NE gets 171.16 crore under National Employment Guarantee Act

Aizawl, Dec 18 (UNI) The Ministry of Rural Development has already released Rs 171.16 crore to NE states, including Sikkim for implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) during 2006-07.

According to lastest record, Asom has received highest fund of Rs 13970.84 lakh followed by Tripura and Mizoram.

Official sources here today said that Ministry has expressed satisfaction over the success of NREGA in NE region and said every district of the region was entitled to apply for further instalments of funds after reporting demand for work and utilisation of fund released.

NREGA has focus on water conservation and out of 2,60,332 works 1,41,085 were exclusively for water conservation while 16,727 works were taken up for plantation in drought prone areas in India.

Apart from 3391 projects for flood control, 43,859 for rural connectivity, other works have been taken up in the country during 2006-07 financial year, sources added.

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