Budget To Focus on Road Communication, Health: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy CM Chowna Mein

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Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Budget for 2019-20 will focus on road communication, education, health and agri-horti sectors, State Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein informed.

Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, would present the budget in the State Legislative Assembly during the Budget Session in the first week of July. Terming the budget preparation as a ‘big exercise’, Mein expressed appreciation for the community based organizations (CBO) interest in helping the government in the exercise.

He, however, suggested doing away with individual-centric schemes and sought suggestions and interventions by CBOs in implementation schemes and projects.

Earlier on Tuesday, while attending a pre-budget consultative meeting convened by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, the representatives of the Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society called for establishing a State child rights commission, juvenile homes, maternity and child care units and institutes for special children, while almost all the CBOs called for setting up de-addiction and rehabilitation centres across the State. All were also unanimous on giving special attention to the education sector, especially the matter of transfers and postings of teachers.

Other issues that were focused on and budgetary help sought for were health, roads (particularly completion of several portions of the TAH), development of Itanagar as a model city, burial/cremation grounds, anti-insurgency operations, multipurpose cultural halls, infrastructure in border areas and newly-created districts, timely distribution of school textbooks, etc.

The CBOs that attended the consultation meeting included the Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum, the Nyishi Elite Society, the Tani Supun Dukun, the Galo Welfare Society, the Adi Baane Kebang, the Sajolang Elite Society, the Aka-Hrusso Elite Society, the Tagin Cultural Society, the Monpa Mimang Tsokpa, the Wancho Cultural Society, the Mishmi Welfare Society, the Tai-Khampti-Singpho Council, the Sherdukpen Employees Association, the Singpho Development Society, and the Yobin Welfare Society.

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