Imphal, Aug 4 NNN : Even as the Senapati District Chairmen/Secretaries Association has threatened to impose bandhs and blockades in protest against the deduction of 25 percent MGNREGS fund from the villages account, chairman of the Senapati Autonomous District Council (ADC) R.S Henry Hiilii clarified that the ADC members will never deduct any part of the MGNREGS fund which is meant for the people.
However, Henry Hiilii cited the government order of 2010 that states, “As per the order issued by the commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RD & PR) on September 14, 2010, it has been clearly mentioned that 50% of the funds available under NREGS shall be provided to the Gram Panchayats or Village Authorities, 25% of the funds to the Zilla Parishads and District Councils and the remaining 25% of the funds to the line departments for implementation of the scheme/projects under NREGS guidelines,” claimed R.S Henry Hiilii.
He then added that as far as the deduction and transferring is concerned, the ADC members have been jointly working to provide direct benefits to the people from the grass root level in the development aspects. “The ADC members shall in any circumstance, will not defer nor deduct any part of the fund of the MGNREGS which is purely meant for the rural people,” the Senapati ADC chief stated.
Further clearing the air of misconception, R.S Henry Hiilii said the earmarked 25 percent of the MGNREGS to the District Councils does not mean that the amount are to be used by the concerned elected members, rather the same amount of the funds are to be transferred to the concerned villages for developmental works.
“Our efforts are on to release the earmarked 25% but due to certain technical reason the same could not be released however, the pending fund would be released in a week’s time,” he added.
“It is therefore, requested the general public not to have wrong notion but to co-operate with the ADC members for developmental works rather than defaming the functioning of the ADCs,” Hiilii stated.
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