IMPHAL July 9: Chief Minister who holds the charge of Finance tabled Rs 61,45,65,000 under Demand No. 38- Panchayat.<\/p>\n
Opposition MLAs Dr I Ibohalbi Singh MLA, L Ibomcha Singh MLA, Th Shyamkumar MLA and K Shyam MLA moved motions for disapproval of policy cut on account of absence of complete decentralization and devolution of power to PRI; Inability to pay salaries to elected members of the Zilla Parishad and Pradhans of PRI commensurate with that of ADCs; Failure to declare result of the written test for appointment as Panchayat Secretaries; Failure to appoint Panchayat Secretaries in PRIs in Manipur; Failure to demarcate Panchayat and Autonomous<\/p>\n
District Councils; Failure to implement MGNREGS.<\/p>\n
MLA K Shyam supplemented on the failure to implement MGNREGS alleging that 30 to 40 % of the Material Component is siphoned by the implementing officials.<\/p>\n
He claimed to have this factual information and implore the Minister to go beyond rhetoric and translate the concepts of the programme by developing mechanism to monitor the implementation.<\/p>\n
The concern RD &PR and Eco & Statistics Minister Francis Ngajokpa informed the house that only 255 crores were received for the whole State last financial year.<\/p>\n
However 746 crores have been approved for the current financial year and 60 crores have already been received.<\/p>\n
60 % of this amount has been transfer to the districts accordingly.<\/p>\n
He stated, `Earlier this was a 90:10 funding of the centre and the state but now it is a fully centre funded programme`\u009d. He invites complaints with facts to rectify the anomalies in the implementation of MGNREGS.<\/p>\n\n