Revenue Minister says he will follow a bottom-up development approachTransforming village offices, the common man’s connecting point to the Revenue Department, is at the top of the priority list of Kerala’s new Revenue Minister K. Rajan. But an array of issues await him/her at the village offices which still function with primitive facilities. Documents go missing, issue of certificates gets delayed and there are allegations of corruption too.”“Strengthening of the Revenue Department should start from the village offices. “When we discuss the Revenue Department, we consider only the officials from the Chief Secretary to District Collectors and tahsildars. COVID relief workIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic along with rain-related calamities, the Revenue Department is facing a huge challenge to coordinate relief works.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2021 09:20 UTC