Uttarakhand was allocated Rs1,100 crore under Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) by the Union Government for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 while State had received mere Rs1,595 crore in between 2000-11. This was disclosed in a review meeting of Rural Development Department led by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at Secretariat on Tuesday.
During the review meeting, Chief Minister Bahuguna was apprised about the work completed or being executed by the Rural Development department. The Chief Minister directed their officials that there should be a strong and efficient system for resolving complaints related to MNREGS. Every department should be given targets for development work under MNREGS.
In the first week of June, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh proposes to hold a meeting in Dehradun and the Chief Minister reviewed PMGSY, Indira Aawaas Yojana, MNREGS and other schemes before this meeting. In 2012-13, the Central Government approved Rs471 crore for PMGSY. A DPR of Rs335 crore has been sent to the Centre and another DPR of Rs296 crore will soon be sent to the centre.
In these two years, the State Government has sent several proposals and been able to get more approvals from the Centre. Bahuguna categorically said that every department should be given targets for development work under MNREGS and the Chief Secretary should review this every month. An action plan for this should be made by every department.
A comparative chart showing wages given by various States under MNREGS should also be prepared. During meeting it was revealed that in Uttarakhand, the daily wages under MNREGS were Rs125 last year which have been raised to Rs142 this year. In 2012-13, 10.44 lakh job cards have been issued. Hundred per cent employment under MNREGA has been given. In 2011-12, 90.17 per cent of the amount provided under MNREGS was spent, in 2012-13, 105 per cent was spent. In 2012-13, 7,445 social audits were done. E-Master Rolls in Almora and Nainital have been completed while in other districts, work on this is going on.