Directorate of Agriculture clarifies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 28 2021:
Reacting to a news published in The Sangai Express under the heading 'SMAM: Farmers seek CM's Intervention', Directorate of Agriculture has clarified that selection of beneficiaries is to be done by the District Level Executive Committee (DLEC) as per para 6.4.1 of the Operational guidelines of SMAM.
The Directorate stated that selection of beneficiaries has been done through the DLEC every year therefore it is a baseless claim to say that selection of beneficiary by the DLEC started from this financial year only.
The selected beneficiaries are made public once Administrative Approval is accorded to the list recommended by the DLEC, the list is always pasted at prominent places both in the Directorate and DAO offices so there is no question of altering beneficiary list, added the statement.
Therefore the procedure followed by the Department is strictly as per operational guidelines of the Scheme and there is no lack of transparency, clarified the Directorate.