Orissa, which has already ordered a CBI probe into allegations of rampant corruption in the rural jobs scheme, has also formed a group to monitor the scheme's working in the state, a senior official said Wednesday. S.K. Lohani, director of special project of the PANCHAYATI RAJ department, said the government would also examine the best practices being followed by other states in the execution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
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Hunger strike the Hazare way by Binita Jaiswal
Even as Indians across the nation and the world are drumming up support for Anna Hazare's hunger strike against corruption, a small farmer of Pahanga gram panchayat under Niali block has resorted to the same path to get justice. The 56-year-old farmer, Bhramara Ojha, sat on hunger strike outside the collector's office on Friday demanding payment of his due wages for work he did under the NREGA scheme. The farmer alleged...
More »Andhra to use NREGS funds for roads in SC/ST areas by Sreenivas Janyala
Andhra Pradesh will be the first state to use National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) funds to provide road connectivity and improve hygienic conditions in remote areas inhabited by Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people. Rural connectivity has now been included in the permissible category of works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). Following this, the state government decided to spend Rs 1,000 crore from NREGS funds to...
More »Census shows Punjab may no more be land of opportunities by Sanjay Sharma
The 2011 census strengthens fears that Punjab may no more be a land of opportunities, recording the lowest population growth among major north Indian states, at 1.3% per annum. Despite this, Punjab has been able to arrest total fertility rate at 1.91, down from 2, as per the national family health survey 2007. Yet, it may also show that Punjab is not attracting migrants, indicating trouble for both farm and industry sectors....
More »Spirited Resolve by Chander Suta Dogra
Sober Reflection * Invoking a clause in the PANCHAYATI RAJ Act, panchayats in Punjab are going dry * The resolutions have to be adopted by two-thirds majority at panchayat meetings * The excise department has had to shut down 32 liquor vends and relocate 15 of them * Liquor consumption is high in Punjab: per capita consumption is 12 bottles a year *** It's the state that gave the nation the Patiala...
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