AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): With the advent of the new coalition government in centre, inevitable alterations have hit the nation as regards the policy formulation and restructuring the flagship public welfare schemes like National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the alikes to make the same schemes and Acts more opportune and effective and relating to the same, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is rumored to shrink the fund of NREGA to revamp the project. But here in Tripura the state government is leaving no stone unturned to arouse a theme of anti centre as why the fund outlay is being shortened though it did not find it necessary to introspect that how much (billions in INR) money has been misused , misappropriated and embezzled by the state political and administrative functionaries as not a scam case has not been cornered, yet. Furthermore, apart from the aforesaid factual matter, the state government has not been able to utilize the entire allotment got NREGA in the fiscal 2013-14, although it bagged the top notch slot in nation for NREGA implementation. When as huge as Rs. 24.68 crore remains as balance, the need for more fund is not beyond subjugate trajectory.

Source-Planning Department, GoT