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Change of guard: Rakesh Mehta (left) taking charge from the outgoing Chief Secretary R. Narayanaswamy at the Delhi Secretariat on Friday. NEW DELHI: Rakesh Mehta, a 1975 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, took over as Delhi’s new Chief Secretary on Friday with a 10-point agenda that according to him has the welfare of the weaker sections of society at its heart. Mr. Mehta, who was elevated to the high position superseding several other senior officials of the AGMU cadre, said his focus would be on social welfare schemes, education, health, public transport and food and civil supplies. Hours before he assumed office, demitted by R. Narayanswami, Mr. Mehta, who also holds the charge of Principal Secretary (Power), said: “There are several issues that concern me. But what needs urgent attention are the welfare schemes and their impact on people.” “Instead of concentrating on schemes, the attention should be on the families. In the absence of social audit, we have not been able to ascertain whether the schemes actually benefit those for whom they are intended,” he said. The new Chief Secretary, who wants to develop indicators to assess the impact of the social welfare schemes, said: “These schemes right now are rigid and the intention is to see how they can be converged and utilised to serve the deserving.” Mr. Mehta, who has served as Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Delhi Transport Corporation, also holds the post of Principal Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development and is in charge of the upcoming Commonwealth Games-2010 to be hosted by Delhi. “The development of the city’s infrastructure in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games needs to be monitored. We need to address both ‘hard’ aspects like constructions, public transport, the High Capacity Bus System and the ‘soft’ aspects like the arts, culture and heritage,” he said. Information Technology, climate change, environment protection and bolstering the much talked about “Bhagidari” scheme also find a place in his 10-point charter. “We needs to pay attention to issues of environment and climate change, promote energy efficiency and conservation besides managing and recycling waste,” he said. Streamlining and reforming issues of urban governance which are vital for the growth of the urban sector would be taken up in right earnest, he said.
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