Now, ombudspersons to oversee NREGS works in all 32 districts
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Mandated to receive complaints and pass awards in 30 days of receipt of complaint
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Mandated to receive complaints and pass awards in 30 days of receipt of complaint
The State government has announced appointment of ombudspersons for all the 32 districts, classified as rural, to oversee the works taken up under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
The appointment follows the revised guidelines issued by the Central government as per Section 30, Schedule (1) of the MGNREGS Act, mandating States to appoint ombudspersons for each district. The ombudspersons, according to the Act, are entrusted with receiving grievances, launching an inquiry and passing awards.
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Anchunadu farmers in mission mode
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They join hands to protect endemic rice varieties ‘Nadan Kuruva’ and ‘Kunjunju’
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They join hands to protect endemic rice varieties ‘Nadan Kuruva’ and ‘Kunjunju’
Around 30 farmers, mostly tribespeople of Marayur and Kanthallur in Anchunadu, are on a mission to revive paddy cultivation and protect their endemic rice varieties ‘Nadan Kuruva’ and ‘Kunjunju’.
They have achieved a good yield in 20 ha cultivated with the two varieties. Marayur was the rice bowl of Anchunadu over two decades back, before land was converted for sugar cane, areca nut, coconut, and other crops.
Farmers say Marayur sugar cane fields were once widely cultivated with traditional rice varieties and the rise in production cost and shortage of workers resulted in a shift in cultivation to areca nut, pepper, and other cash crops. Depletion of groundwater was another reason.