Sonia Gandhi expresses her concerns over the shortcomings in MGNREGA implementation

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed her concerns over some of the short comings reported, in the implementation of the Congress-led UPA’s flagship programme Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. She cited delays in wage payments, less wage payments, less coverage, bogus job cards, lack of receipts of acknowledgments, diversion of funds etc. as some of the challenges in the implementation of the program. It is expected that the deliberations and the sharing of experiences by the practitioners and implementing agencies during the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Sammelan would go a long way in consolidating the gains made under the Scheme so far and in the process reaching out more effectively to the aam aadmi.