Ahead of the district’s quarterly progress review meeting on November 21 and the Pancha Guarantee Schemes workshop on November 22, the President of the District Guarantee Scheme Implementation Committee, Teethira Dharmaja Uthappa, instructed officials to provide accurate and consistent information supported by statistics.
Speaking at a meeting held at the Zilla Panchayat KDP Hall, he emphasized that the government’s flagship schemes-Shakti, Grihalakshmi, Grihajyoti, Annabhagya and Yuvanidhi-must be effectively monitored and accurately represented at the district-level conference.
He noted concerns that extremely poor families in certain parts of the district had been issued APL cards and said that a letter would be sent to the government urging the issuance of BPL cards to truly deserving families. He observed that in Malnad regions like Kodagu, economically weak families often possess motorcycles due to heavy rainfall conditions, leading to misclassification under APL.
Dharmaja Uthappa stated that district in-charge ministers, MLAs, state-level presidents and vice-presidents of the Guarantee Scheme committees, along with beneficiaries, would participate in the upcoming workshop.
Officials Present Progress Reports
Z.P. CEO Anand Prakash Meena directed officials to prepare detailed and up-to-date statistics for the KDP meeting and set up an information booth at the workshop.
Graha Jyoti Scheme: EE Ramachandra reported 1,99,423 applications registered in the district as of October, achieving 99.17% progress.
Subsidies worth Rs 735.67 lakh have been provided.
Around 156 applications could not be processed due to incorrect Aadhaar details.
Graha Lakshmi Scheme:
Deputy Director Prasanna Kumar reported a target of 1,22,323, with 1,20,872 registrations (98.81% progress).
Shakti Yojana:
KSRTC Madikeri Unit Manager Eerasappa stated that since its launch on June 11, 2023, over 1.35 crore women and 3,21,814 girl students have availed free travel.
On average, 15,921 passengers benefit daily.
Yuvanidhi:
District Employment Officer Manjunath reported 1,585 registrations (1,563 graduates and 22 diploma holders).
A total of Rs 391.65 lakh has been disbursed via DBT till October.
Committee Vice Presidents K.C. Bhimaiah, Nasir, P.R. Pankaja and members B.O. Annaiah, Sundar, K.M. Bashir, Dhanya, K.G. Feeder, Mandrira Mohan Das raised concerns regarding scheme implementation, bus services, and progress of Graha Lakshmi.
