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The District Administration is headed by the Deputy Commissioner [DC]. The DC is the executive head as well as judicial head of the district. The DC also acts as the Collector in case of Revenue matters, as District Magistrate in case of maintenance of Law and Order and General Administration, as District Election Officer in case of conduct of Election and so on. The Deputy Commissioner is aided by a number of officers like Additional Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Divisional Officers, Extra Assistant Commissioners and others.

The Development of the district is a very important objective of the District Administration. As the executive head the DC plays an important role in coordinating with all developmental heads of the district for all round developmental activities under various development schemes & programmes such as MPLADS, MLA’s fund, Border Areas Development Funds, Employment Assurance Schemes and so on.

The District Planning Officer [DPO] is assigned to see, formulate and release of fund for development schemes. The DPO is aided in this matter by the Planning Branch of the DC's office. All development departments in the district, like PWD, Irrigation, Health, Education and many others work in co-ordination and a District Development Committee (DDC) headed by DC has been in place to ensure this coordination.

Under the Government policy to rapidly uplift rural population, rural development is an important function. There exists the District Rural Development Agency [DRDA] of which the DC is the Chairperson. The Project Director is the functional head of the DRDA. All schemes of rural development are implemented by the Block Development Officers at the Community & Rural Development Block levelss and the necessary funds are routed through DRDA.

Another important aspect of district administration is the maintainence of law and order, to give proper security and to safeguard the lives and properties of the citizen. As the District Magistrate, the DC is assisted by Additional Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Division Magistrates and other Executive Magistrates to maintain law and order in the district. The District Magistrate keeps a close link with police department in this regard. In the district, the Superintendent of Police is the head of the Police Administration

In revenue matter the DC is assisted by ADC i/c of Revenue and other Revenue and Enforcement staff. There is a constitutionally recognised Garo Hills Autonomous District Council in the district which collects most of the revenue collection like settlement of Hats (Bazar), Ghats, Ponds, Ferries, Professional Tax, but revenue collection of a few things like acquisition of Govt. land, encroachment of Govt. land, allotment of land to central department, payment of compensation money, etc., are done by the DC's office.

The DC plays a key role during natural disaster period like flood, earthquake, landslide, cyclone/storm damage or fire incidence. The DC generally takes prompt action whenever situation arises in any part of the district, and provides assistance either in cash or kind to the victims according to the nature of damage.

Besides all these the DC being the head of the district, also holds the post of Chairman of various committees, colleges, schools, banks, etc.,

The following are the various branches or sections of the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of East Garo Hills district.

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• District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)
• General/Establishment Branch
• Arms Branch
• Development Branch
• Election Branch
• Excise Branch
• Housing Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Nazarat Branch
• Planning Branch
• Revenue Branch
• Supply Branch
• District Selection Committee (DSC)
• District Total Literacy Campaign
• National Informatics Centre (NIC)
• Treasury

The District Rural Development Agency, East Garo Hills, Williamnagar is a society registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 on 3rd May, 1984 and is governed by existing rules and procedures of Government of Meghalaya and Government of India.

DRDA has traditionally been the principal organ at the district level to oversee the implementation of anti-poverty programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development. This agency was created originally to implement the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP). Subsequently the DRDAs were entrusted with number of programmes of both state and central governments. From April 1, 1989 a separate DRDA Administration has been introduced to take care of the administrative costs. This aims at strengthening the DRDAs and makes them more professional in managing the anti-poverty programmes and be an effective link between the ministry and the district level.

Rural development and poverty alleviation programmes are implemented on a decentralised basis, keeping in view the large geographical areas, the administrative requirements and the need to involve grassroots-level officials and the community in the implementation of the programmes. At the central level the Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment has been co-ordinating the implementation of these programmes. The Ministry is responsible for the release of central share of funds, policy formulation, overall guidance, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes. At the State level Secretary, Community and Rural Development and the Director of Community and Rural Development are overall incharge for implementation of the rural development programmes. At the District level, the programmes are implemented through the DRDAs (District Rural Development Agencies). The governing body of DRDA includes Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs), District level officials of Development Departments, Bankers, NGO's and representatives of weaker sections of the society. The Deputy Commissioner is the Chairman of the Governing Body and the Project Director the Member Secretary. At the block level the Block Development Committee, Block Development Officers and at the village level, village level workers are responsible for implementation of the Programme. The Governing body at the district level provides guidance and directions to DRDA.

Many Schemes of the Central and State Governments are introduced from time to time. Several schemes are available providing support to different components of Rural Development. Schemes are also periodically modified to reflect the experience over the years. The task of DRDA has been to identify the needs of the rural population and reach the appropriate schemes where they are needed. In implementing the schemes, the role of the DRDA has been technical, managerial and financial. Thus DRDA is not only a body to disburse the funds for the schemes but also provide appropriate managerial and technical support.

In order to ensure proper implementation of the programmes at the grass roots Ministry of Rural Development has evolved a comprehensive system of Monitoring and Evaluation and professional agencies are made use of in this. Regular monitoring of the programmes are done to assess the physical and financial progress. Concurrent evaluation is conducted perodically to streamline the implementation and improve the delivery systems. The Monitoring and Evaluation programme includes Progress Reports, Financial Statements, Intensive Inspection by officers of the central and state governments, Parliamentary Committees and research studies on specific areas.

The District Rural Development Agency, East Garo Hills has 5 (five) C&RD Blocks with 853 villages. The total population of the district is 2,47,555 that constitutes 10.73% of the State population.

Schemes being implemented by DRDA, East Garo Hills District

 

CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
Swajaldhara Programe
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)
Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWDP)

STATE SPONSORED SCHEME

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
Assistance to Small Farmers and Marginal Farmers
Special Rural Works Programme (SRWP)
Construction of Rural Roads Programme (CRRP)
Chief Minister's Special Rural Development Fund (CMSRDF)

The Election Branch is one of the administrative organizations in the administrative setup of the D.C’s Office. The functioning of the branch is more of a regulatory, and statutorily body. It functions under the superintendence, directions and control of the Deputy Commissioner (Election) / District Election Officer.

Duties and functions of Election Branch:

The Housing Branch is manned by the Inspector of Housing in East Garo Hills. The Branch is implementing only the Rural Housing Schemes where 3 (Three) Bundles of C.G.I. Sheets were given to the poor and bonafide Villagers of Meghalaya as grant-in-aid. Since inception of the Ri Bhoi District, from 1992-93 till 2000-2001 a total of 2091 Families have been provided with C.G.I. Sheets.

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