Not mantralaya, panchayats run government: CM Kamal Nath

Bhopal: The Chief Minister Kamal Nath has said that government is run by panchayats not by mantralaya. Panchayat system serves as a nucleus for
implementation of schemes and programmes. Implementation of good schemes should be virtuous, otherwise they will fail. He further mentioned that the
procedure of the implementation of schemes will be reviewed to make the schemes more result oriented.
The Chief Minister told the Chief Executive Officers of the Jila and Janpad Panchayats that they should provide suggestions in context to the present time
by reviewing the method of the implementation of schemes. Do not act as participants in the government but work as associates. Nath was addressing the
meeting of the Chief Executive Officers of the Jila and Janpad Panchayats at Academy of Administration here on Tuesday.
Kamal Nath stated that the economy of our country and state is linked to the villages. Therefore, rural area is in focus. Panchayaraj is an axis of this and
hence the responsibility for the successful implementation of government’s schemes lies with the CEOs of the Janpad Panchayats and Panchayat Secretaries. He
asserted that there are several schemes, which had been prepared 15 to 20 years back. They cannot be implemented today as it is. There is a need to bring
changes in those schemes. Referring to the MNREGA and Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme, Nath said he himself had been connected with these schemes. Several
improvements were made as regard to the execution of these schemes, when they were prepared by him during the UPA government. He further mentioned that the
time has changed; hence they should also suggest the government what kind of changes should be brought in the procedure of implementation to ensure maximum
benefit to the rural areas.