Dharamsot tells officers to get cracking; implement welfare schemes

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 30

Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Minister for Forests, Printing and Stationery and Welfare of SCs/BCs, on Thursday directed the officers of the Welfare Department to roll up their sleeves to ensure the benefits of welfare schemes to the needy.

After presiding over a high-level meeting of officers of the department, Dharamsot said the priority of the department should be to implement all welfare schemes in true spirit to provide much-needed respite to the needy and downtrodden.

He said instructions to the officers down the line had been issued to ensure the implementation of welfare schemes as enlisted in the Five-Year Plan.

He said the department had also been directed to update the data of the schemes implemented vis-a-vis the record of beneficiaries during the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans within the next 15 days.

He urged the officers and employees of the department to work with full dedication and sincerity and ensure the implementation of schemes in public interest. He said the transfers of the employees would be considered on the basis of their work and progress.