MALDA, 9 JULY: Mr Subrata Biswas, the NREGS commissioner for the implementation of the national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS), has stressed the importance of master roll verification, inspection and social audit.
Addressing the monthly meeting to review the NREGS performance report for Malda district yesterday, Mr Biswas asked the district officials, including the district magistrate, to keep a vigilant eye on master rolls prepared in this district, and to ensure that they are based on registered labourers, and are properly verified and inspected.
The commissioner instructed the district officials to update and upload all information on NREGS's website, under the union ministry of rural development, from both district and block levels.
The Malda district has started updating and uploading monthly progress reports on NREGS so that everybody can monitor the progress of the 100-days job programme through the website.
At yesterday's review meeting, the district administrative officials claimed that they have achieved 100 percent of the ‘labour budget target’ given by the state panchayat and rural development department.
The progress report revealed that the Malda district has been able to spend Rs 17.42 crore, out available of funds of Rs 29.39 crore, up to 30 June so far this year. The Malda district has secured third position in the performance league table measuring the implementation levels of the NREGS, from 1 April to 31 May 2009.
“We have sought more funds for NREGS from headquarters”, said Mr Tanay Deb Sarkar, district nodal officer for NREGS.
On 20 July, the NREGA state level officials will hold the next review meeting to judge the performance league table measuring implementation levels of the NREGS up to June 2009. ;SNS
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