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Raghuvansh lauds State on rural schemes' execution

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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh

NEW DELHI: Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has praised the Andhra Pradesh Government for the implementation of rural development schemes.

"I am happy with their performance but not very happy because I expect more,'' he said. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Mr. Singh said the State was headed to take the lead and had performed exceptionally well in implementing the schemes.

The total Central allocation for the State in 2006-07 was Rs.1,597.85 crores. Thirteen districts were covered under NREGA and the State received Rs. 938.05 crores from the Ministry. As many as 49.26 lakh job cards had been issued and 17.88 lakh households provided employment. For the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rs. 1,096 crores had been released and Rs. 1,012 crores spent. As far as SGRY was concerned, of the Central share of Rs. 109.04 crores, Rs. 65.40 crores had been released. Mr. Singh said the reporting system had been made online from District Rural Development Authorities (DRDAs) in the State. However, the State had failed to give any information regarding the below poverty line census of 2002.

The Minister said the Central allocation for the State under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply programme for 2006-07 was Rs. 200.84 crores and Rs. 171 crores was released that helped in covering 3,533 habitations and 573 rural schools against the targeted 3,957 habitations.

Total sanitation

Mr. Singh said the Ministry released Rs. 265.67 crores for the State under the total sanitation campaign. The State Government was to construct 1.04 crore households, 575 sanitary complexes for women and 1.14 lakh school toilets but was able to construct only 42.15 lakh household lavatories, 541 sanitary complexes for women and 45,095 school toilets, he added.

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