Tehsil Welfare Officer Federation told its problems to the Secretary

A delegation of Himachal Pradesh Tehsil Welfare Officer Federation, led by its President Devendra Kumar, met Secretary and Director of Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Kiran Bhadana, with their demands. They told the Secretary and Director that there is a special need of data entry operator in the Tehsil Welfare Officer office so that the records of the office can be documented in the correct perspective. Apart from this, it was also requested to fill the vacant posts in the Tehsil Welfare Officer office soon.
On this occasion, the Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana recently launched by Himachal Pradesh Government was discussed. Federation President Devendra Kumar said that the state government has started a very important scheme for the welfare of the women of the state under which the eligible women of the state will be given Rs. 1500 per month as Samman Nidhi by the department. Application forms of women have been received in the offices of all Tehsil Welfare Officers in this regard.
He told that at present there are only three sanctioned posts in all the Tehsil Welfare Officer offices of the state. Most of these posts are vacant and many officers have additional workload. In such a situation, record keeping, sorting, verification etc. of the applications received in thousands has become a difficult task. Due to lack of adequate staff in the office, there is difficulty in implementing the government schemes in the right perspective.
The president said that the federation will soon meet the Chief Minister regarding its demands. The secretary and director assured to consider the demands of the Tehsil Welfare Officer Federation sympathetically.
Present in the delegation were Mahasangh’s general secretary Surendra Bimta, treasurer Mukul Chauhan, media in-charge Satish Sharma, Nitish Kumar and Pradeep Singha.