Puducherry: Chief Minister V.Vaithilingam
has said a monitoring committee would be formed to supervise
the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (NREGS) in the Union Territory.
Rebutting the criticisms of the opposition during question
time in the Assembly today that there was no proper
implementation of the scheme, he said the scheme was covering
one member in a family by ensuring 100 days work to improve
the infrastructures in the rural areas.
There was also a proposal to increase the wages from
present Rs 80 to Rs 100 per day under the scheme.
N.Kalainathan (CPI) alleged that although as many as
76,951 persons had their names registered under the scheme
only 48,182 persons had benefitted through wage employment.
Local Administration Minister A Namassivayam said the
scheme was providing jobs without letup with the department
taking up specific projects. He told the House that ever since
the scheme was implemented in 2008 as much as Rs 8.34 crores
had been disbursed as wages.
-PTI
First Published: Friday, April 02, 2010, 00:03