Ashray to Old Aged and alone

A cheque of Rs 35000 to this old aged woman plus Rs 10000 from local Panchayat Samity ensure her own house as she is alone. Thanks Ashray home scheme of West Bengal Govt economically poor are also getting low cost house benefits. In a function at Raina2 Panchayat Samity on 4th September 2010.

Strengthen monitoring and supervision of Cooked Mid Day Meal (CMDM)

School Education Secretary West Bengal held video conference regarding CMDM in the State wherein following informations have been furnished to follow up :-

• Cooks - One cook at the remuneration of Rs 1000 pm is to be engaged for each school up to Roll strength of 26, two up to 100 and one additional thereafter for additional 100 students. Govt order to this effect was circulated to all blocks/ subdivisions earlier. I am asking the office to repeat it again. Please assess the present status and see that instructions are followed in all schools up to upper primary classes.
• Cost of cooking enhanced w.e.f. April 1st 2010 - Rs 3.10 per student primary schools and Rs 4.03 per student in upper primary school. This rate was Rs 2.88 in Primary and Rs 3.02 in upper primary school between December 2009 to March 2010. Fund should be released to school at the revised rates. Govt order was circulated earlier, will again be repeated from district.
• Unit cost of kitchen shed revised - Cost of construction of kitchen shed of 20 Sq M is Rs two lakhs for 100 roll strength, add additional 4 Sq M per additional 100 students @ Rs 2.35 lakhs. This order was circulated in December 2009, will be repeated again. Funds released earlier @ Rs 60000 per kitchen should be spent at the earlier norms. However, GOI has been moved to allow revised norms for the funds released last year.
• NCLP, Madrasah and minority institutions recognised by Minority Affairs department have been allowed CMDM coverage.
• Proactive disclosure on CMDM as adopted in Burdwan has been appreciated. All schools must complete the wall writing and update it regularly.
• Fund must be released to all schools up to September 2010 in advance, thereafter for quarter ending December 2010 at a time.
• Submission of QPR has not yet improved despite repeated request to SDOs/ blocks. QPR for quarter ending September 2010 must be furnished by 8th October from SDO's end.
• Reports on visits to check CMDM must be shared with the district authority. Identify inspectors of school not made even a single school visit in the quarter, so that we can take up the matter with the concerned authority.

Administrative meetings at Asansol on 13th September 2010

Meetings on following matters shall be held at Asansol on 13th September 2010:-

• Matters related to drinking water supply schemes hand over in Kulti Municipality.
• BEUP schemes review for Kulti Assembly.
• Coal Subsidence Rehabilitation matters - review of Land Acquisition issues, LA officials should also attend.
• Review of SSM, Mid Day Meal, PDS, Caste certificate issue matters with block level officials.
• Review of Land department matters with officials of land department. ADSR should also be invited.
• Matters related to PWD departments, roads, building constructions etc.
• Meeting with ECL authorities on matters related to coal bearing areas.

ADM Asansol and SDO to convene meetings starting from 11 am onwards with Lunch Break at 1.30 pm. Officials at Subdivision, block and Sabhapaties must also be invited. Municipal bodies may be invited for specific agenda or we may hold separate meeting with them only.

Social Security Pensions must be disbursed forthwith upto August 2010

All blocks please ensure that all Social Security Pensions are disbursed to beneficiaries forthwith before 10th September 2010. Any delay will be treated as lapse.

Postal authorities has requested to send only DD with list of beneficiaries at Head Post Master level, not at Branch PO. Please inform all.

IAY - complete disbursement of funds in hand and keep the list of second installment in readiness by the end of September 2010

IAY funds for the first installment and balance of last year already released to all blocks and as per reports fund has been disbursed to all beneficiaries in most of the cases. This is high time to take stock GP wise at block level and see that list for the full year is kept in readiness by the end of September 2010. We are sending proposal for second installment by first week of September 2010 as state share is also released to us now. Our endeavour should be to claim third installment by January 2011, with the cooperation of all GPs.

Blocks are also reminded to conduct social audit of houses under construction or constructed, documenting the same. Since the scheme of land purchase for landless families has now been simplified, we expect more lands be purchased under Chas O Basobaser Prokalpa. Let each block purchase minimum 5 acres of land before December 2010. Rate is allowed upto 125 % of the market cost.

Pension funds must be disbursed before 5th September 2010

We have already released funds to make payment of pensions for the months of May to August 2010. Bdos may please check their accounts and put extra efforts to send the money in the accounts of beneficiaries before 5th September positively. Let's give extra labour and team work to ensure smile on the faces of 1.20 lakhs families during the festive season. Each one of them may get 1600 to 2000.

In case there is any problems with any bank/ post office matter should be reported to us at district HQ.

School Health Check up - identify Doctors/ private service providers to treat screened students

I hope first stage screening of all the students in all Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools and High Schools is completed now and second stage checking has started. This is the time to plan the medical check up taking personal interest, involving all stakeholders. I have reports that there is shortage of medical officers and specialists in some of the blocks. Please finalise the check up programme and inform DPO SSM so that we can depute additional doctors. Private hospitals enlisted under RSBY and private doctors may also be engaged on payment basis.

SDOs may consider to hold meetings with eye hospitals, dental facilities/ surgeons and dermatologists and appeal them to extend their support on nominal payment. We must see that all students are not only treated with quality medicare but follow up without zero payments by parents is ensured. This will all depend on the kind of leadership our blocks are providing to make this unique initiative a grand success. I am assuring full funding as per requirement.