Sources from Thanjavur stated that winning an award from the Central government is a feather in the cap of a state government. Meanwhile it was one joyous moment as Thanjavur district received the national award for implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) well for the year 2016-17.
Accordingly the district scored in cent per cent distribution of wages under e-payment, giving work to maximum number of persons and maintaining proper documents. Furthermore Narendra Singh Thomar, union minister for rural development and Panchayati raj, Ram Giripal, union minister of state for rural development and Panchayati raj, presented the award to S.P. Velumani, state minister for urban administration and rural development, on September 11 in Delhi.
As per report a certificate was presented to A.
Annadurai, Thanjavur district collector on the occasion. Amirth Sinha,
secretary, department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Mantrachalam,
project director, District rural development agency, Thanjavur, participated in
the function. A. Annadurai Thanjavur district collector said “While this award
is an indicator of the continuous efforts we made to reach as many benefits
under the scheme to people and dovetailing of diversified programs with it, the
award also reminds us of keeping the same standard in future and develop the
program to help people below poverty line and relieve them from poverty”.
