Port Blair, Sept 11: The 1st DISHA meeting of District Administration South Andaman was held on 9th Sept. 2016 at 3 PM in the conference hall under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament, Mr Bishnu Pada Ray. DISHA Committee has been recently constituted by the Govt. of India to oversee and monitor all the Centrally Sponsored Schemes being implemented by State or UT Administration. The MP, A&N Islands is the Chairman of the Committee and Deputy Commissioner (SA) is Member Secretary. Various schemes implementing Departments like Rural Development, Electricity, Social Welfare, Education, PBMC and Adhyaksha, Zilla Parishad, South Andaman, Pramukh, Prothrapur and other PRIs etc., are members of the Committee which has been given executive powers to seek co-operation from the Departments issue directions.
In the 1st meeting, the MP reviewed the progress of all 29 Centrally Sponsored Schemes of various Departments. The MP pin pointed the lacunas and various shortcomings at various stages of implementation and directed the Departments to ensure that immediate action should be taken by the Departments. He further emphasized that Govt. of India has launched all these schemes for the benefits of the Islanders and it is the duty of the Departments to ensure that the benefits as envisaged in the schemes reaches to the general public of the Islands. He further directed the Member Secretary, DC (SA) to seek status reports from all the Departments on various points mentioned by him during the discussion and submit report within 30 days.
The Adhyaksha, Zilla Parishad, South Andaman pointed out that the Departments should take the views of the PRIs while implementing these Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the benefit of general public. The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman expressed gratitude to the MP for the detailed review of all the schemes and assured him that all the Departments of A&N Administration shall take into account suggestions and directions given by the MP and submit action taken report within 30 days.
