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*ACD Budgam Proposes Termination of 35 MGNREGA Supporting Staff Over Poor Performance*

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*ACD Budgam Proposes Termination of 35 MGNREGA Supporting Staff Over Poor Performance*

Srinagar, July 22: The Assistant Commissioner Development, Budgam (Project Officer Wage Employment) has proposed the termination of 35 MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) supporting staff in Budgam district’s B.K.Pora and Surasyar blocks.

Officials told Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com, that the proposal comes after a review by the Administrative Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RD&PR) revealed poor performance in terms of persondays generated under the scheme.

“The review specifically identified B.K.Pora and Surasyar blocks as having the highest number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) where no persondays were generated under MGNREGA. This indicates a lack of contribution from the supporting staff at the GP level in these blocks,” they said.

“Based on the review findings, the ACD Budgam has proposed the immediate termination of 35 MGNREGA supporting staff members. These staff members belong to various Gram Panchayats within B.K.Pora and Surasyar blocks,” they further said.

“Recently Administrative Secretary RD & PR has taken a detailed review of MGNREGA Performance Indicators and Expressed displeasure over the poor performance of Persondays generation under the scheme during its proceedings. In this backdrop undersigned withhold the salary of BDO’s, AEE’s & AE’s vide this office letter No..- ACD/BUD/EsttU2502-05 Dated:- 15/07/2024,” reads a communique of ACD Budgam addressed to Deputy Commissioner Budgam and Director Rural Development Kashmir, Srinagar.

“Accordingly, it has been observed that Block B.K.Pora and Surasyar having the highest no. of GPs where not a single PD is generated so far, which reveals that below mentioned GP Level Supporting Staff is not further required by the Department. It is as such recommended to terminate the below mentioned supporting staff immediately,” the communique further reads.

Moreover, the communique does not specify the reasons behind the low persondays generation in the identified blocks. However, it highlights a potential lack of effort or inefficiency on the part of the supporting staff.–(KDC)

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