Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Secretary Underscores The Need To Ensure Transparent And Effective Measures To Implement All The Central Government Schemes And Initiatives
Shri Pant Asks Officers, Officials To Cover All Eligible Prospective Beneficiaries Under Various Schemes And Programmes; Directs Them To Reach Out To The Probable Beneficiaries At Their Doorsteps With The Information About Various Schemes
प्रविष्टि तिथि: 19 OCT 2026 5:34PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Secretary of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Sudhansh Pant took a comprehensive review of the Ministry’s Schemes, Programmes and Initiatives under implementation, with the State Social Welfare Department Administration at Mysuru, in Karnataka today.
The meeting was attended by the State and district government officials of the Department of Social Welfare and OBC Welfare. MD Tanda Development Corporation, also attended the meeting.
The Union Secretary reviewed the progress of the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) and Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA); Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM AJAY); National Action Plan for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE); Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) and Other Senior Citizen Schemes, in the meeting.
The Meeting also reviewed the progress of Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for SCs, OBCs, EBCs and DNTs, besides progress of Strengthening of Machinery for Enforcement of Protection of Civil Right Act, 1955 and Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989.
In addition, the progress of the schemes and programmes including Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons Engaged in the Act of Begging (SMILE), Welfare of Transgender Persons (SMILE) and Construction of Hostels for OBC Boys and Girls, was also reviewed during the high level meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the Union Secretary underscored the need to ensure transparent and effective measures to implement all the central government schemes and initiatives, to cover all eligible prospective beneficiaries under various schemes and programmes.
He exhorted upon all officers and officials to reach out to the probable beneficiaries with the clear information about features of the various schemes, programmes and initiatives, so that the benefits under various central government schemes, could be doled out at the doorsteps of the probable beneficiaries.
Shri Pant undertook Site Visits in Mysuru and appreciated the sincere work and contribution of the officers and others in taking forward the government programmes in the larger public interest.
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