In Jharkhand 15 districts have not performed well in MGNREGA scheme and Hazaribagh district is one of them. It was stated by Rural Development Minister KN Tripathi.
Tripathi said that the State Government has decided to felicitate the DCs and DDCs of the districts, who have performed well in MGNREGA and in this category Deoghar and Giridih districts are included. He also said that those who will not perform well will be punished.Talking about the MGNREGA scheme he said, “During last fiscal year, we failed to utilize Rs900 crore that is why this year Government of India has reduced the budget to Rs1,600 crore.”
He said the State Government have demanded to double the labour budget and to increase the MGNREGA budget of the State to Rs3000 crore from the Centre and in the meantime we have increased it to a minimum of Rs177 in the State.
He said that keeping in view the increased labour budget the State Government has demanded fresh proposals from the districts but 15 districts have not submitted it yet in which Hazaribagh district is also included and it simply means that the officers and staffs are not interested in doing their jobs. He accepted that it is a sign of lack of work culture and said that the present Government is keen to change the situation.
Tripathi said that he had given a fresh time bar of June 5 to these districts and have instructed the authorities to complete the work within it and if needed open the office till late night for completion of new proposal.Talking about the MGNREGA works, the Minister cleared that till June 30 the works taken will go on and then those works will be taken which will be possible to be completed in rainy season. After rainy season the rest of works will be completed.
KN Tripathi sat with the officers last evening and tried to know about the difficulties at ground level which creates hurdle in completion of work at time and what help the officers expect from the state government in completing the projects in time.