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HMG to form committee for supervising 38-pt action plan RSS , KATHMANDU, Feb. 24: His Majesty?s Government has decided to constitute a Dalit and Indigenous Nationalities District Coordination Committee for supervising programmes targetting the neglected, oppressed and downtrodden communities and the indigenous people and nationalities. The programmes are being implemented as per the 38-point action plan issued by the Local Development Ministry. The 38-point action plan is aimed at rendering of effective services to be provided by the local bodies. According to the Ministry of Local Development, a decision has also been taken for designating a responsible section and person in the District Development Committee (DDC) for the facilitation, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of these programmes in the local bodies with the objective of devolving onto and implementing these programmes at the local level as per the spirit of decentralisation. Similarly, a decision has been taken to designate a liaison section and individual for bringing about ease in the task of making services at the municipalities more accessible to the women, dalits, indigenous communities and nationalities. The chairperson of the District Development Committee will be the convenor of the Dalit and Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities District Coordination Committee while the convenor of the DDC?s Social Committee, the mayors of municipalities in the district, the Chief District Officer or the assistant Chief District Officer, the chief of the District Police Office, the Local Development Officer, the executive officers of the municipalities in the district, the District Education Officers, the Public Health Officer, the Women Development Officer and the Cottage and Small Industries Officer will be its members. Similarly, the chairman of the Village Development Committee (VDC) where the headquarters of the district is based, the individuals from the dalit and indigenous communities designated by each of the nationally-recognised political parties, one representative each of the indigenous communities in the district, the representative designated from among the chiefs of the district-based NGOs working for the upliftment of the dalit communities by the district NGOs co-ordination committee and the representative of the district chamber of commerce and industry will be the members of the committee. The officer looking after the social works at the DDC office will be the member-secretary of the committee. The committee?s secretariat will be at the DDC and the remaining working procedures of the committee would be as determined by it. The committee will carry out works by taking into consideration such other inter-sectoral topics also and it can constitute separate sub-committees with the stake-holders? representatives while carrying out these works. The coordination committee will inspect, supervise and monitor the governmental, non-governmental and private sector programmes related to the upliftment of the indigenous communities/nationalities and the dalit community. It will also co-ordinate the programmes and make recommendations to the department concerned through the DDC for enhancing the regularity, frugality, transparency and effectiveness in these tasks. The co-ordination committee has also been tasked with co-ordinating the programmes implemented in the district for the uplift of the indigenous peoples and nationalities and dalit, oppressed and marginalised communities in the district and prevent duplication in them, mobilising the governmental, non-governmental and social institutions and organisations working at the local level in identifying the problems of the indigenous peoples and nationalities and the dalit communities of specific areas and addressing their problems and carrying out the afore-mentioned works by giving special attention to the women, children and disabled persons as well, according to the Ministry. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. 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