Bihar chief ministerNitish Kumar asked rural development department (RDD) officials to speak to theCentrefor allotment of adequate fund under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to ensure timely payment to labourers in the state.
The CM also reviewed the ongoing works under the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Abhiyan and asked the concerned officials to expedite execution of works.
Earlier, the RDDs principal secretary gave detailed information to the CM about the works taken up under the MGNREGS, its budget and the latest status of expenditure. He said altogether 10.37 crore man-days have so far been created against the budget of 20 crore man-days sanctioned by the Centre for financial year 2021-22. He said the cent percent amount of labourers are provided by the Centre under this scheme.