Drought had hit Maharashtra particularly it's Northern and Western parts once again and Government is trying to motivate the affected people by giving them employment through MNREGA. Under The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 Government has planned to implement The State Convergence Plan.

 

The plan will provide the employment in 28 different work categories like Collective Farm Ponds, Collective dug wells and other water harvesting structures, Vermi compost pits, Cattle sheds, Goat sheds, Poultry sheds, pig Sheds, building walls for Schools, Kitchen for school, Concrete Sewer, Grampanchayat Bhavan, Wire crate (gabion) Stone Earthen Structures etc. The Drought affected people will now get work and some money for their survival through State Convergence Plan.




“We have decided to implement State Convergence Plan to generate more and more employment through MNREGA while creating personal as well as public properties. Grampanchayats should take an initiative to implement these schemes in their villages and benefit the farmers to fight the Drought situation,” Employment Guarantee Minister Jaykumar Rawal said while addressing the press.      


Water Pond in Satara

  

It is fixed that what kind of work has to be done under MNREGA, thoug Maharashtra Government has joined the Act with the State Convergence Plan. Every year MNREGA creates Labour Budget and Annual Action Plan during 15th August to 30th November. There are 260 work categories are listed in MNREGA. Maharashtra Government has selected 28 works to Converge to fight the Drought situation. Government has also decided to take assistance from Social Institutions and Social Responsibility Funds to cover the works under the MNREGA.

There are 11 segment program of Jankalyan Scheme are being implemented in Maharashtra through MNREGA. 13,123 works has been done through this plan in last 4 years. Many farmers got the work to their hand through this plan. There are 30,898 wells and 97,201 farm ponds has been built through Ahilyadevi Irrigation Well Scheme which made many hectors of land irrigated. 20 crore 75 lakhs of plants has been seeded under Ankur Nursery Scheme. The drought affected people will surely get the benefit of Government's initiative for sure.