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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

900+ beneficiaries per constituency this Janta Mela -AMEET OBEROI

GANGTOK, 27 Jan: The Janta Mela for the four districts is all set to begin next week, starting from the East District on 02 February in Gangtok, moving on 04 February to Namchi, then on 06 February for West District at Gyalshing and on 08 February in the North District in Mangan, informed the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Rural Management & Development Department, DR Nepal, while speaking to NOW! today. And this year, the Janta Mela is being observed under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, he added.
There are three major schemes under the Janta Mela to be released to beneficiaries this year, one is the induction stove, the other is GCI sheets and the third is house upgradation scheme. The schemes are for beneficiaries from all the 32 constituencies and the list of beneficiaries has been prepared by the Panchayats.
200 people will receive GCI sheets, 200 people will receive the house upgradation scheme, while 500 beneficiaries will be given the induction stoves from each constituency, he stated.
There will also be participation of other departments in the Janta Mela, such as Social Justice [pension], Animal Husbandry [cows, goats, pigs] and SIDICO for disbursement of loans to the unemployed for self employment, he added.
This year, the Janta Mela has two major missions as spelled out by the State government, one is the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and the other is the Chief Minister Kutcha House Free Mission. Both are decentralized schemes so the Panchayats have been given powers to identify the beneficiaries from their areas, he said and added that because of these two missions the number of beneficiaries may increase further. The Janta Mela is being held under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan so that the beneficiaries come from the Gram and get the maximum benefits from the schemes, he explained.
Speaking on the total amount of funds utilized by the department for the Janta Mela, he stated that the total amount is yet to be calculated as there were still some places in the districts from where the list of beneficiaries has not reached the department. The total amount of money utilized for the Mela will be compiled in the next two to three days, he added.

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