Jammu (NVI): The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has bagged four different awards at the national level for irrigation works at Gram Panchayat levels and overall effective implementation of MGNREGA scheme at block levels.
The award was given under four different categories — Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting irrigation, Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting water harvesting under MGNREGA, GIS Asset supervisor implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative and MGNREGA Spatial Enumerator implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative in recognition of the exemplary performances at National level in Geo-tagging of the assets under MGNREGA across J&K and outstanding performance in augmenting irrigation under MGNREGS in various Gram Panchayats, an official statement said.
The impressive award ceremony was held at New Delhi today and was chaired by Minister for Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar.
The award was received by Additional Secretary to Government, Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, J&K, Rakesh K Badyal on behalf of RD&PR Department J&K.
Kulgam and Samba districts were facilitated for Jal Sangrah works under the “Best Performing Gram Panchayats for construction of structures augmenting irrigation under MGNREGS”, and “Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting water harvesting structures under MGNREGS” respectively.
Moreover, Kahtra block of Doda district and Mandi block of Poonch district were conferred the prestigious award for effective implementation of MGNREGA scheme in the said blocks for GIS Asset supervisor implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative and Block Mandi, District Poonch was facilitated in recognition of MGNREGA Spatial Enumerator implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative.
The Centrally-sponsored scheme, MGNREGA, supports more than 2.76 lakh rural households in J&K as of December 19 and caters up to 15.20 lakh registered workers in the UT.
Out of the total, there are at least 6,80,049 women workers and 1,10,925 Schedule Caste workers. While the scheme has generated 98 lakh Person Days (PDs) in J&K as today, it has simultaneously created 4.16 lakh durable assets with more than 3.64 lakh assets being geo-tagged under phase-I during the same period.
The Department espoused far-reaching reforms and initiatives to maximise transparency and accountability in the implementation of the demand-driven scheme such as inauguration of e-FMS for disbursal of payments directly to the beneficiaries account in real-time, Geo-tagging of assets for avoiding duplication of works, engagement of Ombudsmen to redress grievances related to MGNREGA works at district levels and Good Governance initiatives such as CIB, 7 registers, new job card, case records.
