IEC Campaign Continues in Saikul, Kangchup Areas

THE third day of the “Sabse Door, Sabse Paas” Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Campaign was successfully conducted on Thursday in Saikul and Kangchup-Geljang Sub-Divisions, with two separate camps organised in each subdivision to reach remote villages of the district.

The IEC Jan Bhagidari Abhiyan is an awareness and outreach initiative focused mainly on tribal and remote areas, aimed at informing people about government welfare schemes and ensuring that eligible beneficiaries receive services through camps and grassroots-level activities.

The campaign includes awareness programmes on government schemes, village meetings, health screening and entitlement camps, Jan Sunwai grievance redressal sessions, and direct village-level interactions by officials and volunteers.

The awareness drive in Saikul and Kangchup-Geljang Sub-Divisions was supervised by Block Development Officers Shri Kaigoulal Kipgen, MCS, and Shri Hefajuddin, MCS, respectively. Under the programme, the Saikul block is set to cover seven villages through two camps, while the Kangchup-Geljang block will cover eight villages.

As part of the initiative, the Kangchup-Geljang Block Development Office organised a village-level camp at L. Hengjol under the “Jan Bhagidari – Sabse Door, Sabse Pehle” campaign. The event witnessed participation of around 100 villagers, including 70 males and 30 females, along with 20 government officials from six line departments, representatives of NGOs, SHGs and VDVKs, and village chiefs and headmen.

The camp focused on connecting remote communities with essential government services through awareness on eligibility criteria, beneficiary identification, assistance in form-filling, health screening, Jan Sunwai public grievance sessions and village-level discussions.

Departments participating in the outreach included Horticulture, Fishery, RD&PR, Health, Agriculture, and CAF&PD.

Officials stated that following the successful completion of the programme, photographs and video documentation were uploaded to the AdiPrasaran Portal, and the final event report was submitted to the SPOC (SPMU) TA & Hills.

The campaign covers 25 policy interventions under 17 Central ministries through the PM DASGVA framework, along with 11 additional targeted interventions from nine ministries under the PM JANMAN scheme.