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· ,Minutes of the Empowered! Committee meeting lIlleBdlon 241.Q))6.2(])B
The meeting of the EC to consider Special Projects was held on 24.06.2013 at Unnati under
the Chairmanship of AS(RD). The meeting began with opening remarks by AS(RD)
explaining the provisions under the new guideline.
The representative from the State submitted two special projects. One was for 674 houses in
four districts for women headed families affected by Silicosis and second for the Sahariya
tribes in the Bundelkhand region. It was observed that the new guideline does not cover
disease affected families and the case needs to be examined separately. The project was
approved in principle.
The State government was requested to submit a detailed proposal for approval of difficult
areas which should include reasons establishing difficulty in terms of 100~vailability of
material, adverse geographic, climatic and geological conditions and poor connectivities for
consideration by the EC.
Assam
The representative from the State raised the case for 6496 houses of Above Poverty Line
families affected by ethnic violence which is being considered by the Planning Commission.
Advisor Planning Commission took note of the issue and assured to convey the decision
taken by the Planning Commission.
The case for 68,832 houses for families affected by river erosion was submitted. The project
was approved and the State government was requested to submit a detailed proposal in the
format to be circulated by MoRD.
Uttar Pradesh
The representative from the State submitted the case for 5059 families of Sahariya tribe in
lalitpur district. They are primitive Tribes (PVTG). However it was observed that only 2904
families are in the BPL list and hence are eligible for assistance under lAY. A project for
2904 houses was approved. State has been requested to refer to S(RD)'s letter on the process
for including people into the BPL list to update their list and to carry out the process in order
to cover the 2155 families.
Chhattisgarh
The representative from the State submitted the case for 643 houses in Bijapur district for
families affected by left wing extremism. The project was approved.
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The representative from the State submitted the case for 2483 houses in the Thanlon T.D
block of Churachandpur district bordering Myanmar. The area is affected by insurgency and
is vulnerable because of its location and acts as a safe passage for insurgents. The project for
2614 houses was approved by MoRD earlier in February 2009 but could not be sanctioned
due to various reasons. The numbers have now been reduced to 2483 houses and the project
was approved.
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The State government was not present. it was decided that the PD would examine the
proposal and communicate with the State for any clarifications required. Projects were in
principle approved.
Rajasthan
The representative from the State submitted the case for 94 houses in Bikaner for families
who lost their shelters due to untimely heavy rains in Bikaner District. The project was
approved.
Tripura
The Resident Commissioner presented the case for an additional allocation of 9862 houses to
cover the families benefitted under the FRA. The second project was for 2051 houses for
families of surrendered militants. Both projects were approved. The State government was
requested to submit detailed proposal in the format to be circulated by MoRD. However
special project for people displaced due to infrastructure projects was not approved since they
would part of Resettlement and Rehabilitation packages. In the case of people internally
displaced due to border fencing the State was requested to make a detailed submission.
The meeting ended with the Vote of thanks to the Chair.
NOl. Name De§i91R'ila1~ooR'il
1. Shri S.M. Vijayanand Addl. SecretaryChairman, MORO
2. Smt. Vijaya Srivastava JS(SA), MORD3. Shri A.K. Jain Advisor, Planning Commission4. Ms. Preeti Singh DGM(P), HUDCO5. Shri A.K. Dhawan DS(Finance), MORO6. Ms. Aruna Sharma Addl. Chief Secretary & Dev.
Commissioner, M.P.7. Shri Arun Kumar Director(RE), PVRD Department
(MP)8. Shri I.S. Thakur Joint Commissioner, P&RD,
Bhopal (MP)9. Shri R. K. Mathur Project Officer(RO), Rural
Development Department,Rajasthan
10. Shri J.K. Sinha Resident Commissioner, I ripuraBhawan, Tripura
11. Shri Jatinder Bir Singh Prin. Secretary, P&R\NDepartment
12. Shri Arun Singhal Principal Secretary, RuralDevelopment, Uttar Pradesh
13. Shri Boran Mitra Principal Secretary, RO&PRDepartment, Manipur
14. Shri S.Alok Joint Commissioner,Chhattisgarh
15. Shri Debashish Das Secretary, P&RO, Chhattisgarh16. Shri B.C. Behera DS(RH), MORO17. Shri Satish Kalothra DS(RH), MORO
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