The Chief Minister K Rosaiah, on Monday, positively responded to take up construction of integrated hostels and also fill up vacancies of hostel wardens.
Rosaiah agreed to consider the proposal to go in for NABARD Project for construction of integrated social welfare hostels. He also asked the finance department to give priority to the requirements of funds of the Social Welfare Department towards salaries of contract employees, electricity charges, cosmetic charges, rents for hostel buildings and other particulars.
Chief Minister also agreed to extend Lead India programme to the social welfare hostels at Rs. 37 lakhs. The Chief Minister also asked the department to vastly improve the hygienic conditions of the hostels and also facilities in the hostels.
Rosaiah also agreed to release funds for construction of more bathrooms and also compound walls for the social welfare hostels. The Chief Minister also agreed to release funds for the Post Matric scholarships as per the requirements. He was happy almost all arrears had been cleared in that respect.
The Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, is now acting as the nodal department for the Post Matric scholarships scheme.
The online administration and arrangement for payment of the Post Matric scholarship is near completion.
Hereafter, the disbursement of funds will be online through banks. The linkage with banks to be online by October 20th, 2010. The Chief Minister released an Annual Action Plan for AP Scheduled Caste Cooperative Finance Corporation for the year 2010-11.
Minister for Social Welfare, Subhash Chandra Bose, Adviser to CM, P K Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, Raymond Peter, Principal Secretary, Finance, L V Subramaniam and other officials attended the meeting.