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Minutes of the 35Th SLSC Meeting on BADP Held On e ar. GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH r! + FINANCE PLANNING AND INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT o. q A.P. CIVIL SECRETARIAT: ITANAGAR i,INUTES OF THE 35th MEETING OF THE STATE LEVEL SCREENING COMMITTEE (slsc) oN BoRDER AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (BADP) TO BE HELD ON 29111t2018 at 1100 HRS lN THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, sTH FLOOR, BLOCK NO.{2, ARUNACHAL PRADESH CIVIL SECRETARIAT, ITANAGAR. The 35h meeting of the State Level Screening Committee on BADP was held on 2911112018 at 1100 hrs under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary cum Chairperson SLSC on BADP in the Conference Hall of the Chief Secretary at 5h Floor, Block No.02, Arunachal Pradesh Civil Secretariat. The list of members and officers who attended the meeting is appended at Annexure - | At the outset, Special Secretary (Planning) welcomed the members for attending the meeting and asked for their valuable suggestions and comments during the course of discussion. He also intimated the house about a reserye fund kept by MHA under BADP under Home Affairs Ministers Discretion for which genuine, innovative and concrete proposals for undertaking infrastructural projects may be recommended by Deputy Commissioners at the earliest. The learned Chief Secretary-Cum- Chairman of SLSC welcomed the members and requested them to participate in the deliberations to arrive at fruitful and meaningful decision. He took serious note of the fact that many projects under BADP were lagging behind the prescribed timelines and that many Deputy Commissioners were not submitting their Utilisation Certificates (UCs) in time to the Planning Department. He stated that the projects being executed under BADP should be monitored and followed up on a constant and continuous basis by the respective Deputy Commissioners and Chief Engineers and a Quarterly report, latest geotagged photographs and all other requisite details should be submifted in the prescribed format to the Planning Department with a copy to the Chairman SLEC. The Chairman SLSC also asked Deputy Commissioners to prepare perspective plans for all the "Model Villages" being developed under BADP and also to submit detailed status report on the development of the model villages (as on date) along with Geotagged photographs, GIS coordinates and UC's for all the projects being executed under the said scheme. Detailed deliberations on the agenda items were held and the following decisions emerged in the meeting:- Agenda No. 1 Proposals under Chief Secretary Discretionary Fung! lor 2018-19 1.1 lt was informed that an amount of Rs. 2.00 Cr was kept for Chief Secretary discretionary nd under BADP for the year 2018-19. Derjelbn : The proposals under the CS Discretionary fund were received -ocflSa"$f the concerned Deputy commissioners. Each Deputy Commissioner was 6$iadisked to present his/her proposal before the Gommittee. After detailed $'u" deliberations, the SLSC decided to recommend the following projects under the "s[) provision of CS Discretion fund during 2018-19:- llPage p a (Rs. in lakh) /st. Name of the Project District Block Village Proposed Status of No Amount Estimates/ DPR 1 Providing, lnstallation Tawang Jang- Lhou 20.00 Submitted and Commissioning of Thingbu Solar Street Light of Lhou village. 2 Reconstruclion and Upper Limeking- Maja 10.00 -do- restoration of Log Subansiri Taksing bridges, FSBs and ladders under Maja patrollinq route. 3 Providing of Street Kurung Koloriang Koloriang 23.74 do- Lighting System on Kumey existing Electric Poles in Entire Koloriang Town. 4 lnstallation of 2KW Kra Pipsorang Pipsorang 21.26 -do- Solar Power Plant Daadi (SPV) at Health Sub Centre at Pipsorang 6 Solar Street Light at West Mechuka Manigong 25.00 -do- Manigong and Nangso Sianq & Nanqso b Construction of FSB Upper Tuting Pango- 35.00 -do- at Pango-Kigot Siang Kigot, (GR051394) and Chandrok- Repairing of FSBs at Une Une- Chandrok-Une(GR- Udiyar, 9536940168), Une- Udiyar- Udiya(GR888714396 Andrung & 2), Udiyar-Andrung Andrung- (GR-8472048629 Jorging (FSBI)& GR- 8325952508(FSB2), Andrung-Jorging(GR- 8075658921(FS83) & GR-8032359645 (FS84)) 7 Extension of 'l (one) Dibang Anelieh Ranli '10.00 -do- classroom at Valley Arzoo Residential School Ranli. C/o Suspension Tirap Lazu Thungjang 20.00 io- Bridge between & Thungjang and Changra Changra village over Barap River. I Repairing and Anjaw Hayuliang- Raygam 20.00 -do- , Restoration of Foot Goiliang )suspension Bridge r$$ over Lohit river at s Raygam under Anjaw g\ District d 10 Development of Kiwi Longding Pongchau Pongchau 15.00 -do- Plantation in Block Pongchau Block Total 200.00 Agenda No. 2 lndo-Myanmar Border Action Plan 2.1 MHA has directed the State Government to submit Action Plan for filling up the physical infrastructural gaps in lndo-Myanmar Border diskicts during short term (0-3 years), Mid term (3-6 years) and Long term (6-10 years). 