Friday, 03 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Stating that the departments concerned are not interested in working properly for successful execution of Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana (MVY) in the state, the Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) minister Rekha Arya has written a letter to the chief secretary (CS) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu about the issue.
She said that it is disappointing that departments are not taking interest in the execution of this scheme for children. She stated that a meeting was held with CS and secretaries of other related departments like education, higher education, health, social welfare, food, civil supplies and consumer affairs among others last month in which she had directed them to issue orders for the proper execution of MVY in their respective departments.
Despite this, no orders have been issued by any department yet, added Arya. “It is disheartening and unfortunate that departments are not taking any interest in the execution of MVY which is meant to benefit those children who lost their parents or guardians in the last two years to Covid-19 or any other disease,” stated Arya. She said that secretaries of the departments were also directed to submit the report on the work being done in their respective departments to ensure proper implementation of MVY within one week of the meeting but nothing has been done so far.
She said that her department has issued monetary help of Rs 3,000 each to 1,706 beneficiaries till now but other departments are not concerned about making this scheme successful to provide benefits to children. She has written to the CS to ensure that departments concerned properly work to benefit maximum beneficiaries under the scheme and issue orders for its proper execution in the state.
