NREGS, PDS failed to benefit poor Dalits in Bundelkhand, says survey
Tarannum Manjul Posted online: Wed Apr 06 2011, 02:15 hrs
Lucknow : z 63 per cent of poor Dalit families in region have no
access to PDS grains
The much lauded schemes like MGNREGS and Public Distribution System
(PDS) have failed to benefit the poorest Dalit households in
Bundelkhand region. According to a survey, over 52 per cent of the
poor and needy households in the backward region of Bundelkhand did
not get a single day of employment under the MGNREGS last year. The
average number of days of work under MGNREGS in Bundelkhand is barely
20. This number is 21 days in Chitrakoot district, 19 days in Banda, 9
days in Mahoba, 26 days in Hamirpur and 31 days in Lalitpur district.
In PDS scheme also, 63.5 per cent of the poor Dalit families in the
region have no access to PDS grains in any category.
These are the findings of a performance audit survey of the food
security schemes, conducted by the Centre for Environment and Food
Security. The survey covered implementation of 10 schemes like the
MGNREGS, Public Distribution System, Integrated Child Development
Scheme (ICDS), Mid-day Meal (MDM), Old Age pension, National Family
Benefit Scheme, Annapurna Yojna, National Maternal Benefit Scheme and
Swarn Jayanti Grameen Swarozgar Yojna. The survey was carried out
across 130 villages in 12 districts of Bundelkhand. According to CEFS
director Parshuram Ray, the findings have also been submitted in the
Supreme Court, which is hearing a PIL filed by the centre on
misappropriation of funds under MGNREGS.
Talking to The Indian Express, while presenting the report in the
state capital on Tuesday, Ray said, "While the much publicised schemes
have failed to support the poor Dalits, the lesser-known schemes
hardly have any takers." According to the findings, there are only 3
beneficiaries of the National Maternity Benefit Scheme, two in Mahoba
and 1 in Lalitpur. The scheme, launched in 2001, aims at providing
nutrition support to pregnant women and provides a one-time payment of
Rs 500 to the beneficiary, 12 weeks before the delivery date. In 2005,
NMBS was merged with Janani Suraksha Yojna but its benefits were
retained.
Another scheme, the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) too does not
have many beneficiaries in the region. The scheme, which provides
one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 to a family in case of death of the
primary bread-earner, too has only 24 beneficiaries. "The region was
known for its suicides and hunger deaths and this number is surely
nothing compared to those," said Ray.
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