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RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Treasury Square, Aizawl – 796001, Mizoram
Tel: 0389-2……………., Fax: ………………..
e-Mail: ………………..,
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About the Department:
Rural development implies both the economic betterment of people as well as greater
social transformation. The Department is responsible for planning and execution of the
programs for rural development including communications, provision of drinking water,
minor irrigation and poverty alleviation programs. In addition the maintenance of
secondary, upper primary and primary schools in rural areas, maintenance of minor
irrigation tanks and provide other civic amenities to the people living in the respective
villages.
Functions of the Department:
The key functions of the Department of Rural Development are:
(i) Developmental work: The department undertakes development work activities in
villages such as construction of roads, water tanks etc. The development works
are conceived at the Village Council level by the people under the guidance of its
President and the initiative is submitted to District Rural Development Officer for
funding. Alternatively the conceptualization of the development works could
happen at the higher levels of authority in any department and could be assigned
to the Rural Development department for implementation.
(ii) Implementation of Schemes: Implement Government of India schemes such as for
employment generation (for wagers as well as self employed). Some of the
schemes being implemented include Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Sampoorna
Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SGSY), Integrated Wasteland Development Program (IWDP), Hariyali, National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and BADP mentioned below.
(iii) Registration of Births and Deaths: The VC President registers births and deaths
occurring in his jurisdiction in a register and sends a report on the registrations
on a monthly basis to the sub divisional registrar.
(iv) Border Area Development Program: The Government of India has started this
program for betterment of people across North East. The Rural Development
Department has been made responsible for the implementation of this program in
Mizoram. It’s intention is to improve the infrastructure and facilities in the border
areas.
Service Provided:
The services provides by the department are as follows:
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Service |
Mode of Service |
Citizen facing/ Administrative |
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Identification and approval of improvement projects |
Manual |
Administrative |
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Implementation of various state Govt. and central Govt. schemes |
Manual |
Administrative |
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Monitoring the implementation of projects being implemented across the state by various VCs |
Manual |
Administrative |
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Fund allocation and monitoring for projects being executed by the various agencies under the supervision of the Department |
Manual |
Administrative |
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Registration of Births and Deaths |
Manual |
Citizen Facing |
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Report / Returns to funding agencies/ Central Govt. |
Manual |
Administrative |
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Human resource management |
Manual |
Administrative |
IT Expectations of the Department:
The Department would like to use ICT for better planning and monitoring of the projects
under it’s jurisdictions.
Current status of IT:
Currently, the Department has some personal computers available at the Directorate
and a few other offices. Certain reports are prepared using MS Word and MS Excel.
Projects Planned:
• The Department plans to implement an Online Monitoring and Accounting
system.
• Online Reporting System of various Centrally sponsored programme will also be
implemented by the Department. |
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