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New strategy for SC, ST welfare Bhopal Posted On Tuesday, June 02, 2009 By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jun 2 New dimensions will be added to SC, ST welfare in the state. To begin with, efforts are being undertaken to strengthen the field staff who are considered roots of any scheme. A deadline has been set for disposing of appointment, posting and promotion cases of employees and teachers of various levels. Minister Jagannath Singh and Minister of State Harishankar Khatik have exhorted the field staff to gird up their loins for educational and economic welfare of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Madhya Pradesh has taken a giant leap in the implementation of Forest Rights Act and there is need to maintain the momentum. A two-day brainstorming session got underway in the light of above facts. The initial session took up cases to establishment. For this purpose records pertaining to sanctioned and filled up posts of Class-I, II and III employees were checked. Objections were raised to the delay in preparation of confidential reports of employees. Deadline Today a deadline was set for direct recruitment of employees of various levels and instructions were issued to start the process immediately and complete the task by June 30. Field staff have been given time from June 30 to July 15 to complete their works. Jagannath Singh instructed district officers to implement muster roll since many posts at this level are also to be filled. Children must not drop out from schools Singh made it clear to department's officers to ensure that the number of school dropouts comes down to zero. He stressed the need for a special cell so that the schemes for welfare these classes can be galvanized. Khatik said that the efforts to improve economic and social status of reserved classes should be further intensified. Preparations to meet with challenges Principal Secretary OP Rawat said that this two-day session has been organised with a view to meeting with the challenge of keeping pace with changing times. He asked officers to enumerate the problems faced by them without any hesitation so that no aspect remains uncovered in the new strategy. Rawat stressed the need for immediate implementation of 100-day programme and complete educational preparations by June 30. The session is being attended by departmental ministers, Tribal Development Commissioner Jaideep Govind, SC/ST Commissioner Saleena Singh, Secretary BK Batham, Tribal Area Departmental Schemes Director BS Rajput, departmental officers and tribals drawn from various areas.
