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Friday, Jun 02, 2006

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Be alive to rights under job scheme, Aiyar to panchayats

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI : Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday called upon representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to be aware of their rights under the National Rural Employment Generation Act (NREGA) and get maximum benefits out of it.

Besides government agencies, non-governmental organisations could contribute significantly to creating awareness among the masses of the NREG scheme, he said. Each panchayat must display the rights of the people for wide publicity of the programme.

Mr. Aiyar was inaugurating a seminar on "Implementation of NREGA: Emerging Trends" here. It was organised by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia. Describing the Act as a revolutionary step in employment generation in rural areas, the Minister said there would be no resource crunch for the programme. Mere registration was not enough; the PRI representatives must ensure that job cards were issued to employment seekers.

Reacting to the feedback from the PRI representatives during an interactive session, Mr. Aiyar said each State had different problems in implementation and these would be scrutinised for corrective measures.

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