By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the state Minority Affairs minister Dr. Nazrul Islam to submit projects proposal focusing on education, health and skill development to the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs for allocation of funds under the Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for implementation during the 12th Five Year Plan.
Union Minority Affairs Minister Dr. Najma Heptulla, in a letter, had requested CM Gogoi for his intervention relating to submission of adequate project proposals worth Rs 525.26 crore under MsDP to her Ministry at the earliest. Dr. Heptulla also sought Gogoi’s intervention regarding project proposals worth Rs 519.74 crore that are awaited by the Ministry for consideration.
Dr. Heptulla pointed out that MsDP has been restructured to make it ‘more effective and more focused on the targeted minorities’. The unit area of planning has been changed to Minority Concentration Blocks/Towns (MCBs/MCTs). 118 MCBs and 1 MCT have been identified for Assam.
In the state, various organizations have been alleging regarding the irregularities on the implementation of the funds under MsDP.