Result-Oriented Schemes
THERE is no doubt that peace is a
prerequisite for development and all efforts to bring the fruits of progress to the people
will amount to nothing in the absence of security for the common man. The prevailing
violence perpetuated by the so called Maoists in the country since about five years back
has had serious consequences and all the efforts made to foster development could amount
to nothing unless measures were taken to counter the negative aspects that such violent
acts have brought about apart from the loss of precious lives. One aspect of the strife is
that certain areas are more prone to the act of the so called Maoists which are mostly
from the backward region of the nation where poverty prevails and which are in sore need
of development activities. By bringing about an improvement in the quality of life of the
people in these areas the Maoist activities could be arrested, and development can be
considered to be an important component in combating the violence that is currently
affecting many parts of the nation.
Keeping this in mind, development is
considered essential as is the all party consensus in bringing the violence to the halt.
Thus, as noted by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Development and Home
Ramchandra Paudel while chairing the meeting of the Central Integrated Fund Coordination
Committee the other day, there is an urgent need for all those involved to be committed to
take effective and result-oriented programmes to the sensitive areas on the basis of all
party consensus. The security initiatives and development activities should go hand in
hand through coordination. In this direction, it is fitting that the meeting decided to
make money available to the fund for the district out of the integrated fund that has been
set by all ministries at the centre. The amount of fund to be made available from the
Prime Minister's Relief Fund to the district basket fund is said to be considerable. Time
frames have been set for the achievement of the various development targets through the
mobilisation of such bodies as the users' committees, the peace corps and the Royal Nepal
Army. Therefore, there is a need now to decide on the objectives and the working policies
of the integrated development project without any delay as well as to form the committees
of the fund at the central and district level. Equally important is deciding on the means
and resources under the integrated development fund. These steps should serve as means to
deal with the Maoist problems presently besetting the country, at the same time laying
stress on achieving peace which is the major objective of the exercise.
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