Committee of Ministers constituted to examine the issues of village Numbardars and Chowkidars met under the chairmanship of Revenue Minister, Javaid Mustafa Mir here today.The members including Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr Abdual Haq, Minister for Finance, Labor & Employment and Culture, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, and administrative secretaries of Finance and Revenue Departments were present at the meeting.
The Committee examined the issues pertaining to making Numbardars and Chowkidars as productive functionaries in the existing system of self government, when the Panchayats across the state have been established.
The Committee was apprised that there are 2705 Chowkidars and 7381 Numbardars working in the state.Committee stated that Government is committed to resolve the problems of Numbardars and Chowkidars, adding that they are the important basic village level functionaries who are assisting the administration in different social and administrative matters.The committee discussed various issues of draft to be submitted to cabinet for final consideration and approval.