The state government on Monday mooted the introduction of biometric identity cards for labourers and giving powers to the district Collectors to punish corrupt officers who are found guilty of resorting to malpractices in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Adopting a stern attitude, Rural Development Minister Dokka Manikya Varaprasad Rao told media persons at the Secretariat on Monday that officials resorting to frauds or irregularities in the welfare scheme works distribution and remittances to the workers would not be spared.

The Minister said our state stands second under the NREG scheme. He held a meeting with the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy about the development and implementation of the scheme.

Published Date : Tuesday, 12/4/2011 2:46 PM IST