Construction of metalled roads included in rural jobs scheme


The rural jobs guarantee scheme, India’s flagship welfare programme, will allow for metalled roads being laid in villages, after criticism that the mud roads built till now deteriorate easily.

The rural development ministry, which oversees the scheme, said in an 18 October circular that it has modified norms under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act— which ensures 100 days of manual work to each rural household every year—to this effect. “There has been consistent demand from states that concrete roads are a basic amenity and should be permitted under the jobs guarantee scheme,” a ministry official said, requesting anonymity. “However, it will apply only to internal (village) roads and the material component will come from other schemes.”.......Read More

 

Source: Live Mint


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