Civil society opposes Sarpanch auditing own work under NREGA


The opposition to the proposal, which seeks social and financial audits of schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), comes at a time when the government is facing the heat of a campaign led by social activist Anna Hazare over the contours of the Lokpal.The government has proposed to create a Lokpal, or ombusman, to tackle endemic corruption but there have been differences between it and the civil society groups over how powerful the institution should be. Similar differences have now emerged over the proposed institutional arrangement to carry out audits of the government's biggest welfare scheme, which has a budget of over .`40,000 core.........Read More

 

Source: Economic Times


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