2lPage was informed that Planning Department vide lefter No. PD/BADP-04/2018-19(Part) ed 1511012018 has requested all the concerned Deputy Commissioners of lndo - yanmar Border districts to submit Action Plan for filling up the infrastructure gaps in na a( the lndo-Myanmar Border districts during short term (0-3 years), Mid term (3-6 years) and Long term (6-10 year) as per the guidelines prescribed under BADP. lt was decided that the concerned Deputy Commissioners should submit requisite Action Plan to the Planning Department by 2711'112018 for taking further necessary action. Decision : lt was decided that the lndo{lyanmar Border Plan should be a comprehensive plan which must include inputs from all the departments. Accordingly, it was decided to include the proposals from line departments before finalizing the comprehensive lndo-Myanmar Boder Plan by the Tirap, Changlang, Anjaw & Longding districts. A consolidated proposal including short term, mid- term & long-term plans be submitted by all the concerned Deputy Commissioners within 3 weeks time. Agenda No. 3 Security Related lssues 3.1 Colonel, HQ 56 lnfantry Division vide letter No1022/4/GS(Plg)/GS(Opsy dtd 121412018 has submitted proposals for taking up additional projects in Taksing, Gelemo, Soyorgong, Lhalung & Bishing Model Village on the basis of interaction between the Chief Secretary, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh with General Officer Commanding, 56 lnfantry Division on 1110112018 at ltanagar. Accordingly, Planning Department's vide letter No. PD/BADP-06/2015-16 dtd 03/05/2018 has fonrvarded the proposals to the concerned districts for ascertaining the fund requirement under the said projects. sl. Name of the Sector and District Block Village No. Schemes / Project 1 Small Hydro Power Project Upper Limeking Taksing Subansiri Taksing 2 Foot Suspension Bridge Upper Limeking Taksing construction over Ojugo Subansiri Taksing Siko(GR 561878) 3 Mobile and lnternet Upper Limeking Taksing connectivity. Subansiri Taksing 4 Primary Health Centre and Upper Limeking Taksing Dispensary. Subansiri Taksing t Hydro Power project Upper Limeking Gelemo Subansiri Taksing 6 Mobile and lnternet Upper Limeking Gelemo connectivity. Subansiri Taksing 7 Primary Health Centre and Upper Limeking Gelemo Dispensary. Subansiri Taksing Small Hydro electricity project West Monigong Pidi Soyorgong :$e" Siang o VSAT based mobile West Monigong Pidi Soyorgong connectivity by BSNL Siang 10 Primary Health Centre and West Monigong Pidi Soyorgong Dispensary. Siang 11 VSAT based mobile West Mechu ka Lhalung connectivity by BSNL. Siang 12 Water supply scheme West Mechuka Lhalung Siang 13 Primary Health Centre and West Mechuka Lhalung Dispensary. Siang 14 C/o Road Tuting-Bishing via Upper Tuting Bishing Mayum Siang 15 Small Hydo Power Project Upper Tuting Bishing Siang 3lPage o9 ar 16 Mobile and lnternet Upper Tuting Bishing Connectivity Siang a na a( ln response of which the districts have submitted separate security related proposals most of which are not inconformity with the recommendation of the 56 lnfantry Division. Decision : After detailed deliberations it was decided that the projects recommended by the HQ 56 lnfantry Division does not mention any estimated cost of the proposals and accordingly concerned Deputy Commissioners were requested to prepare estimates of the projects and submit the same to the Planning Department for recommendation to MHA for consideration. Agenda No.4 Skill Development Progress 4.1. During 32nd SLSC meeting on BADP held on 26lOGt2O17, it was decided that in order to give a coherent approach to Capacity Building and Skill Development Training under BADP, Skill Development department will implement the Capacity Building and Skill Development component but the financial power will vest with Deputy Commissioner in view of PFMS. 4.2. The concerned Deputy Commissioners were requested to submit details of progress and problems on implementation of Skill Development and Capacity Building training projects in districts. Decision : On the basis of interaction with the Deputy Commissioners, it was decided that the existing procedure for impiementation of the Skill Development projects will be continued and if any districts faces any difficulties in implementation or quality of training etc. a detailed report on the same may be submifted to the Secretary(Skill Development) with a copy to the Planning Department. Al the concerned Deputy Commissioners were requested for proposing inclusion of any trade / area of training (if left out earlier) in the Iist of approved trade to the Planning Department for taking further appropriate action. Agenda No. 5 lssues related to PFMS in BADP. 5. 1. lt has been observed that, only after a year of on boarding BADP fund on PFMS mode, it has severely affected implementation of BADP scheme in the State. lt has led to delay in implementation of projects and submission of Utilisation Certificate in time. As the border districts of the stiate are situated in very far flung area, many districts still have no or very poor internet connectivity to conduct transaction of fund through PFMS. Further, nds are already transferred to the implementing agencies by 't show in the recrrds due to lack of regular update by the banking authority.
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