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| SBM Gramin fails in J&K | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 18: After having failed to get funding for implementation of Solid Liquid Waste Management in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM Gramin), J&K Government has even failed to create a separate State Swach Bharat Mission Directorate which as per SBM Gramin guidelines is a step towards achieving coordination and convergence among State Departments dealing with Rural Sanitation, Rural Drinking Water Supply, School Education, Health, Women and Child Development, Water Resources, Agriculture, Publicity etc.
As per the revised guidelines of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) a state level State Swach Bharat Mission Gramin - ( SSBM -G) has to be set up at the State/Union Territory level. As per the guidelines SSBM-G has to be a registered society under the aegis of the Department/Board/Corporation/Authority/Agency implementing rural water supply and sanitation programme in the State. Guideline number 8.2.2 of SBM Gramin lays a special emphasis on this. The said guideline reads as:
" The States shall decide on an appropriate structure, there should be an Apex Committee at the State level to aid and advise the State Mission. The Committee should be headed by the Chief Secretary with Secretaries in-charge of PHED, Rural Development (RD), Panchayati Raj (PR), Finance, Health, Information and Public Relations (I&PR) as members. Principal Secretary / Secretary of the Department in-charge of Sanitation in the State shall be the nodal Secretary responsible for all the SSBM(G) activities and for convening the meetings of the Mission. Experts in the field of sanitation, hydrology, IEC, HRD, MIS, media, NGOs etc. may be co-opted as members. The State Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SSBM(G)], may be located within the implementing Department of the State government with the Minister-in-Charge of the Department as the Chairperson of the Governing Body".
Sources in State Rural Development Department Civil Secretariat have told Early Times that the Principal Secretary/Secretary in charge of the implementing Department will be the Vice Chairman and the Mission Director, the Member Secretary. But this has not at all been created in J&K state till date. The SSBM(G) Directorate headed by a senior State level official has to supervise implementation of SBM(G) in the project districts at the State, facilitate convergence mechanism between line departments, ensure preparation of the Annual Implementation Plan for each district as per requirement, consolidate the same into the Annual Implementation Plan of the State, share and discuss the same with the National Swach Bharat Mission Gramin -NSBM(G) and to receive Grant-in-aid from Centre and disburse to the Districts and Panchayats as per requirement. "States have to provide adequate administrative, technical and support staff for the State Mission, but due to inefficient administration and lack of political will all this is yet to be taken up in J&K "said an official in Directorate of Rural Sanitation J&K (name withheld).
The remuneration of all government employees in the State Swach Bharat Mission (SSBM Gramin) will be borne by the State. The SSBM(G) can engage technical experts as Consultants to be supported under the programme. The State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) is a Committee comprising of representatives of various technical departments, institutions and organizations as decided by the State Government to examine and approve district projects and other proposals of technical nature at the State level. The Committee shall have a representative from Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Water and Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO)/ Communication and Capacity Development Unit (CCDU) currently in place for sanitation shall be merged with the SSBM(G). In case drinking water supply and sanitation are being looked after by different departments, the WSSO (Sanitation) may be merged with the SSBM(G). Accounting arrangements for the SSBM(G) shall be as existed for the SWSM, and as amended by the MDWS and State Government from time to time.
The administrative support component of the SSBM(G) shall ideally consist of the following human resources at a minimum: Director: 1 State Coordinator: 1 Consultants: HRD/Capacity Building Specialist: 1 IEC Specialist: 1 M & E Specialist: 1 SLWM Specialist: 1 MIS Specialist: 1 Accountant: 1 Data Entry Operator: 2 States are to decide on the specializations and emoluments of all Consultants. |
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