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RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CALLS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NREGA IN 13 STATES
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| RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CALLS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NREGA IN 13 STATES |
| 09.15.06 (7:46 pm) [edit] |
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The Minister for Rural Development, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has called upon the states with slow implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to improve upon its performance. Accordingly, the Ministry has released Rs.205 lakh to these states for imparting training to NREG’s functionaries. The pace of utilization has been found below average in 13 states during the review of implementation of NREG’s by the Minister. These states are Assam (18%), Bihar (12.79%), Gujarat (26%), Haryana (26%), Himachal Pradesh (12%), Jharkhand (22%), Karnataka (23%), Mizoram (7%), Nagaland (21%), Tamil Nadu (5%), Uttaranchal (13%), Uttar Pradesh (18%), West Bengal (14%).
The expenditure on NREGA in all states so far has been 30.94% as against a total availability of Rs.6048.70 crore. Of this, the States had an opening balance of Rs.1504.50 Cr. in the beginning of this year while Rs. 4544.20 Crore has been released this year.So far, 3.41 crore families have applied for registration and 2.66 crore job cards have been issued. 100.35 lakh families have demanded employment and 96.48 lakh have been provided with employment. Under the programme so far, 27 lakh mandays have been generated. Out of which, the turnout of women have been 42%. Out of the total labourers, SC beneficiaries are 23% and ST beneficiaries are 43%.
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