Panchayats to monitor NREGA functioning
The UPA government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is set to get even bigger with the rural development ministry announcing plans to set up a panchayat-level implementation and monitoring centre.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: The UPA government���s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is set to get even bigger with the rural development ministry announcing plans to set up a panchayat-level implementation and monitoring centre ��� named Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendras ��� for the scheme in all 2.52 lakh gram panchayats of the country over the next 3 years. The announcement came on the 65th birth anniversary of the late prime minister on Thursday.
The centers will have lok sevaks who will be involved with the monitoring of the NREGA. Rural development and panchayati raj minister CP Joshi, speaking at a workshop on NREGA held in the Capital said: ���So many ideas are being formulated and plans made for implementation of NREGA, but panchayats, which are implementing it, have no proper place to do so. We will be setting up Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras in all 2.5 lakh panchayats of the country in the next three years. These would act as mini-secretariats for NREGA's implementation.���
���The Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendra shall be a single window for providing the information on the NREGS and shall provide feedback on the quality of implementation,��� panchayati raj ministry statement said.
Meanwhile, the department of posts has started keeping an online record of receipt and payment of wages are given to labourers under the National Rural Job Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The online tracking system of wages will ensure that the money allocated under the scheme is paid on time, said a government official, who did not wish to be identified.
The centers will have lok sevaks who will be involved with the monitoring of the NREGA. Rural development and panchayati raj minister CP Joshi, speaking at a workshop on NREGA held in the Capital said: ���So many ideas are being formulated and plans made for implementation of NREGA, but panchayats, which are implementing it, have no proper place to do so. We will be setting up Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras in all 2.5 lakh panchayats of the country in the next three years. These would act as mini-secretariats for NREGA's implementation.���
���The Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendra shall be a single window for providing the information on the NREGS and shall provide feedback on the quality of implementation,��� panchayati raj ministry statement said.
Meanwhile, the department of posts has started keeping an online record of receipt and payment of wages are given to labourers under the National Rural Job Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The online tracking system of wages will ensure that the money allocated under the scheme is paid on time, said a government official, who did not wish to be identified.
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