High Level Monitoring Committee for implementation of schemes reconstituted

GANGTOK, 22 Aug: The State Government has reconstituted the State High Level Monitoring Committee for implementation of schemes and incurrence of expenditure against the grants recommended by the Thirteenth Finance Commission.
The state government has set target bound completion of various projects and schemes initiated by the state government in the Thirteenth Finance Commission which are funded by the Government of India. The reconstitution of the State High Level Monitoring Committee has superseded a 2010 State Government Notification.
The Chief Secretary will head the State High Level Monitoring Committee as Chairman along with 20 Heads of Departments as members; Principal Director, Finance Commission Division, Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department -Member Secretary. Other members are Director General of Police, Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests-cum-Secretary,   Development Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Finance, Revenue & Expenditure, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Urban development & Housing, Secretary, Rural Management & Development Department, Secretary, Human Resource Development Department, Secretary, Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department, PCE-cum-Secretary, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, PCE-cum-Secretary, Roads & Bridges, Secretary, Tourism & Civil Aviation,  PCE-cum-Secretary, Public Health Engineering, Director General-cum-Secretary, Health Care, Human Services, Family Welfare, Secretary, Department of Personal Administrative Reforms & Training, Secretary, Cultural Affairs & Heritage Conservation, Director General-cum-Secretary, Department of Economic, Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Secretary, Food , Civil Supplies & Consumers Affairs, and Controller of Accounts, Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department.
The Committee shall be responsible for monitoring of both financial and physical targets and for ensuring adherence of specification and conditionality in respect of the grants wherever is applicable.