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The National Scheme Sanctioning Committee(NSSC) in its meeting held in New Delhi recently approved 18 proposals for Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC) projects submitted by the Government of Gujarat at the cost of Rs. 22685.21 lakhs. This involves a central share of Rs. 12017.28 lakh. The Committee has also approved nine projects for the State of Orissa costing Rs. 13,765.92 lakhs comprising central share of Rs.8767.23 lakh and one proposal for the district of Bikaner totalling Rs. 1443.55 lakhs comprising central share of Rs.921.7 lakh.
The Committee also approved release of Rs. 10.00 lakh as start up grant to 13 districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Nagaland. The districts are: Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papumpare, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Upper Siang, East Siang, Chaglang and Tirap in Arunachal Pradesh; Aizawal in Mizoram; Mon in Nagaland and South Goa in Goa. Committee indicated that adequate care should be taken to ensure that baseline surveys are done properly by districts in NE states. The Committee also decided in the meeting that henceforth whenever a report is received from a State Government to take up Total Sanitation Campaign project, Rs. 10.00 lakh as start-up grant will be released with the approval of Secretary, DWS, who is also the Chairman of the Committee.
The Committee also observed that greater emphasis should be given to ensure proper implementation of the programme; a study may be conducted to assess the impact of sanitation and hygiene interventions on health of the people in areas where TSC has been implemented well, and that the focus should be on monitoring to improve the implementation of TSC.
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