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NREGA results discouraging in Valley 11/7/2014 11:38:19 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari Early Times Report KUPWARA, Nov 7: The results of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme are discouraging as there is low level of awareness about the provisions of NREGA and how to demand work under this scheme. People of Kupwara district in north Kashmir said the wages under the scheme were lower than the rates of wages which they get locally. People from scores of villages of Kupwara district have not been provided job cards, whereas the fact is that even the people who were aware of NREGA schemes have secured job cards but they don't make demand for the work due to various reasons. Early Times have learnt from credible sources that the people who need work and had made demands for work under the scheme haven't been provided work within a period of 21 days as guaranteed under NREGA. The minimum wages of Rs 120 per day prescribed by the state government under the prevailing scheme are very low as compared to the prevailing local wage rates in the state, sources said. Sources said NREGA in the state hasn't been able to provide employment during the winters which is off season of employment for daily wage workers. A daily wager from Kupwara town, Ghulam Hassan Khan, who works under NREGA scheme, told Early Times that the coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir should take further steps to ensure that the wages are strictly paid on time, as prescribed under NREGA, work is provided on demand and within the time frame. The state government should strictly make it mandatory for each Village Level Worker (VLW) to organize the meeting of the village community once in two months for formulating plans and their implementation under the scheme in the district, Khan suggested. Another daily wager, Habibullha Ganie said that the State government must institutionalize the social audit under NREGA and for other schemes. Though it becomes necessary for the state government to look into the problems of far flung areas and the schemes which are being run so that problems could be addressed on time, he said. Sources said the Government of India has already notified that NREGA funds can also be used for land development activities of various categories like Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), residents of Backward Areas (RBA) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) people.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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