Implement central, state schemes in the true sense: Arunachal Chief Secretary

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar has directed the heads of all departments to ensure that the budget announcements made by Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein are properly implemented.
The directive was issued by the chief secretary during a meeting on Friday in connection with the annual action plan of central and state-sponsored schemes and the announcement of the budget for 2022-23.
Addressing the Principal Secretaries, Commissioners, Directors, Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers, Kumar asked them all to take serious note of the policy documents, an official statement said.
“It is the responsibility of the department concerned to ensure that budget announcements and policy documents of central and state-sponsored schemes see the light of day without any delay,” he said.
Adding that each budget announcement would be allocated proportionately, Kumar asked the departments to set a time frame for achieving its targets.
He said that if the targets were not achieved within the stipulated time, the government would take it seriously.
As the year 2022 has been declared as the year of e-governance, the Chief Secretary while reviewing the e-governance projects under the Department of Information Technology and Communication said that “all files between the directorates and the secretariat should be transferred through e-office.
He said that e-office cell should be set up in all the offices of Deputy Commissioners by June 1 and all utilization certificates should be communicated through it.
The Chief Secretary also asked the concerned officers to ensure that VSAT / OFC connections from schools, police stations and all circle headquarters be established as soon as possible.