Zilla Parishad Krishna

STANDING COMMITTEES - FUNCTIONS

The members should get acquainted with the schemes in progress and implemented both by departmental officers and Zilla Parishad and evaluate the benefits to the society community.

Visit institutions to know about their working, review with reference to the guidelines for their working, the physical and financial targets given under the schemes/works and

The popularity of acceptance of the schemes, the dissemination of broad objectives of programmes and the awareness created among the beneficiaries and their involvement.

In order to enable them to critically review formulation, implementation and accessibility of the benefits of all schemes essentially to the Weaker Sections. Members should make independent assessment.

Any default, defect or delays in the execution of works or lack of interest on the part of officers concerned should be effectively checked.

Since all District Officers connected with development departments will attend the concerned subject committee meetings, the members can seek information in the budgetary allocations both plan and non-plan and keep themselves fully posted with the development programmes and schemes under implementation.

Government also instructed that presence of the law enforcing authorities like Superintendent of Police / Deputy Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Excise and other officers who will be able to present a brief account of such activities of public interest like cases involving atrocities against SC's and women and rehabilitation measures in cases of SC's etc., the steps taken under law and order measures for controlling organized robberies and checking up the activities of rowdy sheeters and as to how the public can extend cooperation to the Police, it would also be desirable if the law and order situation is also briefed to the members to the extent they would be interested to know.

»	a The problems of agricultural community are discussed in the SC-III (Agriculture prevailing in delta and upland areas, the times of sowing, (Progress of sowings) availability of hybrid varieties of seed application of fertizers, depending on soil analysis explaining plant protection measures in respect of each crop and steps for improving fertility, checking malpractices by traders of fertilizers and pesticides, etc., will be discussed in the Standing Committees
»	The Standing Committee may recommend to ZP advising on farmers problems like steps for quick disposal of produce and ensuring a remunerative prices through purchases by public corporations etc.
»	Provision of infrastructural facilities like construction of cart bridges across canals, formation of pathways, provision of sites for threshing floors to small farmers etc. can be considered.
»	Ensuing availability of timely credit to small farmers and recommend to Government for taking steps for postponement or waiver of land revenues when there are losses due to droughts (floods) etc.

»	Animal Husbandry: In Programmes of veterinary care, steps taken by the department for upgradation of cattle breed, displacing uneconomic animals with more milk yielding breeds, solving problems of milk producers, establishment of milk chilling centers including transport of surplus milk to urban areas or conversion into power. Preventive vaccinations to cattle during out break of epidemics etc. to be reviewed.
»	Fishers: The action taken by the Fisheries Department Officials in organizing breeding centres, supplies of fingerlings, protection of ecological balance by those engaged in fish breeding and other measures will be reviewed.
»	Social Forestry: The Zilla Parishad is capable of mobilizing popular urge for taking up species of plants in vacant lands, Government lands, Public lands including raising of nurseries with the help of Forest Department Farm Forestry Programmes can also be taken up by farmers even in degraded lands/soils.
»	Social Welfare: A good number of programmes are under implementation like Maintenance of Residential Schools, SC boys and girls hostels, coaching centres for vocations, construction of Ambedkar Bhavans, erection of Ambedkar statues, book bank schemes in engineering and technical subject, free supply of engineering tools, free bus passes, college attached hostels for those who could not secure accommodation in Government hostels, incentives for bright students provision of dress, utensils, bedding mattress, steps for promoting talents in extra curricular activities like song, drama and games and sports, elocution contests, coaching to backward pupils, health checkup by PHC doctors and provision of free drugs, celebration of important National holidays and festivals, inviting parents to hostels once in 3 months, stipends and scholarships to students pursuing MBBs, B.E, Fine Arts courses and those studying reputed universities outside the State, coaching (One time) for failed 10 th class students and back to school programme to encourage drop outs to get re-admission.

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Needs of SC families for house sites, lands for cultivation, extension of amenities available in the main village to SC localities, construction of community halls and communication facilities to all SC localities and within the localities.

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The Member of the Council of States who is a registered voter in the district, provided that such Member of the Council of States shall have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of a meeting of any Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad but shall not be entitled to vote in the Standing Committee unless he is a member of that Standing Committee.

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Income Generating Programmes: Most of the SCs are below poverty line the literacy rate among female children is around 8% according to 1991 census. These girls are earning supplemental incomes to families like taking care of younger children or attending to domestic duties if both parents go for work. Unless the families are brought above poverty line, it would be difficult to get improvement in literacy rate particularly among girls. The following steps are already being taken up by the Government.

»	Atleast 60-75% of families should be provided assistance under income generating schemes under IRDP.
»	Surplus land can be assigned wherever available.
»	15% of fair price shops, quota in public employment should be strictly implemented.
»	Cases of untouchability have to dealt with sternly.
»	More works under Janmabhoomi, Clean and Green should be taken up in SC localities.
»	All landless agriculture labour to be provided wage employment under JGSY/EAS/IAY atleast for 100-120 days during the year.
»	If cases of bonded labour / jogins / persons engaged in unclean occupations are identified under rehabilitation measures should be taken up.
»	In any villages if it is suspected that hatred between communities involving S.Cs is brewing up peace committees (Village) have to be constituted and the District Administration to post police pickets in sensitive areas, to closely watch and gathering of intelligence to avert deterioration in relations between different communities.
»	Old age pensions, widows pension and issue of ration cards to be reviewed.