Hailakandi
The State Panchayat and Rural Improvement Division has initiated steps for recruitment of ombudsman for the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act (MGNREGA) throughout 27 districts of Assam.
The Union Ministry of Rural Improvement (MRD), in a letter despatched to all of the states in March, has reminded the states of its earlier instructions about submitting up the positions.
Observing that the recruitment of the posts “has not saved tempo with the vacancies”, the MRD has requested the states to “make sure that the present vacancies are stuffed up in a time-bound method”.
Chief Government Officer, Zilla Parishad, Hailakandi, NKSK Singha, identified that the appointment of ombudsman would create a variety of distinction within the grievance redress mechanism and stop graft associated to the central authorities’s flagship rural jobs programme. “One of many priorities as ombudsman could be to make sure that the advantages of the MGNREGA reached individuals from under the poverty line, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities as envisioned within the Act,” he stated.
Hailakandi is among the many 27 districts of Assam chosen for filling up the put up of an ombudsman and the method is underneath means. In addition to Hailakandi, the opposite two districts of Barak Valley chosen are Cachar and Karimganj.
The final date for submission of on-line software has been prolonged from June 15 to July 15.
Retired judges or individuals with over 20 years of expertise in public administration, legislation, teachers or social work will likely be thought-about for the put up of ombudsman.
Granting autonomy to the ombudsperson in his working, the MRD, in an official letter to the states, has stated that the state and the central governments “shall not have authority to difficulty any path or instruction to an ombudsman with regard to the discharge of his duties”.
After receiving complaints from MGNREGA employees on specified issues, the ombudspersons, the MRD has stated, can “take into account such complaints and awards inside 30 days from the date of receipt of criticism”.
Over points associated to delay or non-payment of wages to the employees or in opposition to improper, fraudulent or corrupt practices within the implementation of the Act, the ombudspersons, as per the MRD, can provoke proceedings suo motu (proactive or pre-emptive), even with out anyone submitting a criticism.
The ombudsman will likely be given administrative and technical assist by the zilla parishad.
