Madhya Pradesh high court has asked Jabalpur Collector why investigation was not done on the accused of MNREGA amount allotted scam. A bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice KK Trivedi while hearing a PIL has issued notice and asked answers from Divisional Commissioner, Collector, SDM Churhat, EOW SP, District CEO and District Panchayat and Sirpanch Kuldeep Shukla. Petitioner Balendra Chaturvedi said that Village Panchayat Bhipri Sirpanch Kuldeep Shukla has bungled of about Rs. 70 lakh in MGNREGA and Total Sanitation Campaign. It was accused in the petition that such schemes were not implemented in the Village Panchayat but amount was annexed. Collector and EOW SP were also given complaints about it. SDM started the investigation under Section 40 but did not take any action. Petition requested to perform independent investigation of the scam and take strict action against the guilty. Advocate KP Singh was defending on behalf of the petitioner.
MNREGA providing 100 days of work to only 2 families in Balrampur
MNREGA providing 100 days of work to only 2 families in Balrampur
MNREGA which provides legal guarantee of at least 100 days of work has failed to achieve its mission. NREGA could not provide 100 days of work to even two families in the Rehra Bazar Vikas Khand in Balrampur. Here only 146 families have got 100 days of work under NREGA. Out of 72 village panchayats in Rehra Vikas Khand, there are 13574 job card holder families including 1623 SC, and 27 ST families. Out of these there are 3804 women whose percentage is 21.56. After spending Rs. 3.93 crore 100 days of employment could be provided to only 146 families from these 72 village panchayats. Great recession has been seen in MNREGA works after implementation of Electronic Fund Management System (EFMS) in the last quarter of fiscal year 2013-14. Vikas Khand which spent Rs. 3.87 crore in the first three quarters could not spend even Rs. 6 lakh in its final quarter. 100 days of employment was provided to 146 families from 29 village panchayats while 100 days of employment was not provided to even single person in 43 village panchayats.