More than Rs488.91 crore has been sanctioned for creation of 129.32 lakh ‘person days’ in Haryana under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the financial year 2013-14.
While presiding over the third meeting of Haryana State Employment Guarantee Council Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda directed all the Divisional Commissioners that all the districts should submit district wise report of five year perspective plan under MGNREGS within a month.
The said report should be submitted by July 10, 2013. So far seven districts namely Faridabad, Hisar, Jind,
Jhajjar, Narnaul, Panipat and Rohtak had submitted the perspective plan.
Hooda also sought details of works being carried out in each village under the scheme. He also asked them to hold the meeting of Task Force for Convergence twice in a month so that maximum funds under MGNREGS could be utilised.
He also directed for creation of person days worth Rs20 crore for Forest Department under MGNREGS and take up plantation work.
The Chief Minister also instructed that the construction work of Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendra in all blocks and Gram Panchayats should be
completed by November 1 this year.
Hooda directed that the booklet published on MGNREGS should be sent to all departments, especially in Engineering Department in the State.
It was informed in the meeting that so far over Rs1254.20 crore had been spent under the scheme in the state and 500.38 lakh person days were generated in the rural areas. Also, 40,342 development works have been completed. Out of the total, 40 per cent person days were generated for women workers during year 2012-13.