In 2 yrs, Rs118 cr spent under MGNREGA in Chamba

Our Correspondent

Chamba, September 9

In the aspirational Chamba district, an amount of about Rs 118 crore has been spent on various works of rural development under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the past two years.

Chamba Deputy Commissioner Vivek Bhatia said 93.30 lakh working days had also been generated under the MGNREGA in the aspirational district. Moreover, the development works had been given impetus despite the Covid-19 crisis, he stated.

Bhatia said under the 14th Finance Commission, a sum of about Rs 93.27 crore was released to gram panchayats for various works. The cash books of all gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads had been made online 100 per cent under Panchayati Raj Institution Accounting Software (PRIASoft) initiative of the government, he said.

During this period, a financial assistance of over Rs 10 crore has been provided to 781 beneficiaries of the below poverty line (BPL) category for the construction of their houses under the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana while an assistance of Rs 48 lakh was also provided to 194 beneficiaries for the repair of their houses in the district, Bhatia said.