Wednesday, Oct 9, 2013, 12:52 IST | Agency: DNA
Separate development board for Hyderabad-Karnataka region approved by Union cabinet.
- Uday Mohite/DNA
Approval of a separate board for Hyderabad-Karnataka region, that had
got special status under Article 371-J in December 2012, is great news
for those of us, who suffered injustice in all fields since
independence. The region, which had got freedom in September 1948, after
a delay of almost one year from Hyderabad Mizam, is still far-away from
development.
The newly approved Hyderabad-Karnataka Development Board (HKDB) will be statutory in nature and it will quash the existence of the current HKDB constituted by the state government. As the president of India is empowered to entrust the state governor to establish a separate board to ensure equitable allocation of funds in the state’s budget to meet the development needs of the region, we feel like it is another kind of freedom to achieve development on par with any other developed regions of the nation.
After establishing the HKDB, our development works or projects will be approved by planning commission.
People of the region have received Rs1,532 crore from the state between the period of 1992 and 2013 and Rs900 crore was just utilised for construction of community halls in the region.
And that was all the development we saw in 21 years. Now, we hope something more from new the HKDB, under which a committee will be formed by the governor under the chairmanship of in-charge minister of any district of the region on rotation basis of one year.
The committee will involve six MLAs, one MLC, one MP and one ZP president. It should be remembered that their tenure in the committee will be only one year and they will be replaced with their counterparts as the tenure is based on rotation system.
As the board will have a secretary level official of the government as its secretary and regional commissioner, and deputy commissioners of six districts–Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and Bellary–as its members.
I feel the board will hold responsible both legislature and executive wings of the democracy, and it will act on the wishes of the people. The board itself will decide developmental works and send it to the governor, who will include it in the state budget by sending it to assembly.
Finally, projects will be approved by the planning commission. There will be no budgetary limit to frameworks or projects. Even the board will have power to sanction primary and high schools, which can eradicate problem of illiteracy and scarcity of skilled employees.
Currently, the region is facing scarcity of skilled workers in all sector. As many as 60% of the posts are vacant at government level. Lower level officials are equipped with additional responsibilities of other posts. The board will be a best instrument to accelerate development in all sense.
The newly approved Hyderabad-Karnataka Development Board (HKDB) will be statutory in nature and it will quash the existence of the current HKDB constituted by the state government. As the president of India is empowered to entrust the state governor to establish a separate board to ensure equitable allocation of funds in the state’s budget to meet the development needs of the region, we feel like it is another kind of freedom to achieve development on par with any other developed regions of the nation.
After establishing the HKDB, our development works or projects will be approved by planning commission.
People of the region have received Rs1,532 crore from the state between the period of 1992 and 2013 and Rs900 crore was just utilised for construction of community halls in the region.
And that was all the development we saw in 21 years. Now, we hope something more from new the HKDB, under which a committee will be formed by the governor under the chairmanship of in-charge minister of any district of the region on rotation basis of one year.
The committee will involve six MLAs, one MLC, one MP and one ZP president. It should be remembered that their tenure in the committee will be only one year and they will be replaced with their counterparts as the tenure is based on rotation system.
As the board will have a secretary level official of the government as its secretary and regional commissioner, and deputy commissioners of six districts–Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and Bellary–as its members.
I feel the board will hold responsible both legislature and executive wings of the democracy, and it will act on the wishes of the people. The board itself will decide developmental works and send it to the governor, who will include it in the state budget by sending it to assembly.
Finally, projects will be approved by the planning commission. There will be no budgetary limit to frameworks or projects. Even the board will have power to sanction primary and high schools, which can eradicate problem of illiteracy and scarcity of skilled employees.
Currently, the region is facing scarcity of skilled workers in all sector. As many as 60% of the posts are vacant at government level. Lower level officials are equipped with additional responsibilities of other posts. The board will be a best instrument to accelerate development in all sense.
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