HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy today positively agreed to the proposal to continue all the ongoing programmes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The Chief Minister will write to the Government of India that all the ongoing programmes which were sanctioned earlier will have to be treated under the earlier NREGS norms and all the new programmes will be under the revised norms announced by the Government of India.

Under the NREGS, so far Rs.21,452 crs have been utilised in Andhra Pradesh which is a record. 93.7 per cent households were provided wage employment. All works are being executed through Gram Panchayats.

Meanwhile the Chief Minister wanted the Indira Jala Prabha programme to be expedited wherever it is feasible. The officials said that drilling depths are increasing in several districts. Failure rate high in certain districts due to higher depths and access to blocks for taking drilling machinery is also one of the constraints.

HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy today directed the officials to rehabilitate all the SC families in Lakshmipet village of Vangara Mandal of Srikakulam District under the Milk Mission and Indira Jala Prabha programmes etc. It may be recalled that there were clashes between two communities in this village recently.

The Chief Minister also agreed to the proposal to open 100 Mandal Samakhya Bhavans on a single day 1st January, 2013 constructed under the Aam Aadmi Bhima Yojana.

Under Aam Aadmi Bhima Yojana (AABY), 52 lakh Rural landless agricultural labourers are covered which is the highest in the country. The operations by Zilla Samakhyas through call centres are proved to be very successful. While the State Government’s contribution is Rs.227 crs, Rs.597 crs distributed to poor families.