D.O. letter dated 13 October, 1998 issued by the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment (Deptt. of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) to alt the Project Directors of DRD. As regarding involvement of elected representatives. MPs/ MLAs in Planning Implementation and Monitoring of the Rural Development Programmes

Home/ D.O. Letter Dated 13 October, 1998 Issued By The Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment (Deptt. of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) To Alt The Project Directors of DRD. As Regarding Involvement of Elected Representatives. MPs/ MLAs In Planning Implementation and Monitoring of The Rural Development Programmes

No. R-20017/7/98-IRD-I
Governmentof India
MINISTRY OF RURAL AREAS & EMPLOYMENT
[Department of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation]
KrishiBhavan, New Delhi

Dated the 13thOct., 1998.

To
The Project Directors
All the D.R.D.As.

SUBJECT: Involvement of elected representatives MPs/MLAs in Planning Implementation and Monitoring of the Rural Development Programmes.

Sir,

I am directed to refer to this Ministry's letter No.R-14018/9/93-IRD-I(Pt.File), dated 9th Sept., 1998on the subject noted above forwarding therewith the guidelines issuedon the subject on 26thAugust, 1998.

As you may be aware Hon'ble Members of Parliamentand Members of Legislative Assemblies are the membersof theGoverning Bodies of DRDAs. As per the existing guidelines, Members ofParliament belongingto the Lok Sabha will haveto be co-opted as a members ofthe GoverningBody of more than oneDRDA if his constituency spans overmore thanone district. Guidelines have already been issued toall the State/UT Govts. regarding convening the Governing Body meeting bythe DRDAs.

In spite of the above guidelines, a number of MPs havebeen writing to the ministry that either the Governing Body meeting ofDRDAs are notbeing held regularly or they are not being informed aboutsuch meetingswell in advance.In view of this, you are requested totake the following action immediately:-

  1.  DRDA Governing Body meeting should beconducted regularly and dates fixed as far as possible when Parliament would not bein session.
  2. It may be ensured that the MPs are invited toattend such meetings by giving sufficient advance notice.
  3. In the case of Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) whose constituency spans over more than one DRDA and is member of Governing Body of more than one DRDA, the Governing Body meetings of both the DRDAs should be fixed in such a manner that the Member of Parliament could attend both the meetings, without any inconvenience.

As the Ministry attaches utmost importance to the close involvement of elected representatives includingMPs in the implementation of poverty alleviation programme, you are requested to adhere to the above guidelines.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
(A.K. JHA)
Joint Director (IRD-III)

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