Many blocks in the state are unable to achieve 60 per cent marks for work under the National Resource Management component of the rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS).
This was told to Community and Rural Development Minister Hamletson Dohling, who convened a review meeting with the State Rural Employment Society (SRES), a nodal agency tasked with the implementation of various central government schemes, such as MGNREGS, here today.
The minister was also informed about the number of incomplete works undertaken as part of MGNREGS.
Dohling also emphasised the importance of the ‘Area Officer App’ and instructed that the officials at the district and block levels should commit themselves to serious monitoring of all the projects for proper implementation of the scheme. He also enquired about the pending state share which needs to be released for the smooth implementation of the scheme.
As far as PMAY-G (rural housing) scheme is concerned, the minister was apprised about the adoption of the ‘Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation’ (PDIA) method in July 2020, which stressed on the active involvement of all the officials from the state, district and block, including the village authorities and other stakeholders, with the sole objective to accelerate the performance in terms of completion of all incomplete houses since 2016-17.
Taking note of the need to build capacities of officials, Dohling advised the SRES to organise a state level workshop for all the block functionaries, particularly the new Block Development Officers and Junior Rural Development Officers, in order to boost the overall performance of Meghalaya.
