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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Works unfinished, Centre orders trail of NREGS funds by Ravish Tiwari

Works unfinished, Centre orders trail of NREGS funds by Ravish Tiwari

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published Published on Feb 13, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 13, 2011
Five years and Rs 75,000 crore later, the Centre has asked states to start a physical trail of expenses incurred under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

The move comes after the government found out that less than 5 per cent of the total 68.6 lakh works taken up to provide jobs to rural unemployed has been completed to date in the current fiscal.

Even cumulatively, since its inception in 2006, over 50 per cent of the works undertaken under NREGS has not been completed to date.

The low completion rate is alarming given that government records claim that around 880 crore man days of employment have been generated under the scheme till now.

According to Rural Development Ministry statistics, only 3.18 lakh works have been completed till December — around 4.6 per cent.

The Central government issued a stern directive to all state governments late last month, laying down five broad principles to ensure “strict compliance” regarding completion of works.

It asked states to set a “time-frame for completion” at the time of sanction and constitute a “local vigilance and monitoring committee” for each project. The Centre asked the state governments to record “reasons” for delay, if any, in the monthly progress report.

“Topmost priority” will have to be accorded to pending works before taking up new projects under the scheme.

States have also been asked to provide the status of ongoing works with “detailed justification” and “remedial measures” to complete them while seeking labour budgets.

“Non-compliance will be viewed seriously. You are accordingly requested to take necessary action and inform the progress made in completing the unfinished works from time to time,” the Ministry letter says.

The directive was necessitated by the fact that the state governments have been taking up new projects every year despite the low completion rate.

The number of projects rose sharply ever since the scheme was extended to the entire country in 2008-09.

In 2008-09, 27.75 lakh projects were being implemented. The number rose to 68.6 lakh in the current fiscal — a 150 per cent jump.

The Indian Express, 10 February, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/works-unfinished-centre-orders-trail-of-nregs-funds/748281/0


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