About one thousand people of Bokakhat subdivision led by Golaghat district Krisak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has recently submitted a memorandum to the SDO (c) Bokakhat demanding the implementation of NREGA scheme in Bokakhat subdivision immediately as the Government had announced its implementation from the month of April 2008. The Samiti demanded job cards with its full guarantee period.

A public hearing on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) will be held at Chhattarpur in Palamau district, Jharkhand, on Monday. It is the concluding event of a two-week survey of NREGA in the area, initiated by a team of researchers from the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. It is an opportunity to present the survey findings to the public, hear testimonies and discuss follow-up action.

Over 5000 labourers owing allegiance to CPM Kalgachia and Titapani local committees staged a stir on May 15 last on the premises of Rupsoi development block, Kalgachia under Barpeta district protesting against alleged corruption and anomalies by the concerned officers and employees in accomplice with a section of brokers in the name of implementing the NREGA schemes in the block area.

To ensure transparency in implementation of rural development projects in north-eastern States, the Centre has asked the concerned State Governments to regularly submit reports to the Union Rural Development Ministry. Official sources said here today that the NE State governments were asked to develop mechanisms for ensuring timely verification of the work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and report it to the Ministry at frequent intervals.

In a bid to hit back at the chief ministers who have complained of inadequate funding for rural development projects, especially the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh released a report detailing funding for the last eight years. "I challenge any chief minister to stand up now and say that he didn't get money from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance)," he thundered.

Key points from the PM's detailed document listing the administrative and legislative measures taken to implement the NCMP. ...... | e-mail | one page format | feedback: send - read | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assessment of his government's implementation of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) is not a mere propaganda pamphlet. It is a detailed document listing the administrative and legislative measures taken to implement the NCMP. Here are some key points: Employment * National Employment Guarantee Act has been passed and is being implemented.

UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat And Bihar In Line Of Fire NREGA laggards could face an intrusive Centre as it emerges that a handful of states are pulling down the national average. Rural development ministry is contemplating "monthly monitoring' for Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar, after a performance review found that these states were falling short of their potential for job guarantee scheme. It would be an embarrassment for the four states as the RD ministry holds a quarterly NREGA monitoring for all. The officer-incharge from state comes for discussions with his

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The Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States of not properly implementing the Centrally-sponsored welfare schemes in their respective areas. Even the flagship programmes of the United Progressive Alliance government such as the Horticulture Mission, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) were ridden with corruption and mismanagement in BJP-ruled States, the party said.