M’luru: DK ZP Member Melvyn DSouza appointed member of PM’s 15 point prog Committee

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Mangaluru, Nov 10, 2014: Melvyn D’Souza, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat (ZP) member from Neermarga appointed member of state level Committee for Prime Minister’s 15 point programme for minorities.

 

Melvyn is one among 3 ZP members across the state who has been appointed as the members of the Committee.

 

 

The state level Committee for Implementation of the Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the welfare of minorities headed by Chief Secretary with members consisting of the secretaries and heads of departments implementing the schemes under the 15 Point Programme, representatives from the Panchayatraj nstitutions/autonomous district councils, 3 representatives from reputed non-governmental institutions dealing with minorities and 3 such other members considered appropriate by the state government/union territory (UT) administration.

 

The department dealing with minorities of the state/UT may be made the nodal department for monitoring the 15 Point Programme. The Committee should meet at least once every quarter and the department dealing with minorities of the state/UT may send a quarterly progress reports to the union ministry of minority affairs by fifteenth of the next quarter.