Govt making efforts to launch 'Prajapatham-2007'

Hyderabad, Mar 9 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh Government is making all efforts to launch ''Prajapatham-2007'' in three phases and Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy would launch the programme on April 14.

This was decided in a review meeting chaired by Dr Reddy and attended by the State Revenue Minister D Prasada Rao, Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy, Labour and Transport Minister K Lakshminarayana, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Shabbir Ali and senior officials of the Planning and Energy.

The first phase of the programme would be organised in villages where the INDIRAMMA scheme was not being implemented, from April 14 to 21. The second phase would be from April 23 to 30 in the areas where the first phase of 'INDIRAMMA' programme was taken up and the third phase would be organised in the remaining areas.

Dr Reddy directed that the 'Prajapatham' officials and peoples' representatives should inspect SC, ST and BC hostels and check the facilities there during the programme besides inspection of 'INDIRAMMA Cheruvus' where the restoration of works of identified tanks were taken up under 'NREG' programme.

He also directed that since six more districts be included under NREGP. The people of these districts should also be sensitised about the benefits of the rural employment guarantee programme in a big way during the 'Prajapatham' The Chief Minister opined that the scheme of providing loans at subsidised interest to Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under 'Indira Kranthi Padham' (IKP) programme should be extended to lower middle-class and minority groups of urban areas also and at least 3,00,000 additional SHGs should be encouraged in the coming two years.

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