Panch Parmeshwar Yojana Lanched in Madhya Pradesh

Panch Parmeshwar Yojana has been launchedby Chief MinisterShri Shivraj Singh Chauhan in the state in January 2012 for overall development of villages. The Panchayats and Rural Development Department has  launched  Madhya Pradesh Panch Parmeshwar Yojana with the objective of further empowering Gram Panchayats so that these institutions can work more effectively.   Lump sum funds to the tune of Rs.5lakh to 15lakh will be provided for development works directly to Gram Panchayats on the basis of villages population.

The easy availability of financial resources will facilitate Gram Panchayats to work more easily and smoothly. This multi-purpose scheme will help strengthen the three tier Panchayati Raj system further through infrastructure development. If required, the state government will release more funds directly to Gram Panchyat. Villages will be connected with all better roads.

So far, funds under various schemes were made available to Panchayats in piecemeal. That was why development works were undertaken in villages in bits and pieces. Panch Parmeshwar Yojana will help remove this lacuna and development work will gather momentum. At presents, funds are esperately received by the Gram Panchayats under various heads of 13^th Finance Commission, basic grants under State Finance Plan and revenue share from mining and stamp duties due to which they are un able to utilise these funds simultaneously. Under the new scheme, every Panchayat will be provided funds as per 13^th Finance Commission and third State Finance Commission. If any Panchayat gets less funds under Panch Parmeshwar Yojana, it will compensate the shortest from the funds received from mining and stamp duty revenue. Similarly, the Gram Panchayats which are getting more funds thus can get additional funds after utilization of previous funds.

The Chief Minister launched a signature campaign under the Beti Bachao Abhijan. Besides opening employment fair, Panch Sarpanch Sammelan and a cartoon exhibition at Dobhi.