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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Ramesh cut to size on red action plan -Yatish Yadav

Ramesh cut to size on red action plan -Yatish Yadav

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published Published on May 22, 2013   modified Modified on May 22, 2013
-The New Indian Express

 


In a war of letters between Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth over ways to tackle the Naxalite menace, the minister has emerged the loser.

In 2012, the minister had criticised the UPA's flagship programme-the Integrated Action Plan (IAP)-which has been designed to tackle Left Wing Extremism (LWE) through development projects. Last July, he had asked the Prime Minister to scrap the IAP-the brainchild of the Home Ministry and the Planning Commission, running in 82 LWE affected districts in nine states. In his letter to the Prime Minister, Jairam had ridiculed the project saying "one size fits all" projects are not very effective when it comes to dealing with such issues.

Responding to Jairam's critical communiqué, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth ruled out any possibility of scrapping or diluting the originality of IAP. The letter dated April 11, 2013 accessed by The Sunday Standard reveals that the PMO had discussed the issue with other concerned ministries in a high-level review meeting before writing a comprehensive note to Ramesh giving details of steps taken by the government to ensure development in Naxal-affected areas.

"The Planning Commission is reviewing the definition for identification of backward districts under Integrated Action Plan (IAP)/Backward Region Grant Fund. They have been advised to maintain features and the unique distinctiveness of IAP in a merged IAP/ BRGF," Seth wrote to Ramesh.

The Cabinet Secretary said following Ramesh's letter to the Prime Minister regarding certain issues of critical importance in Naxal affected districts, all those issues were first examined by the Home Ministry and later it was further discussed by a review group on January 28, 2013. The meeting was chaired by the Cabinet Secretary.

Commenting on the IAP in the review group meeting on January 28, Seth said IAP has been a successful scheme in Red affected areas. Seth also demolished Ramesh's earlier theory that monitoring team of IAP headed by District Collectors was ineffective. The Cabinet Secretary was of the view that inclusion of district level officials was a pre-requisite for development.

"IAP has been good for development in difficult areas with its unique features like providing untied funds to District Collectors for selecting schemes of local relevance and felt needs," Seth observed.


The New Indian Express, 19 May, 2013, http://newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Ramesh-cut-to-size-on-red-action-plan/2013/05/19/article1596115.ece


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