Chief Secretary chairs SLSC meet on Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

Chief Secretary chairs SLSC meet on Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

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ITANAGAR: Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh Satya Gopal chaired the 3rd HPC-cum-State Level Sanctioning Committee on Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of the current financial year.

The High Power Committee (HPC)-cum-State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) meeting on RIDF convened by the Finance, Planning & Investment Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh was held on Monday at the conference hall of the Chief Secretary.

The meeting was attended by YW Ringu (Secretary Finance), Himanshu Gupta (Secretary Planning), Shri Bidal Tayeng (Secretary Animal Husbandry), Chief Engineers and other senior officers of the Implementing Departments. Dr Gyanendra Mani (GM/OIC, NABARD), Ashok Doolani (AGM, NABARD) and Gaurav Kumar represented NABARD in the meeting.

Himanshu Gupta, Secretary Planning & Investment welcomed the participants and informed that the Government of India has increased the borrowing limit of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to borrow from NABARD under Article 293(3) of the Constitution from Rs 188 crore to Rs 251.71 crore for the current financial year i.e. 2018-19.

Satya Gopal, Chief Secretary reviewed the physical and financial progress of all the ongoing projects sanctioned under Tranche XIX (2013-14) to Tranche XXIII (2017-18) as well as the status of projects sanctioned under Tranche XXIV (during the current year).

He specifically mentioned that all the implementing departments must submit the reimbursement claim by March 15, 2019 in respect of the projects sanctioned under Tranche XIX which is going to be closed on 31 March 2019. He urged the implementing departments to also submit the reimbursement claim in respect of other ongoing projects particularly under Tranche XX & XXI if they have made substantial progress in respect of these projects. He also advised all the implementing departments to ensure the grounding of projects sanctioned under Tranche XXIII (2017-18) immediately so that these projects do not slip into “Non Starter Projects” category.

He requested the implementing department to submit the reimbursement claim in respect of 4 non-starter projects of Tranche XXII (2016-17) so that these can be categorized as ongoing projects. The Chief Secretary appreciated the implementing departments for good progress made by them in respect of implementation of RIDF projects.

Himanshu Gupta, Secretary Planning & Investment and YW Ringu, Secretary Finance, requested the line departments to submit the PCRs if the projects have already been completed. They also suggested that all the implementing departments may submit the claim towards government share in respect of various ongoing projects to complete the projects as per the phasing schedule suggested by NABARD.

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