"One thousand and ten complaints had been received about the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Four hundred and eighty-one cases have been disposed and 529 are pending. In seven cases, Rs 7 crore (Rs.70 Million) was found to have been siphoned off," Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said during question hour in the Rajya Sabha.
Well, what to say more when the Honorable Minister himself admits in the Upper House of Indian Parliament that corruption has been proved to be prevalent!
Appartently, a whopping Rs 40,000 crore has been allocated for the scheme during fiscal 2009-10.
In July, Joshi had admitted to huge slippages in the scheme's implementation with an average of just 48 days of work generated for each beneficiary against the promised 100.
"During 2006-07, an average of 43 days of work could be generated, in 2007-09 it was 42 days of work and in 2008-09, it was 48 days of work," the minister said as an answer to a question in Rajya Sabha on July 7th 2009.
The question should now be rephrased as: "Is this scheme making the corrupt officials more richer? or is it really doing any good for the poor?
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