After pulling up babus entrusted with enforcing PM's 15-point welfare plan for minorities, CM gives them until March end to catch up with 4 years' of arrears

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan let fly at bureaucrats recently in a meeting for not implementing the Prime Minister's 15-point plan for minorities announced in June 2006.


Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and State Minorities Minister Naseem Khan at the meeting with bureaucrats at Sahyadri Guest House

Giving the babus a sharp rap on the knuckles, the CM questioned why the plan was not yet put into action, and set a deadline of March 31 for its implementation.

The meeting was called after State Minorities Minister Naseem Khan appraised the CM of the lag.

Subsequently, on February 12, the CM held a meeting of all bureaucrats responsible for the plan's implementation at Sahyadri, the state guesthouse.

"Only 20 to 25 per cent of the plan has been implemented in the state until now, even though the PM's vision was announced four years ago. The schemes once implemented will give an opportunity to minorities to excel," said Khan.

MiD DAY brings you a progress report of the plan in the state what it set out to achieve and how much it actually has.