It may be recalled that Rajasthan was a top NREGA performer in terms of implementation of the scheme for three consecutive years during the previous BJP government During the current financial year, the state government would receive Rs 9,525 crore, highest among the states, and has fixed a target of providing 100 day wages to 71.12 lakh families in the rural areas.

The onus is on the Congress government in Rajasthan to make NREGA leak-proof, as the Union minister was a major critic of implementation of the scheme under the BJP dispensation---

DR C P JOSHI, now Union minister for rural development and panchayat raj institutions, which is the

KAILASHAHAR, June 17: Tripura tea gardens are facing a shortage of labour with the expansion of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme in all four districts, thus absorbing about 20-22 per cent tea workers.

Hyderabad, June 17: A writ petition was filed in the AP High Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to declare a notification issued by the Centre fixing Rs 80 as minimum wage per day under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme illegal.

MUKESH RANJAN

Encouraged by the rich political dividend it reaped in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections from the social sector initiatives in the previous tenure, the UPA government is now trying to re-draw the flagship employment guarantee scheme under the NREGA by converging the entire gamut of

NARAYAN BARETH
FAGI, JAIPUR

As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work
under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts

Bidyut Roy

Priyadarshi Siddhanta

GANGTOK, June 9