SRINAGAR, JULY 20: Stressing the
importance to bring transparency and accountability in the implementation of
the MGNREGA scheme, the Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj,
Sheetal Nanda today directed the recently-appointed Ombudsmen to redress all
genuine grievances related to MGNREGA works at the district level.
Nanda asked the
Social Audit Resource persons to create awareness among the people so that
quality work can be maintained as per the guidelines.
These instructions
were issued in a meeting held at Directorate Rural Development, Lal Mandi with
Ombudsmen and Social Audit Resource Persons.
Chairing the
meeting, Nanda said that the beneficiaries should know their complete rights
and provisions of the MGNREGA scheme so that they can avail all the benefits of
the scheme.
She reiterated that
MGNREGA provides livelihood across rural India including the rural areas of
Jammu and Kashmir. She said more and more awareness needs to be created about
the rights and provisions of the scheme so that more employment is generated
among the rural poor.
She added that the
beneficiaries should demand work by themselves for which awareness is a
prerequisite. She further said that people should know the kind of work that
are being construction, the quality of works and whether those are beneficial
to general public or not.
She directed the
Ombudsmen to start hearing the grievances so that complainants can visit them
and get their grievances redressed.
She further
directed that the Good Governance initiatives of the Department should be
visible on the ground level.
The Rural
Development Department has engaged 11 Ombudsmen in 22 Districts of Jammu and
Kashmir for the redressal of MGNREGA related grievances and has a force of 16
District Resource Persons in its Social Audit Society
The meeting was attended by Director Rural Development, Kashmir, Qazi
Sarwar, Additional Secretary to Government, Department of Rural Development,
Rakesh Badyal and Ombudsmen and the Social Audit Unit Officials.
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