Mahatma Gandhi NREGA are not controlled single handedly

 NREGS account will be operated jointly

Funds meant for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA are not controlled single handedly by the sarpanches. Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Operational Guidelines provide that each Gram Panchayat will have a single bank account for the purpose of implementing NREGS works.

This NREGS account will be operated jointly by the President and the Secretary of the Gram Panchayat. This information was given by the Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri Pradeep Jain ‘Aditya’ in a written reply to a Parliament Question in the Lok Sabha today.

The house was also informed that in order to ensure scrupulous funds under the Act, the Ministry of Rural Development has taken the following steps:

(i) ICT based MIS to make data available to public scrutiny, inclusive of job cards, employment demanded and allocated, days worked, muster rolls, shelf of works, funds available/spent and fund to various implementing agencies, social audit findings, registering grievances and generating alerts for corrective action.

(ii) The progress of the implementation of the Act is regularly reviewed and monitors in Performance Review Committee meetings which are held on quarterly basis, State-specific reviews and visits by NLMs and Central Council members.

(iii) Vigilance & Monitoring Committee has been set up at State and District level.