PMEGP beneficiaries' predicament
Source: The Sangai Express
Ukhrul, September 29 2018:
The selected beneficiaries of PMEGP 2017-18 from Ukhrul district has had a meeting at Women Hall, Wino Tang, Ukhrul on September 23 to expedite the process of pending sanction wrt PMEGP 2017-18 and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) and submitted an application in a meeting with Deputy Commissioner, Ukhrul on September 24 for his intervention on the current PMEGP pending process, said a statement issued by Awung Luikham, Convenor PMEGP 2017-18, beneficiaries.
In the statement, it is mentioned that the PMEGP 2017-18 Ukhrul district beneficiaries had earlier occasions met various concerned State authorities and apprised the Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industries on May 24, Assistant General Manager, RBO, Imphal on July 24 and Chief Minister on July 25 seeking redressal and intervention on the pending sanction of PMEGP 2017-18 .
However, the beneficiaries have not received their scheme money so far, it added.
During the meeting with DC Ukhrul on September 24, PMEGP 2017-18 Ukhrul district beneficiaries informed that they had no other option than to stage various forms of agitation if their pleas remained unheard, added the statement.
However, after the meeting, a memo has been issued and served to the Branch Manager of SBI, Somsai UKHRUL, UBI Viewland, Ukhrul, UBI Mini Secretariat, Ukhrul, UCO Bank, Ukhrul and General Manager, DIC-Ukhrul to furnish detail report of the current ongoing process of the sanction for the said scheme on or before September 27, mentioned the statement.
The beneficiaries now await a positive note and anticipate a concrete outcome, the statement added.