New Delhi: State governments are required
to pay more attention to the disposal of complaints, execution
of works and carrying out of social audit under NREGA, Lok
Sabha was informed on Monday.
"There are no pre-determined targets under NREGA
because it is demand based. Employment is provided to a job
card holding household when it demands work. Demand for work
varies from state to state and also from district to district
within states.
"However, states need to pay more attention to disposal
of complaints, execution of works, audit and timely
reporting," Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said in
written reply to a question in the Lower House.
He was asked whether certain state governments have
been lagging behind in the implementation of schemes under the
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
To a question about the corrective measures taken by
the government for smooth implementation of the scheme, Joshi
informed the House that permissible administrative expenditure
limit has been enhanced from four to six per cent for
deployment of dedicated staff for NREGA, strengthening of
management and administrative support structures for social
audit and grievance redressal.
Payment through institutional accounts of NREGA
workers has been made mandatory to infuse transparency in wage
disbursement, Joshi said.
Instructions have been issued to all the state
governments for appointing ombudsmen at district level for
grievance redressal in a time bound manner, he added.
PTI
