Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought changes in the MGNREGA to help create permanent assets in rural areas and bring about speedy development.
During his meeting with Modi in Parliament House, Chouhan urged him to change the ratio of labour to material under the scheme from the current 60:40 to 50:50 and help create permanent assets in villages. After meeting the PM, Chouhan met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and raised the demands with him also.
“For MGNREGA to help create permanent assets, it is necessary that the current ratio be changed. This can change the face of rural India,” he told an agency, adding that the changes proposed by him can help create assets like schools, Anganwadis and buildings in villages as funds were being wasted currently.
“A lot of money is wasted under the current scheme and no permanent assets are created. We don’t have bhawans, culverts, infrastructure. By changing the ratio under MGNREGA, we can help create such assets,” the CM added.