Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (SN/CN)

Mangalore, Dec 22: The district-level awareness and in-charge committee meeting was held at the zilla panchayat auditorium on Saturday December 20.

Presiding over the meeting, D V Sadananada Gowda, member of parliament, said that the list of beneficiaries under the ‘Indira Awaaz’ scheme must be completed within the first week of January 2009. Being an important scheme of the central government, the authorities must show special concern for national rural job guarantees and the Indira Awaz scheme.

Some of the union government’s schemes did not progress in the district to the expected extent. The co-ordination of officials is unsatisfactory and the aim behind the Indira Awaz scheme must succeed, he urged.

Though there is an increase of Rs 84 in wages under the job guarantee scheme, no interest is shown for registration of district workers. In September, registration of 7,627 families has been done and 4,010 employment cards have been given, said officials in the meeting.

Appoint employment card holders in small constructions. This kind of experiment has become successful in Coorg where a large number of labourers are present. Let this be successful in the city also, said Gowda.

Deputy commissioner M Maheshwar Rao, Shivashankar, chief executive officer, zilla panchayat, Pratapsimaha Nayak, Sundar Salian, A Krishna Nayak, members, in-charge committee, were present at the meeting.