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Only 50 per cent SC, ST families getting employment, says Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre
Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre (DBRC) state coordinator V Durga Prasad said that about 50 per cent of Schedule Castes (SCs) and Schedule Tribes (STs) were not getting proper employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and added that government was not paying wages properly Addressing media conference at Makineni Basava Punnaiah Vignana Kendram (MBVK), here o
Vijayawada: Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre (DBRC) state coordinator V Durga Prasad said that about 50 per cent of Schedule Castes (SCs) and Schedule Tribes (STs) were not getting proper employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and added that government was not paying wages properly Addressing media conference at Makineni Basava Punnaiah Vignana Kendram (MBVK), here on Monday,
Durga Prasad said that a survey conducted by DBRC and Action Aid found out that very few families were getting 100-day employment. “We have surveyed about 24, 000 families and of them 12,000 only were getting employment,” he informed.
Stating that on an average only 500 families were getting 100-day employment, he rued delay in payments. “Union government decided to pay Rs 197 per day to NREGS workers, but at present each family is getting only Rs.136 per day, which is not sufficient,” he noted. He alleged that state government stopped payment of NREGS wages.
