No place for Sidhu in eight consultative groups formed by Amarinder

The groups have been mandated to assess the performance of the Punjab government's programmes and give their recommendations for further improvements.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu (File Photo | PTI)
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu (File Photo | PTI)

CHANDIGARH: Navjot Sidhu is a conspicuous omission from the eight consultative groups including ministers and MLAs formed by Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to review the progress and accelerate the pace of implementation of his government’s flagship programmes and schemes.

The groups have been mandated to assess the performance of the programmes so far and give their recommendations for further improvements.

They will also recommend amendments of the existing guidelines for the schemes to improve their coverage with effective participation of communities/citizens, besides suggesting ways and means to improve outreach of these programmes/schemes.

The list of groups released by the Chief Minister’s Office on Friday evening said the Member Secretaries/Convenors would apprise the members of the group of the existing guidelines of the programmes/schemes and the performance so far, clearly bringing out inadequacies/bottlenecks in their implementation. The groups would meet as often as may be required to ensure that the assigned task is
completed within four weeks and reports thereon are submitted to the Chief Minister. The Chairman of a group may co-opt any other member, if so required, to achieve the objectives of the group.

The reports of the groups would be considered by the Council of Ministers in its meeting in July 2019, as per the notification. The Chief Secretary has been asked to issue the necessary orders.

As part of this exercise, the Chief Minister would head the consultative group on Urban Renewal and Reforms – Smart Cities, AMRUT, UEIP, HUDCO as Chairman, with Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Housing and Urban Development Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu besides MLAs Pargat Singh, Sushil Kumar Rinku, Sunil Dutti, Amit Vij,
Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Surinder Kumar Dawar and Harjot Kamal Singh as members.

Amarinder would also head the consultative group on Drugs – Comprehensive Action Plan against Drug Abuse as Chairman, with Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, Rural Dev and Panchayats Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, and Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla among the members, along with DGP Dinkar Gupta and ADGP/STF Gurpreet Kaur Deo.

The Farmer and Farm Workers Debt Waiver group includes Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as Chairman, with Revenue Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar, and Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot as members.

The Universal Health Insurance group would have Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu as Chairman, and Social Security Minister Aruna Chaudhary among its members.

The Ghar Ghar Rozgar group has Employment Generation and Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as Chairman, with Labour Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora as members.

The group on Food Security – Smart Ration Cards is headed by Food & Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, with Rural Dev and Panchayats Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Social Security Minister Smt. Aruna Chaudhary among the members.

Rural Development – MGSVY, SVC, MGNREGA, Rural Housing has Rural Development and Panchayats Minister and Animal Husbandry Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa as Chairman, with Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Water Supply & Sanitation Minister Smt Razia Sultana among the members.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu heads the group on Mission Tandrust Punjab, with members including Forest Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Water Resources Minister Razia Sultana and Sports Minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi.

All the groups have MLAs and senior government officers of various departments as members. The Urban Renewal and Reforms group also includes the mayors of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala.
 

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