MGNREGA exploited, will go ahead with tweak, says govt
18 Oct 2014 4:22 AM IST
Amid opposition in several quarters to its plan to tweak the rural job scheme, NDA government on Thursday asserted that it would go ahead with MGNREGA reforms as it charged that the flagship programme of the previous UPA regime ‘was allowed to be exploited for purely partisan purposes’.
‘Tendencies of acquiring easy money and using government funds for political party promotion could be curbed only when a spirited team of genuine and unbiased individuals is asked to look into the question of reforming MNREGA,’ the government said. Citing various studies and excerpts of CAG reports on MGNREGA, it added, ‘What is urgently required is a thorough review of the scheme by independent organisations and individuals, essentially those who so far have never been involved with Ministry of Rural Development schemes.’
A note prepared by the Nitin Gadkari-led MoRD said, ‘Unless an extremely likely network of interests is not broken, the real picture will not emerge. Excerpts of CAG reports and critical studies, including those done during the UPA regime and presented at a conference called by the that government are an eye opener. These reports rarely find mention in MoRD documents.’
‘Tendencies of acquiring easy money and using government funds for political party promotion could be curbed only when a spirited team of genuine and unbiased individuals is asked to look into the question of reforming MNREGA,’ the government said. Citing various studies and excerpts of CAG reports on MGNREGA, it added, ‘What is urgently required is a thorough review of the scheme by independent organisations and individuals, essentially those who so far have never been involved with Ministry of Rural Development schemes.’
A note prepared by the Nitin Gadkari-led MoRD said, ‘Unless an extremely likely network of interests is not broken, the real picture will not emerge. Excerpts of CAG reports and critical studies, including those done during the UPA regime and presented at a conference called by the that government are an eye opener. These reports rarely find mention in MoRD documents.’
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