Haryana government today announced that Social Audit Committees would be set up at village level in order to ensure transparency in development works.
These committees would comprise of village Sarpanch, Panch, former Sarpanch and retired government officers who would check the bills pertaining to the development works, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said while addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of shifting and modernisation of Sugar Mill at Dahar village here.
Bills of development works would be presented before these committees and payment would be made only after approval from these panels, he said.
This would not only ensure transparency in development works of the government but also keep a check on corruption, he said.
The Chief Minister made it clear that he would not tolerate corruption at any cost and urged people to lend their support in the endeavour so that entire amount released by government spent only on welfare works.
He said that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi used to say that out of Rs 1 released by the government, only 15 paisa reached the people. "If the entire Re 1 is spent, the development could be increased by seven times," he added.
