Himachal launches National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in remaining eight districts
Shimla: Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister today launched the National Rural Employment Guarantee Assurance Scheme (NREGA) in remaining eight districts of the State from gram panchayat Chamiana in Mashobra developmental block of district Shimla today.
Prof. Dhumal said that the State Government had decided to appoint 1,181 Gram Rojgar Prerak under the NREGA to create awareness amongst the people about the benefits of the scheme so that maximum people were brought under the fold of the scheme and hundred days assured employment provided to the job card holders. He said that each Gram Rojgar Prerak would look after three gram panchayats of the area thereby covering all 3,243 gram panchayats of the State. He said that 1,181 rural youth would get benefited with the employment in their respective areas. He added that the Takniki Sahayaks had been made joint signatory alongwith the Pradhan of the respective gram panchayat to assess and complete the codal formalities for clearance of payments for various developmental projects worth Rs. 1.5 lakh. He said that the service fee to Takniki Sahayaks had also been fixed at 2 percent for works upto Rs. 50,000 and 1.5 percent for projects valued between Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1.5 lakh. He said that the Government was committed to empower the gram panchayats with more powers so that they could function more effectively and independently for speedy development of their respective areas.
Chief Minister said that the State Government had decided to provide 50 percent reservation to the women in all the panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies with a view to provide them fair representation in the democratic system and to take benefit of their progressive attitude towards the speedy development of respective areas. He said that the earlier experience of providing 33 percent reservation to women in all such institutions had been successful and women had been contributing significantly towards the development and welfare of the people of the area they represented. He said that the budgetary provisions for the current financial year to Panchayati Raj Institutions had been enhanced from Rs. 87 crore during previous financial year to Rs. 121 crore, registering an increase of about 50 percent. He said that the State Government had also enhanced the honorarium of all the members of the Panchayati Raj Institutions soon after coming to power in the State.
He appealed to the representatives of the panchayati raj institutions and local urban bodies to educate people about the programme which aimed at providing employment to the rural people within the radius of five kilometers wherein women were eligible for additional benefits. He also appealed to the rural youth to take benefit of the scheme and get them registered by obtaining the job cards from the competent authorities. He directed the authorities responsible for implementation of the NREGA to work more dedicatedly and publicize the scheme amongst the people for its wider coverage so that every eligible person was brought under the fold of the programme.
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