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Pondicherry
By Our Staff Reporter
As soon as the Agriculture Minister, A. Namassivayam, said 45 farmers coming under the prescribed qualifications were sanctioned the subsidy of Rs. 1 lakh per tractor, the member intervened to ask whether there were any beneficiaries from the Karaikal region. The Minister said two of the beneficiaries were from Karaikal. However, Mr.Nalamaharajan said the scheme appeared to be benefiting only affluent farmers and not those who really needed the tractors. The Minister rejected the criticism and furnished details of eligibility. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, told the member that he could place before the government any discrepancy in the working of the scheme so that appropriate action would be taken to rectify the defect. Mr. Namassivayam said if the member established that ineligible persons were given the subsidised tractors, the government would take action against the delinquent official.
Welfare board for farm labourers
Mr. Namassivayam said a welfare board for farm labourers would be formed soon in Pondicherry. To encourage fodder cultivation, farmers and members of self-help groups would be sanctioned a cash incentive of Rs. 5,000 for an acre of cultivation. He also detailed several measures to sanction subsidies to cultivate orchids and develop orchid plants. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, told Annibal Kennedy (DMK) that as recruitment rules had got to be amended, the posting of librarians wherever vacancies were prevailing could not be immediately filled. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, A. V. Sridharan, said the same reply had been given for the last two years. He refered to the situation in Mahe where one librarian had to look after two libraries. Mr. hminarayanan said the government would consider posting on an ad hoc basis librarians to ensure that there was no vacancy. Mr. Sridharan said whenever a reply was given to members, it should be ascertained by the officials furnishing the replies to the Ministers what replies were given in the past for the same question. The Health Minister, E. Valsaraj, told T. Jayamoorthy (Ind.) and N. Gangadaran (Cong.) that funds allotted for the Indian system of medicine had been raised to Rs.1 crore from Rs. 65 lakhs. He said that already the panchakarma system had been made available. There would be no slackness on the part of the government to popularise the Indian system of medicine through government hospitals. A separate directorate had already been set up, he added. Mr. Rangasamay told C. Jayakumar (TMC) that the employees in cooperative societies were already getting dearness allowance on par with what was available to their counterparts in government departments. The fourth pay commission being set up by the government would go into the proposals of a group insurance scheme and also the pension scheme for the cooperative sector also. Members cutting across party lines alleged that there were fleet operators who were simply renewing permits without actually operating the services. The Local Administration and Transport Minister, A. Elumalai, said he would go into the representation and take appropriate action.
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