Tashkent ( WNAM):President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on measures to enhance the work system in the context of mahallas.
In Uzbekistan, all socio-economic programs are implemented locally, based on the population’s needs. For this purpose, mahallas had many powers, organizational and financial opportunities. A “system of five” was created, consisting of the chairman of the mahalla, an assistant to the hokim, a women’s activist, a youth leader, and a prevention inspector.
At the same time, there are shortcomings in ensuring their coordinated work and a lot of duplication in their functions. Funds allocated for social support are sometimes used ineffectively. The last word in resolving issues of the low-income population remains with departments at the regional or republican level. There are no criteria for assessing the activities of mahalla workers. They spend most of their time filling out paperwork and holding meetings.
Such shortcomings were analyzed at the meeting, and new approaches to improving and increasing the system’s efficiency were defined.
Thus, from now on, a tax officer and a social worker will be added to the management team of mahallas, thus forming the “mahalla seven”.
More than 70 issues, such as registration of the needy population, financial assistance, subsidies, and loans, will be resolved collegiately in the mahalla itself without contacting district and regional departments. In addition, funds from employment, entrepreneurship, and home-based work will be allocated directly to each mahalla.(UzA)
