The Union government should amend the restrictions on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) works that can be taken up in panchayats, Minister for Local Self Governments M.V. Govindan has said.
The Union government order limiting the number of works that can be taken up simultaneously under the MGNREGS in a panchayat to 20 is a huge setback to the State, the Minister said on Tuesday. The decision would have an impact on the labour sector and local economic development. It was against the programme’s essence of providing 100 workdays a year to families and the Union government should be ready to revoke it, he said.
The State government, he said, had written to the Union Ministry of Rural Development on the issue.
