Go The Extra Mile, CM Sarbananda Sonowal Tells DCs

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, Sept 18: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) of the State to go the extra mile to ensure that benefits of all government schemes reach the target people.

Speaking at the conference of deputy commissioners (DCs) at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati on Tuesday, Sarbananda Sonowal said: “For taking good governance at all levels of administration, the deputy commissioners have to play a pro-active role and to put in extra hours of work to implement government schemes for the benefit of the people at large”.

Sonowal has made a fervent appeal to all the DCs to internalize the broad spectrum and underlying objective of the government schemes to implement them in letter and spirit. The Chief Minister has laid stress on as many as eight issues, including NRC update, issuing patta to landless indigenous people, rolling out ADHAR cards, Ayushman Bharat, Swachhata Mission, etc., and said that Ayushman Bharat: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is all set to be inaugurated on September 23 in the State along with other states of the country. The PM-JAY is set to provide more than 10.74 crore economically deprived families with a health cover of up to Rs. 5 lakh. He said that under the ambit of PM-JAY efforts have been made to reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and ensure their access to quality health services. The Chief Minister has also asked the DCs to make adequate planning to generate awareness about Ayushman Bharat so that people belonging to underprivileged sections of society can reap dividends.

Chief Minister has also appealed to the DCs to revolutionize the financial inclusion through Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela and complete the entire process of direct benefit transfer under the scheme to those account holders who opened bank account. The State government has already launched Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela and transferred Rs. 2,500 each to all account holders belonging to tea community. He also asked the DCs to complete all formalities by October 31 to bring all tea workers under the ambit of Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela.

On Assam Adarsha Gram Yojana the Chief Minister has asked the DCs to put their heart and soul into the scheme and make the scheme an ideal one.

State Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was also present at the conference, analysed the salient features of schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela and Assam Adarsha Gram Yojana and urged the DCs to showcase their creativity and competitiveness by ideally implementing the schemes. He has also told them for any financial requirement for the implementation of the schemes they should submit proposals and the Finance Department would release the amount immediately.