-Outlook Aiming to address concerns over MNREGA implementation and stop leakages of funds, government has formulated a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to streamline the redressal process, including timelines for both the Centre and states to disposal of complaints. The SOPs have been implemented with immediate effect and has been shared with the concerned department of all the state governments, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here today. "This is the second...
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Much more than a survival scheme -Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey
-The Hindu An anthology of independent evaluations of MGNREGA shows that it has provided income security, improved health, narrowed the gender gap and created useful assets In the midst of the debates that prevail in this country over the feasibility of the world’s largest public works programme, the MGNREGA Sameeksha — an anthology of independent research studies and analysis on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, from 2006-2012 — is...
More »34% increase in deposits at rural banks-Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: If deposits in banks are indicative of prosperity of a region, Jharkhand villages have been blazing quite a trail over the past couple of years. The volume of money deposited with rural bank branches witnessed a whopping 34% increase over the last fiscal as against increase of mere 19% in the urban bank branches. With emphasis on financial inclusion, linking MGNREGA wages with bank accounts and...
More »Six sent to jail for embezzling rural job scheme funds
-Deccan Herald First conviction in Rajasthan for MGNREGS anomalies In the first ever conviction in the state for fudging MGNREGA works, a lower court in Beawar in Ajmer has sentenced four persons to seven years in jail with a fine of Rs 50,000 each and two others for three years with a fine of Rs 10,000 each. These persons were accused of anomalies of about Rs 1.41 crore in the operation of Mahatma Gandhi...
More »Rural Development Ministry proposes plan to assess effectiveness of welfare schemes
-The Economic Times It was in the mid-eighties that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi said if the Centre released a rupee for the poor, only 15 paisa reached them. Decades later, not much has changed. With leakages, delays, and uneven implementation of welfare schemes like NREGA, blunting benefits to the poor, the rural development ministry is proposing to put in place a system to assess the effectiveness of the schemes even...
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