State Govt delaying NREGA card distribution
Alleging that the State government is intentionally delaying the job card distribution procedure under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Sadou Assam Gramin Shramik Sanstha said that the rural people are being cheated in the name of the scheme. Addressing a press meet recently, the general secretary of the association Arup Kumar Mahanta said that the scheme is being exploited both by the State-level leadership and the block-level Congressmen for their vested interests.