. The committee has been asked to submit a report within a week.“The aim of the programme is to make gram panchayats active partners in the developmental process and thereby strengthen Panchayat Raj system,” the chief minister said.
The CM will hold further discussions with district collectors, State Planning Board deputy chairman Niranjan Reddy, Panchayat Raj minister KT Rama Rao and others on July 30 at MCR HRD institute.
Rao added that the implementation of ‘Mana Ooru- Mana Pranalika’ had provided a good foundation for the new programme. The developmental needs of all villages would be met without any discrimination, he added.
Source: New Indian Express, 27-07-2015
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