To ensure transparency in implementation of rural development projects in north-eastern States, the Centre has asked the concerned State Governments to regularly submit reports to the Union Rural Development Ministry.
Official sources said here today that the NE State governments were asked to develop mechanisms for ensuring timely verification of the work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and report it to the Ministry at frequent intervals.
The latest communiqué of the Rural Development Ministry stated that at least two per cent of the allocated work should be verified at the state level while 10 per cent is to be verified at district level and 100 per cent at the block level and subsequently, the report should be forwarded to the ministry before releasing more funds to the executing authority.
The ministry also warned that besides stopping the funds to the particular project, initiated under NREGA, strict action would be taken against defaulters while the states had also been asked to effectively operationalise Gram Sabha for selection of the work and social audit, it stated.
Officials said recently Union Minister for Rural Development Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had reviewed the NREGA programme and reiterated that five-pronged strategies of awareness generation, people’s participation, transparency, accountability and strict vigilance and monitoring must be followed by all the stakeholders.
He also advised the States to ensure the optimal use of durable assets created in the process and said the water conservation work under the NREGA should get top priority so that the country could meet the challenge of water scarcity.
He cautioned the States to take measures to protect the interest of farmers by identifying the lean season and also to have reasonable minimum wage rates.
He also asked all States to ensure that in 2008-09, every willing rural household should get 100 days of guaranteed work and it should be ensured that there was no migration of labour in distress.
However, the officials underlined that the Ministry had made it clear that the states had to compulsorily operationalize the Management Information System (MIS), which would register the flow of funds from mid-current year.
The ministry also decided to promote IT applications for NREGA solutions while calling upon the States to ensure an environment of “zero tolerance towards corruption” in the implementation of NREGA, the officials added.
Official sources said here today that the NE State governments were asked to develop mechanisms for ensuring timely verification of the work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and report it to the Ministry at frequent intervals.
The latest communiqué of the Rural Development Ministry stated that at least two per cent of the allocated work should be verified at the state level while 10 per cent is to be verified at district level and 100 per cent at the block level and subsequently, the report should be forwarded to the ministry before releasing more funds to the executing authority.
The ministry also warned that besides stopping the funds to the particular project, initiated under NREGA, strict action would be taken against defaulters while the states had also been asked to effectively operationalise Gram Sabha for selection of the work and social audit, it stated.
Officials said recently Union Minister for Rural Development Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had reviewed the NREGA programme and reiterated that five-pronged strategies of awareness generation, people’s participation, transparency, accountability and strict vigilance and monitoring must be followed by all the stakeholders.
He also advised the States to ensure the optimal use of durable assets created in the process and said the water conservation work under the NREGA should get top priority so that the country could meet the challenge of water scarcity.
He cautioned the States to take measures to protect the interest of farmers by identifying the lean season and also to have reasonable minimum wage rates.
He also asked all States to ensure that in 2008-09, every willing rural household should get 100 days of guaranteed work and it should be ensured that there was no migration of labour in distress.
However, the officials underlined that the Ministry had made it clear that the states had to compulsorily operationalize the Management Information System (MIS), which would register the flow of funds from mid-current year.
The ministry also decided to promote IT applications for NREGA solutions while calling upon the States to ensure an environment of “zero tolerance towards corruption” in the implementation of NREGA, the officials added.
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