{"id":28471,"date":"2018-10-24T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28471"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:05:45","slug":"govt-deploys-800-ias-officers-for-village-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-deploys-800-ias-officers-for-village-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. deploys 800 IAS officers for village outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/govt-deploys-800-ias-officers-for-village-outreach\/article24354657.ece\">Govt. deploys 800 IAS officers for village outreach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently, the government has deployed 800 IAS officers in 115 \u2018aspirational districts\u2019 to implement flagship government schemes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>800 Deputy Secretaries, Under-Secretaries and Director level officers from various Ministries have been sent to 115 districts to implement various government schemes under the Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (EGSA) before the Independence Day<\/li>\n<li>Each IAS officer has been assigned 75 villages. A total of 49,178 villages will be covered. Most of these villages have a majority of SC\/ST population<\/li>\n<li>Central officials are being absorbed into EGSA duty for at least 15 working days<\/li>\n<li>In each village, a team of officers convenes meeting of beneficiaries, district or state officials, representative of a leading bank in the area, and agencies responsible for enrolling people in the village<\/li>\n<li>The team monitors the functioning of the scheme and gets feedback. In case of any loophole it tries to sort it on the spot.<\/li>\n<li>The team also uploads the day\u2019s progress into a data system that can be tracked live on the EGSA dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/on-a-war.jpg?resize=423%2C284\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/on-a-war.jpg?w=423&amp;ssl=1 423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/on-a-war.jpg?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/on-a-war.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><strong>Concerns raised:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>There have been concerns raised over such a widespread involvement of Central officers in implementing government welfare schemes. This might have an impact on Centre-State relations and undermine the principle of cooperative federalism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The <u>Gram Swaraj Abhiyan<\/u> seeks to effectively implement welfare schemes to select villages which need particular attention. The objective of the campaign is to promote social harmony, spread awareness about pro-poor initiatives of government, and reach out to poor households to enrol them as also to obtain their feedback on various welfare programmes.<\/li>\n<li>Initially the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan comprised seven schemes:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana<\/li>\n<li>Saubhagya<\/li>\n<li>Ujala scheme<\/li>\n<li>Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana<\/li>\n<li>Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana<\/li>\n<li>Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and<\/li>\n<li>Mission Indradhanush.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, five new initiatives have been added. These will concentrate on improving schools, health services and nutrition and launching agricultural projects and a skill development programme. Further, the number of villages targeted has also been increased<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govt. deploys 800 IAS officers for village outreach News: Recently, the government has deployed 800 IAS officers in 115 \u2018aspirational districts\u2019 to implement flagship government schemes Important Facts: 800 Deputy Secretaries, Under-Secretaries and Director level officers from various Ministries have been sent to 115 districts to implement various government schemes under the Extended Gram Swaraj&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-deploys-800-ias-officers-for-village-outreach\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Govt. deploys 800 IAS officers for village outreach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704810250},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}