Taking ahead its fight against corruption in schemes under MGNREGA, the Aruna Roy led Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyanhas begun work for bringing the glare of the Supreme Court and the Centre on cases of misappropriation in the state. The Abhiyan's move comes after alleged complacency by the state in handling these cases. And while the Abhiyan would be taking up the numerous cases where sarpanches have been found...
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Rural development ministry sticks to own draft on land
-The Business Standard The rural development ministry is unlikely to accept a proposal by the National Advisory Council (NAC) for a single Bill on land acquisition and relief and rehabilitation. At present, there are two bills — the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2009, and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009 — for the two processes. Officials say the government is committed to bringing in a legislation governing land acquisition in the monsoon...
More »Centre shifts NREGA focus, targets assets creation by Maulshree Seth
Five years after launching the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the UPA government is now shifting the focus from mere employment generation to creation of durable assets. With this focus, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has come out with the “MGNREGA works field manual”, which lays down “do’s and don’ts” for the states. The manual has been prepared by a team of experts headed by GN Sharma, who is consultant...
More »Sikkim excels in MGNREGS implementation
-Newsonair.com Notwithstanding its geographically small size and tiny population, Sikkim excels in implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. About three fourth of the one lakh rural households of the state have been provided with the job cards so far under the scheme, which kicked off in the state five years ago. The Nodal Officer for implementation of MGNREGS and Special Secretary in the State's Rural Management and Development...
More »State of land acquisition by Prasad Nichenametla
The West Bengal assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to return to some of the original owners their land in Singur, which had been acquired by the previous Left Front government for the Nano project. In doing so, chief minister Mamata Banerjee kept her pre-poll promise to the electorate, which gave her Trinamool Congress, a resounding majority in the elections. The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill cites “non-commissioning of the...
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