I recently wrote in this column about two cases where individual efforts to fight corruption and inefficient system brought results. Alas, it is fraught with difficulties and sometimes danger. Manjulaben Vaghela lives in Pardhol village in Dascroi taluka. She for past four years has been trying to get an electricity connection for her chhapra. Starting with the GEB, she has appealed to everyone concerned including the CM's secretariat. This has caused her...
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National Rural Employment Scheme default: 605 Gram panchayats face action
-The Times of India AMRAVATI: Divisional commissioner Ganesh Thakur on Saturday said that over 605 Gram panchayats (GPs) in Amravati division will face the music for apathy in implementation of the National Rural Employment Scheme (NREGS). Buldhana district 'topped' in the division with 285 Gram panchayats dodging NREGS work. Thakur said that the administration had spent around Rs 39 crore on NREGS in five districts of the division in 2010-2011 while Rs...
More »Irregularities alleged in MNREGA works in Seege Gram Panchayat-Sathish GT
Job card holders say they did not get wages Residents of villages in Seege Gram Panchayat in Hassan taluk alleged at a social audit meet here on Saturday that there were irregularities in the implementation of schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The Bangalore-based Association for Social Transparency, Rights and Action (ASTRA), a non-governmental organisation, conducted the audit, and employees from the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat...
More »After NREGA, CAG to conduct audit of Indira Awas Yojna
-The Economic Times The rural development ministry has deepened its engagement with the Comptroller and Auditor-General. After the performance audit of NREGA, CAG will take up an audit of the Indira Awas Yojna. The audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme which has an annual budget of 40,000 crore covers the period between 2007 and 2011. Rural development minister Jairam Rameshwill submit the report this winter session. "Every year, CAG...
More »Foodgrains scam: CBI searches 12 locations
-The Hindu Sleuths from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches in 12 locations in Lucknow district on Saturday in connection with the multi-crore foodgrains scam in Uttar Pradesh. The scam relates to sale of wheat and rice — meant for distribution to the poor — in the black market from 2002 to 2007, and was estimated to be of the order of around Rs. 35,000 crore. The locations included those in...
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