ITANAGAR, Nov 11: The success of welfare policies and programmes of the Government depends on its proper implementation at the grass root level. This was highlighted at the inaugural function of the 4-day Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman at the Multipurpose Cultural Complex, Kimin in Papum Pare district today.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who attended the Assam Moran Sabha at Wathoi under Buridihing Mouza today, applauded the Sabha for their efforts to amalgamate and unite the people to take the community forward.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) may have returned to power on the might of its flagship programmes in its last term, but one of its major programmes, the Bharat Nirman, is caught in delays. Refusing to own the whole responsibility, the Centre has also held the states responsible.
MUKESH RANJAN
`Except for drinking water and rural housing schemes, other four components of the flagship programmes under Bharat Nirman have substantially gone off the mark'
The 2009 Budget is a politically powered effort to counter the effects of the global slowdown. Higher allocations across schemes for rural India are expected to trigger demand at the bottom of the pyramid and drag the economy out of the trough. The idea, though, is a big gamble. Already fiscal deficit is 6.8 per cent and borrowings at a record high.
VELLORE: The Directorate of Field Publicity would be conducting programmes in the following villages in the four blocks of Arakkonam, Sholinghur, Nemili and Kaveripakkam on the dates mentioned as part of the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign from July 24 to 29, according to T.