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New Memorandum issued in MGNREGA, ceilings hiked from Rs. 1 to 2 Lakhs; Will the enhancement of ceiling limit of MGNREGA help in generating more fake Man-days?
Amitabha Sengupta
New Memorandum issued in MGNREGA, ceilings hiked from Rs. 1 to 2 Lakhs; Will the enhancement of ceiling limit of MGNREGA help in generating more fake Man-days?
PHOTO : Govt Notification. TIWN Pic

AGARTALA, February 4 (TIWN): In recent few months RD Minister Naresh Jamatia, even few DMs are under scanner simply because of their puppet like roles , obviously with an attempt to please Chief Minister Manik Sarkar even after the arrest and jail term now being suffered by CM Manik's close aide scamster BDO Bimal Chakraborty. In recent few months state govt has left no stone unturned to compel the grassroot employees under MGNREGA to submit themselves as per the wishes of CPI(M) party leaders but baring one or two instances in most of these cases the rulling party proves to be a complete failure. It is to be mentioned here that ever since the implementation of MGNREGA Act 2005 govt of Tripura has received so many awards from the friendly UPA ledCentre for its proper(?) implementation of MGNREGA. But soon after Narendra Modi led BJP Govt came to power the honours and awards suddeny disappeared on Govt of Tripura.

Govt has failed to repeat the same performance like it did during the 10 years of UPA rule. Rather in 2014 we have seen massive looting in MGNREGA in almost all the blocks in the state. Already CM Manik's most favoured official and DYFI state Secretary Amal Chakraborty's brother BDO Bimal Chakraborty is now in jail and is almost certained to be convicted in the Bishalgar block's massive MGNREGA scam.  However, due to such looting in MGNREGA, the average man days in the scheme during 2014-15 is yet to achieve the target of 40 days. 

       In order to increase average man days state govt has been adopting the policy of pressurizing the grassroot employees like MGNREGA engineers, GRS etc. But the Bimal Chakraborty incident taught them a good lesson and now the employees are not intending to do anything under the pressure of the ruling parry leaders and even ministers. Several times R D Minister instructed BDOs to take the policy of pay held up to increase man days. But the result is far from state govt's expectation. And now in the month of January when the Financial Year is almost on the verge of its end, R D Ministry quite surprisingly increased the ceiling limit of MGNREGA works on an individual land from the existing Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2lakh. 
       On 9th January 2015 Additional Secretary of R D Department, Govt of Tripura C K Jamatia issued a Memorandum to all the DMs in which he categorically stated ," In partial modification of Memorandum No.F.3(5)-RD/2009/4207,dated 13.01.2010... .... the ceiling limit of MGNREGA works on an individual land is here by enhanced from Rs 1.00lakh to Rs 2.00 lakh per Job Card Holders." This is simply done with a purpose of increase the man days as the state has failed to achieve the comfortable level of average man days. And now this memorandum will surely encourage the DMs/BDOs to take initiative in distributing MGNREGA works on individual land in greater number. 
       Speaking to TIWN on this issue a highly placed state govt official told over phone ," Now the govt is purely concentrating in increasing man days. And this memorandum too is a art of this plan. Because with the increase of ceiling limit man days too will be increased. For example , the target which was to be achieved after 20 works on  individual lands, will now be achieved by 10 works only. But this will also create problems as the grass root employees these days are least willing to prepare fake adjustments as they were supposed to do earlier ." 
 
  
          
      
 
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