AP tops in implementing MNREGA for 2014-15: Minister

Andhra Pradesh has topped in the country in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) for the 2014-2015 in category of transparency and accountability, state minister Ch Ayyanna Patrudu said.
Patrudu, Minister for Panchayat Raj and MNREGA, said the award will be given in New Delhi on February 2.
According to the minister, Andhra Pradesh topped in direct benefit transfer in the country under which the workers have been getting their wages directly to their accounts.
He further said linking job card with Aadhar card, the state government has been disbursing wages without any hassle and could successfully prevent the middlemen.

Around 95 per cent of wages are being directly made using electronic fund management and mobile management systems, the minister added.
He informed that in 2014-2015 fiscal an amount of Rs 3100 crore was spent on MNREGA of which Rs 2153 crore was disbursed directly through biometric system.