DIBRUGARH, Nov12

NEW DELHI

At a time when the United Progressive Alliance government is boasting the success of its flagship rural employment programme NREGA and readying itself to reap electoral benefits out of it, the apex audit body, CAG, has rapped up both the Centre and the state governments for poor implementation of the scheme in rural areas.

NEW DELHI: In view of the growing popularity of the employment scheme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Centre has increased the allocation for the scheme by a whopping Rs. 10,500 crore for the current financial year.

An amount of Rs 350 crore has been spent till date on the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) schemes in the State. Schemes under the NREGA have been implemented in all the 27 districts of the State.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the States to put in place a mechanism to rigorously evaluate the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

He was speaking at a function on

Agartala, Sept 30: Tea gardens in Tripura are facing shortage of labourers following the expansion of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme in all four districts of the State.