Port Blair, June 19: The 20th Governing Body Meeting of District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), South Andaman, was held under the Chairmanship of the Chairman, DRDA, South Andaman (Adhyaksha, Zilla Parishad) Smt. Abala Samaddar on18/06/2013 at 10.30 AM in the Conference Hall of Zilla Parishad, South Andaman. The Chairperson, State Social Welfare Advisory Board, Pramukhs, Pradhans, Executive Director, DRDA, South Andaman, Lead District Manager, SBI, Asstt. General Manger, NABARD also attended the meeting. In the meeting, physical and financial achievements made under the SGSY and the lAY Schemes for the year 2012-13 were reviewed.
Under Indira Awaas Yojana (lAY), 255 beneficiaries will be assisted for the construction of new houses during 2013-14. The lAY beneficiaries will be released an additional amount of Rs.3700/- under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan for construction of the sanitary latrine in addition to the unit cost of Rs.75.000/-. It was informed by the Executive Director, DRDA, South Andaman that the SGSY Scheme will not be in operation w.e.f 2013-14 and, in its place, a new Scheme viz. National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) will come into effect from 2013-14 onwards. It was decided to make all out efforts to achieve the targets fixed under IAY for the year 2013-14. The targets under NRLM will be fixed after allocation of fund by the Ministry.
