NREGS proves to be nemesis of textile sector : MGNREGS news updates compiled by FES (May 1 - 15, 2011)

Main highlights in this update:

• NREGS proves to be nemesis of textile sector: One of the most successful employment generation schemes from the government has put the textile sector in disarray.
  
  
• BJP leader rallies for NREGA whistleblower: Former BJP state president Suresh Pujari has opposed the arrest of a NREGA whistleblower in Jharsuguda district. Pujari said Gunanidhi Barik, former sarpanch of Lakhanpur block, has been falsely implicated by police and demanded a probe into it.
  
  
• State set to introduce uniform Form 6 for NREGA workers: In a bid to ensure that those who are not provided work within the stipulated 15 days under the MGNREGA get the unemployment benefit, the Rajasthan government is about to introduce a uniform Form 6 across the state.
  
  
• Audit report not needed to file cases under NREGA: The police will have to register FIRs over irregularities in works done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme even if the complaints are not accompanied by audit reports.

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