When per
day wage under MNREGS is fixed at Rs. 133, then how people are getting
salaries ranging from Rs. 0.001 to Rs. 35 ? Where all other money has
gone ? Will Rajasthan Government stop this corruption ? - Editor
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Rajasthan : At Chenpura
village in Dudu district, Ghisi Devi, Lad Kanvar, Sannu Kanvar and
several others toiled to make a gravel road from May 5 to July 3 last
year. After 12 working days, they earned Rs.28, a dismal Rs.2
per day under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme. In neighbouring Sakhun, Shrirampura, Gagardu and Gangati
villages, wages from Re 1 to Rs.15
per day were handed out for various works under the scheme. This was
revealed by the mustrolls listed in the official website of the Ministry
of Rural Development.
The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, a
Rajsamand based-NGO, has submitted mustrolls of four districts in the
state where similar dismal payments were made.
In Didwana, Ajmer district, 111 workers were paid Rs.35 per day for a 'patwari nadi khudai' while in Godali in Udaipur 60 workers got Rs.25 per day for working on a road. In Shyopura, Churu district, 120 people worked for Rs.29 per day. The most bizarre case was at Ajagara in Ajmer where 119 workers constructed a road for Re 0.001.
The NGO has written to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh pointing out the abnormally low wages.
In Rajasthan, the per day MNREGS wage is fixed at Rs.133, slated to go up to Rs.149
from April 1. Activists have time and again pointed out irregularities
in the wages and an official notice was sent out to officials by
Additional Chief Secretary, rural development, C S Rajan in August 2010.
Chief Secretary C K Mathew told The
Indian Express, "In Dudu, it was found that workers were illegally using
machinery; therefore the payment became very small. The mustrolls where
irregularities have been pointed out have been sent to the rural
development department for inquiry today. The matter is being looked
into."
Nikhil Dey of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti
Sangathan, however, pointed out that if machinery was used, the entire
work order should have been cancelled and payments not made at all,
according to the provisions of the Act. "How come there are examples of
mass irregularities; and if machines were being used why were engineers
or the concerned district collectors not being penalised? There were no
FIRs filed to prove that there has been any irregularity in the jobs."
National Advisory Council member Aruna
Roy, said, "MNREGS, the globally discussed and appreciated scheme of
India, which gives guarantee of 100 days employment to needy rural
people, seems to have no guarantee of its own future... this ambitious
scheme is not only losing its charm but also people's interest in it.
The abnormally low average wages... is
giving a wrong message to the community that no matter how much one
works one cannot earn sufficient income even to have food."
Source : The Indian Express
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