Kiphire district, which was declared as one of the aspirational district of India by Centre in November 2017, has not received “even a single paise” till date to carry forward the programme.
This was informed by ADC Kiphire, Reny Wilfred during the District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting on February 20
The issue came up when the members were discussing an agenda put up by United Sangtam Likhum Pumji on the current status of the ‘Aspirational District’. The ADC, who is also the nodal officer, said that since the aspirational programme was a convergence of various funds and projects, the district was yet to get funds for the financial year 2018-19. Due to this, the district administration, tasked with coordinating flagships schemes, has not made any progress due to lack of funds.
Taking part in the discussion, the R&B and RD departments also stated that they had also not received any funding under PMGSY, NERGA and PMAY for the year 2018-19.