Uttarakhand: The Chief Secretary set the deadline of July 31 and directed all departments to send the DPR to the Finance Department
CS Radha Raturi has given strict instructions to the Public Works, Irrigation, Animal Husbandry, School Education, Skill and Technical Education Department to immediately send the remaining Rs 383.11 crore project to NABARD by giving a deadline of 24 hours. Along with this, Raturi has set a deadline of 31 July and instructed all the departments to send DPR to the Finance Department. The Chief Secretary has strictly instructed the departments to prepare the budget of their projects in future as per the deadline of NABARD and send it on time. CS Radha Raturi has instructed the departments to submit their project proposals, withdrawals, Project Completion Certificate (PCC), Project Completion Report (PCR) online. The Chief Secretary has instructed the departments to submit the Project Completion Certificate within a week and Project Completion Report (PCR) within six months after the completion of the project. Along with this, Radha Raturi has instructed the departments to send the projects of parking, redevelopment of slums and urban afforestation under the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF) to NABARD on top priority.
CS Raturi has strictly instructed the departments that only high quality and eligible projects should be proposed to NABARD. The priority of the projects should also be decided by the departments and the departments should also ensure that there is no duplication of funding. She has suggested not to propose relatively small projects to NABARD. The Chief Secretary has instructed the departments to send 50 percent of the given target projects to the Finance Department by 30 June, 60 percent projects by 31 July and 100 percent projects by 15 August. She has also given the Finance Department a target of every four months to submit the bill to NABARD for reimbursement. Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has strictly clarified to all the departments that the departments which fail to get reimbursement will have to improve their working style in future in this regard. The Chief Secretary directed the Irrigation Department to propose projects for revival of water sources and rivers to NABARD.
While presiding over the meeting of the high powered committee of NABARD in the Secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi said that maximum use of financial assistance received from NABARD should be ensured in the rural development of the state.
In the meeting, it was informed that the Finance Department has received projects worth a total of Rs 360.47 crore, which include 10 projects worth Rs 77.40 crore from the Irrigation Department, 89 projects worth Rs 193.11 crore from the Public Works Department, 4 projects worth Rs 66.96 crore from Technical Education, 1 project worth Rs 9.52 crore from Animal Husbandry, 5 projects worth Rs 13.4811 crore from the Rural Construction Department. In the year 2023-24, the total payment made by NABARD to the state was Rs 954.9 crore against the approved amount of Rs 904.4 crore. For the year 2024-25, an approved target of Rs 1200 crore and a reimbursement target of Rs 969 crore has been set under RIDF.
Irrigation facilities have been created and restored on 2.05 lakh hectares of land in the state from Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) under NABARD. A network of about 14,766 km of rural roads has been constructed and improved. 27307 meter bridge has been constructed. 23.77 lakh rural population has got drinking water facility. 241 schools and ITI have been constructed and renovated.
Additional Chief Secretary Anand Vardhan, Secretary Dilip Jawalkar, CGM NABARD and officials of Finance, Public Works, Irrigation Department were present in the meeting.
