Officials told to effectively implement govt's five guarantee schemes

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: District Guarantee Implementation Authority chairman S Arunkumar on Monday asked officials of the district administration to effectively implement the five guarantees schemes of the state government in the district. Speaking at a review meeting of the guarantee schemes held at the Zilla Panchayat auditorium, he instructed officials to ensure that all deserving and eligible beneficiaries benefit from the schemes.

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer KM Gayathri directed officials at the taluk level to regularly conduct review meetings on the schemes every month and redress complaints. She said that 65.91 percent of women travelled in state-run buses in the district utilizing free bus facility under the Shakthi scheme She also said that as many as 7453 diploma and degree holders have registered under the Yuva Nidhi scheme in 2023- 24.

Beneficiaries must compulsorily declare in an affidavit that they have not got a job yet, every month to receive the benefit, she said. She also said that under Anna Bhagya scheme, the government has directly credited cash amounting to Rs 471crore to the beneficiaries' bank accounts in the district.