The Central Government will crown Chhattisgarh with three national awards on the establishment day of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), on February 2, at a function organised at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, informed in an official statement issued here on Wednesday.
One of the awards has been declared for the State, whereas, the other two are for Rajnandgaon district and village panchayat Kharthuli in Balod district. Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh congratulated people of the State for these achievements. He also praised the villagers of Rajnandgaon district and the residents of Kharthuli village panchayat.
Panchayat and Rural Development minister Ajay Chandrakar has also congratulated people of the State for the three significant achievements. Officers of MNREGA Council here on Wednesday said that in the State-level convergence category Chhattisgarh has bagged first prize for permanent livelihood through convergence. For excellent work under this scheme, the national award for the year 2012-13 has been declared for village panchayat Kharthuli of Balod district.
They said that among the nine districts selected for the district-level national award, Rajnandgaon district and among the 11 village panchayats selected for the village panchayat level national award, village panchayat Kharthuli in Balod district of Chhattisgarh have been included. These national awards for the year 2012-13 are being given to Chhattisgarh for providing 12.10 lakh mandays’ employment to villagers and for creating job opportunity in villages with the Rs 2,232 crore fund of MNREGA and schemes other development departments.
According to the officers, village panchayat Kharthuli has been selected for this award for the year 2012-13 for the work done for awareness of MNREGA scheme, implementation of various categories of works, especially for land improvement work and efforts for making payment of wages through bank etc.