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Direct cash subsidy scheme making states mere
bystanders: Jayalalithaa
Saturday April 27, 2013 08:30:51 PM,
IANS
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday told Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh that the direct benefits transfer scheme infringes
on the authority of state governments and makes them just
bystanders.
In a letter to Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa - referring to the
utilisation of the state government for implementing the direct
benefits transfer scheme said: "This is clearly an infringement of
the authority of the state governments and totally violative of
the federal polity of the country and the spirit of democratic
decentralisation."
"Are state governments expected to look on as mere bystanders, far
removed from the process of administering the scheme, after having
placed their entire field machinery at the disposal of the
government of India" she said in the letter, referring to the
instructions and guidelines issued by the Planning Commission
relating to the scheme.
According to her, the districts of Ariyalur, Pudukottai and
Tiruchirapalli are to be included in the first phase rollout of
the scheme in Tamil Nadu from July.
Jayalalithaa voiced her opposition to monetize and transfer in
cash the subsidy element in the public distribution system,
fertiliser, kerosene, cooking gas and others, where access and
timely availability of the commodities is more important than the
subsidy quantum.
The chief minister also said that the state government has
reservations about the design of the 25 schemes identified for the
second phase roll out of direct benefits transfer scheme.
She said many of them are small and pilot schemes and in some
schemes the centre and the state share the cost.
"In such cases, if the government of India insists on direct
benefits transfer for its share, it will lead to more confusion
and accountability is bound to suffer," she said.
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