Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that MNREGA project should be made more effective and useful for labourers. They will earn more if their skills are improved through MNREGA. It will be a great contribution for welfare of common people. Chouhan was addressing a workshop on ‘MNREGA- achievements, challenges and opportunities’ here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, member of Union Planning Commission Mihir Shah lauded MNREGA implementation in the State saying that Madhya Pradesh has set norms for the scheme’s implementation, which are talked about in the entire country.
Chouhan said that MNREGA is a boon for the poor. Any difficulty arising in its implementation should be removed. Non-payment of wages within time-limit is the biggest challenge in the scheme. For this, ultra banking units and mobile banks have been arranged in Madhya Pradesh. Shortage of technical staff and disruption of fund release are also problems.
This scheme can change rural scenario of India. He said that budget should be presented monsoon so that funds are released in September and development works can be carried out from September to June. Due to presentation of budget in March, two-three months of work pass by
for maintenance of
accounts only.
Everyone has right over resources, which should be used only in accordance with requirement. MNREGA has been positively used in Madhya Pradesh. living standard of poor tribals have been improved through construction of Kapildhara wells in tribal districts like Jhabua, Alirajpur. About 2.50 lakh such wells have been constructed in the State.
Over 7.50 water structures have been constructed under Jalabhishek Abhiyan in Madhya Pradesh, due to which water level has increased
and environment
has improved.
Mihir Shah said that the norms for MNREGA implementation set by Madhya Pradesh are talked about in the entire country. This workshop has been organised to boost MNREGA implementation further. A commission
headed by him has also
been constituted by the Union Government to put forth
suggestions to further
improve MNREGA implementation.
He said that the committee had suggested flaxi fund in all the schemes and included 30 new works in MNREGA on States’ demand. Direct benefits have accrued by
converging agriculture
with MNREGA.