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Misuse of sheep scheme to fore
Barely a couple of months into the implementation of Sheep Rearing Scheme (SRS), aimed at transforming livestock economy and allied traditional occupations in the State, incidents of misuse of the scheme by the beneficiaries have become a cause of concern for the administration.
Mahabubabad: Barely a couple of months into the implementation of Sheep Rearing Scheme (SRS), aimed at transforming livestock economy and allied traditional occupations in the State, incidents of misuse of the scheme by the beneficiaries have become a cause of concern for the administration.
Though the government has taken several measures to take the benefits of the scheme to the targeted groups, quite a few numbers of beneficiaries have found their way to misuse it, it appears.
Under the scheme that is aimed at ensuring a quantum jump to the economy of the shepherd (Yadava/Golla/Kuruma) community, the government is giving 20 sheep and a ram, constituting one unit, to each of the beneficiaries. While each unit cost around Rs 1.25 lakh, the share of each beneficiary is Rs 31,250, and the rest is borne by the government.
In this backdrop, it was found that some beneficiaries in Mahabubabad and Jangaon districts have sold or leased out their sheep units to others. On Monday, the Bayyaram police arrested four persons, including two beneficiaries, in connection with the illegal sale of 20 sheep.
“Majority of the beneficiaries are not keen to rear the sheep units they got under the scheme. Either they had sold them clandestinely to others or had agreed to share the benefits by transferring their units to others who are traditionally in rearing profession,” a Village Revenue Officer (VRO), who preferred to be anonymous, told The Hans India, stating that it is difficult question if the seller and buyer have such an understanding.
This despite the all the sheep supplied under the scheme were identified by ear tagging. It may be noted here that all the formalities of insurance like tagging of each sheep, taking photographs at the time of/after tagging and uploading photos will be operated by the insurance personnel, under the supervision of purchase committee.
Warangal Joint Director of Animal Husbandry S Venkaiah Naidu said: “We have warned the beneficiaries of facing criminal cases if they misuse the scheme. Within a short time we will form monitoring committees to prevent the misuse of the scheme.”
The government has already set up a toll-free number 1800 425 3424 to receive complaints on irregularities, misuse or corruption in the implementation of the scheme, besides alerting vigilance teams and police.
