The State Government on Friday has put Rs 350 crore in MGNREGA workers account as wages. MGNREGA Commissioner Rajeshwari B informed that Rs 350 crore was pending in the wages of MNREGA workers of Jharkhand. Continuous efforts were being made for this by the State government. Jharkhand had not received the amount, however, the Central Government has released the sixteenth installment of this financial year. Rs 791 crore has been released in wages head and it has been directed that the amount due should be paid as soon as possible. The money was deposited in the accounts of all the labourers on Monday. The balance amount was paid on Monday.
The Central Government has increased the wages of MGNREGA workers from Rs 194 to Rs 198. After this, the Jharkhand government is paying Rs 27 more and a total of Rs 225 to the MGNREGA workers.
Meanwhile, Rural Development Secretary Manish Ranjan reviewed the schemes under MGNREGA on Friday. During the meeting DDCs, BDOs and BPOs and Project officers were present.
In the meeting, the works being done under the MGNREGA schemes were reviewed in detail by the MGNREGA commissioner, district wise. In the course of review, the DDCs of the districts making relatively less progress were directed by the MGNREGA Commissioner to expedite the work.
While reviewing the Birsa Green Village Scheme, MGNREGA Commissioner Rajeshwari B inquired in detail about the selection/approval of the beneficiaries under the scheme. In the meeting, information was given through presentation of the works done against the target set under Birsa Harit Gram Yojana. Discussions were held on the supply of saplings for plantation in the district and the present work progress. In the meeting, all the DDCs were instructed that the rainy season is favorable for plantation. Therefore, the target of plantation block wise / panchayat wise should definitely be fulfilled. He directed the poor performing districts to expedite the work.
He directed to improve the rejected account of MGNREGA workers through Rejected Transactions, PFMS without delay, geo-tagging of 100 per cent scheme and to create human beings by operating the scheme in the village as per the target. During this, he directed all the incomplete projects to be completed on priority basis. The MNREGA commissioner also gave necessary directions to all the DDCs regarding the rejected transactions.
Secretary, Rural Development Department, Manish Ranjan, directed the concerned officials of various schemes that proper monitoring/supervision of all the works being done on the ground is necessary.
He directed the senior officers and block development officers of all the blocks to continuously monitor all the active sites and the works being done under MGNREGA. He said that our main objective is to make these welfare schemes run for the benefit of the common people on the ground. For this, all the officers were instructed to make active efforts.