CM assures support for implementing schemes
Thursday, 18/05/2017
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New Delhi/Chandigarh : Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday assured the Centre of his government’s commitment in implementing the Central government-aided poverty alleviation and housing projects in the state.
He also promised the implementation of the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) in letter and spirit in the state. The assurances were made during the chief minister’s meeting with Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu.
During his meeting with Naidu, Amarinder apprised him of the progress made by his government on implementation of various Central schemes and projects for which the Union Government had released funds in the past, “but they did not reach the intended beneficiaries.”
To a suggestion from the chief minister on the adoption of certain rules from other states to strengthen RERA, Naidu said the Central government had no objection as long as there was no dilution of the spirit of the law, a spokesperson in the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office said. Naidu, who is planning to visit Punjab in July to review the progress of the Central projects, also noted that the Central government funds released to the state had not been transferred to the beneficiaries.
The Punjab chief minister said his government was cognisant of the fact that the Central funds were lying un-utilized as the previous dispensation had failed to transfer the same to the beneficiaries concerned.
His government, said Amarinder, had started the process of verifying the beneficiaries, especially for the affordable housing scheme of the Central government.
The chief minister further assured the Union minister that his government was working on policies and programmes for taking forward key projects.
