In a review meeting of rural development projects at Project Bhawan, Advisor to Governor, Madhukar Gupta insisted on the monitoring of payments made for works done under MGNREGA. He asked the departments to assess the situation on the ground in addition to the information obtained through MIS.
Gupta also insisted on the evaluation of MNREGA works done by Rural Development, Water Resources, Agriculture departments at the Panchayat level and said self-help organisations can be roped in as facilitator for the work.
While instructing on framing a detailed working plan on the convergence between different departments involved in MNREGA, Gupta asked the officials to include representative of self-help groups in the workshop that will be organised for the purpose.
Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department R.S.Poddar; Secretary, Water Resources Department, S.K.Sathpathy; Secretary, Agriculutre, A.K.Singh and MNREGA Commissioner Arun and other officials were also present in the meeting.