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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGS: Activists demand action on anomalies

NREGS: Activists demand action on anomalies

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published Published on Oct 6, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 6, 2010


Activists at the ongoing mazdoor satyagraha near the Statue Circle here have demanded that the government first initiate action on complaints of anomalies which emerged during the audit of NREGS in the state and thereby set an example of a transparent system before discussing about the virtues of the rural employment scheme at the collectors’ conference here.

They handed over a letter to chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday, pointing out at the lack of action by the government on numerous cases of anomalies. The letter was an outcome of a daylong scrutiny of various audit papers of NREGS at the camp site by the activists.

“The recent special audit of work under MGNREGS in 31 panchayats have thrown up evasion of Rs 28 crore as VAT but till date no action has been initiated by the government to recover it. Atleast 10 FIRs were proposed against various people but so far only five have been lodged. Similarly, 28 of these sarpanches were to be declared unfit while a sum of Rs 5.58 crore was tobe recovered from them but nothing much has happened in any of the cases. Just Rs 80.15 lakh has been received. So, where is the governmentfollowing an answerable system which it is urging its bureaucrats to follow,” asked Nikhil Dey, an activist.
    
The memorandum to Gehlot also points out at the special audits in two gram panchayats — Sapotara in Karauli and Soniyana in Chittorgarh -- by the collectors.

So far, no money has been recovered nor any action been initiated against the sarpanches there. In a report by the district collector of Ajmer on the NREGS auditof the gram panchayat of ‘Malanton Ki Weir,’ the anomalies detected were only to the tune of Rs 57,000 whereas the state audit revealed anomalies of Rs 1.31 crore. Still, no action has been initiated against the erring official.

“The government is always quick on pouncing on non-government persons whenever it finds thereason but it seldom acts against government officials. There were manycollectors and other officials who were found to be involved in gross anomalies in the purchase of computers with NREGA money but even after ayear nothing has been done against them,” Dey said.

He also alleged that the audit process of NREGA done in August this year was merely an eyewash as all the proceedings were passed by the gram sabha even after there was no quorum for the meeting. “Even members of the audit team were not present when the entire proceedings was passed. Therefore, the government should first ensure that it follows the way to a transparent rule and then ask its people to tread that way,” Dey added.


The Times of India, 6 October, 2010, http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIJ/2010/10/06&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00201&ViewMode


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