The Union Panchayat and Rural Development Ministry has sanctioned Rs685 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) for Chhattisgarh. The amount is sanctioned as first installment for the fiscal 2015-16. The wages for unskilled labourers has been hiked to Rs159 per day. The officers of Panchayat and Rural Development Department revealed that earlier the wages for unskilled workers was fixed at Rs157 per day.
They said that labour budget for 1,234 lakh Mandays was sanctioned for the fiscal year April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to generate about 2.76 lakh job works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during next fiscal 2015-16. Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar while chairing a review meeting early this year was informed by officials that a detailed programme has been prepared for implementation of the scheme. About 2.80 crore man-days of work will be created for the scheme.
During the meeting, the Minister reviewed the programmes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Rural) , Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, MlA’s Model Village Yojana, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA), National Rural livelihood Mission and Indira Awaas Yojana and other schemes operated by the Department during the meeting. Chandrakar said apart from development works a ‘Cleanliness Campaign’ will also be launched in a big way. It is essential that the citizens should participate in the campaign, he said.
The officers of the Panchayat and Rural Development Department should co-operate with the rural populace and make it a success. Chhattisgarh should be made an ideal State in the entire nation, the Minister said. He urged the officers to observe the village environment , soil, water resources and the basic needs of the people to start developmental works.
Chandrakar said all the villages should have the basic facilities at par with cities by utilising the MP Model Village Scheme and MlA Model Village Scheme. All the villages should be developed on the pattern of Model Villages. The people’s participation should be ensured so that the villages become self-sufficient, he said.