The Centre on Tuesday unveiled the expanded version of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, allowing over 30 new permissible works, as productivity-enhancing activity. The gram panchayats alone have been empowered to decide on the priority of work to be taken up.
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who tabled in Parliament a copy of the new notification, and Planning Commission member Mihir Shah told reporters that the purpose was to give supremacy to meet the exigencies of the States, and the livelihood needs of the people in the rural areas.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/gram-panchayats-decide-work-priority-under-mgnrega
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drainage
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
