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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Joshi: Punjab denying its poor their due by Amrita Chaudhry

Joshi: Punjab denying its poor their due by Amrita Chaudhry

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published Published on Sep 29, 2010   modified Modified on Sep 29, 2010


Flaying the Punjab government for its “poor performance in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) and other welfare schemes, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats P C Joshi said: “By doing so, the Punjab government is denying its poor their due.”

In Ludhiana to preside over a meeting of the district-level vigilance and monitoring committee, Joshi said: “Punjab fares even lower than my district, Bhilwara, in Rajasthan. The expenditure in my district under MNREGA is Rs 300 crore, while that of Punjab is lower. Expenditure of Rajasthan under MNREGA is Rs 6,000 crore. This is a demand-driven project and Punjab needs to get its act together.” Joshi is a Member of Parliament from Bhilwara.

The minister added: “This is the first meeting that I have attended in Punjab and from the feedback that I have got from the officers, it has come to my notice that the officials responsible for implementation of the MNREGA consider it a mere scheme and not a law. My advice to these people is to reorient themselves, for there is a provision of penalty for poor implementation of the Act.”

Joshi said he did not believe the demand for these jobs was low in Punjab. “Under MNREGA, there is a provision for marginal farmers to work on their own fields and get paid. Punjab also has a huge SC/ST population, not to forget the fact that the women workforce, too, can be employed under the Act. MNREGA has provided for seven to eight specialised tasks for women. Punjab can make use of such provisions.”


The Indian Express, 29 September, 2010, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/joshi-punjab-denying-its-poor-their-due/689676/


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