HP government for speedy and uniform development

Mandi, Feb 24 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said his government was committed for socio-economic upliftment of the downtrodden and specific communities and had made individual budgetary provisions for their development.

Addressing a public meeting here after inaugurating the Rs 20 lakh Sakodi Khad Bridge, he said Tribal Sub Plan and Backward Area Sub Plan were some of the provisions made by his government for concerted development of these areas.

Mr Singh said Scheduled Caste Special Component Sub Plan was being added in this year's budgetary provisions and aimed at the development of the Scheduled Caste dominated villages of the state.

All such provisions were over and above the regular budgetary provisions and would ensure speedy development of all these areas, he said.

He said initially, the villages with over 50 per cent Scheduled Caste population would be taken up followed by other villages so that the entire community was benefited due to the initiatives of the government.

The Social Justice and Empowerment Department had been assigned the responsibility of keeping an account of the developmental requirements of the identified villages so that requisite plans could be formulated for the concerted development, he said.

The Chief Minister said 25 per cent population of the SCs was being granted fair representation in development and other activities, adding that efforts were on to give special attention to the areas and sections which had remained under developed due to one reason or the other.

He also listened to the grievances of the public house and issued necessary directions to the authorities to redress them on priority.

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