Haryana Govt. will start Social Audit of 10 Service Schemes

• 01 May 2023

Why in News?

On 27 April 2023, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal, while presiding over the second meeting of the Governing Body of the Haryana Society in Chandigarh, said that to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of schemes and programs by the state government, social justice, jurisdiction, scheduled caste and social auditing of 10 service schemes of Backward Classes Welfare and Antyodaya (Services) Department will be started.

Key Points:

• Other schemes like National Social Assistance Programme, 15th Finance Commission Grant and Swachh Bharat Mission will also be implemented in the current financial year 2023-24.
• Director Social Audit Unit PMAY-G, 15th FCGS, SBM, NSAP, Rurban Mission, Senior Citizen Homes, Anti Drug Centres, Pre-Matric and Post Matric Scholarship, PM-Ajay, Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas, Residential Schools, SC, ST loan plan and prepare an annual calendar for conducting a social audit of various development schemes like cases related to atrocities.
• In the meeting, it was decided to constitute a three-member committee headed by the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) at the district level to strengthen the Social Audit Unit. Its Block Development and Panchayat Officer and SDO Panchayati Raj will also be its members. The committee will identify the village resource person to conduct the social audit.
• The Governing Body approved the proposal to enhance the honorarium of Village Resource Person from Rs.500 to Rs.650 including TA, and DA per working day.
• Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development, Anil Malik said that the Social Audit Unit has identified and trained 824 village resource persons from all 22 districts of Haryana. These include members of self-help groups, social organizations and village groups.