Picture bill speaks louder about NREGS problem
After anomalies in issue of job cards and payments to beneficiaries, it is now money spent on photographs taken for physical verification of works done under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) that is under the scanner in Uttar Pradesh. Reports received at the Department of Rural Development show that some districts in the state have spent more than Rs 1 lakh each on photography in the last financial year. With this far above the estimates by officials, the payments have not been made so far and the matter is being looked into.