Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi lauded the progress made under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA and said it is a reflection of Government’s commitment to the rural poor. Sonia Gandhi said that this is the time to have a proper review of the flag ship programme so that we can further strengthen it.
The Congress President said the act has given a chance to the Aam Aadmi to articulate his needs, negotiate his rights, seek employment at his own will and live a life of self-respect and dignity. It helped to empower the poor in the villages and also could provide a feeling of social security. Sonia Gandhi also expressed happiness for the fact that the major beneficiaries of this scheme were women.
Sonia Gandhi added that the policy by the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre has given a chance to the poor people in the villages to empower themselves. The policy gave aam aadmi to articulate his needs, negotiate his rights, seek employment at his own will and live a life of self-respect and dignity, said Sonia Gandhi. It helped to empower the poor in the villages and also could provide a feeling of social security. Sonia Gandhi also expressed happiness for the fact that the major beneficiaries of this scheme were women.
The Congress President also expressed her concerns over some of the short comings reported, in the implementation of the Congress-led UPA’s flagship programme Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. She cited delays in wage payments, less wage payments, less coverage, bogus job cards, lack of receipts of acknowledgments, diversion of funds etc. as some of the challenges in the implementation of the program. It is expected that the deliberations and the sharing of experiences by the practitioners and implementing agencies would go a long way in consolidating the gains made under the Scheme so far and in the process reaching out more effectively to the aam aadmi.
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