It is considered that one of the big achievement of UPA government is the Rural Employment  Scheme NAREGA. Later its name changed to on the our father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi. Now its name is The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'. It had given a new hope of employment in rural India.
The BJP leader L.K. Adwani also praised this scheme.
But today I shocked after reading an article. This article says NAREGA acts as a family suicide plan.
According to this report “HT think”, delayed payment in MANREGA Scheme, worker tends to kill himself. Seven families across Maharashtra and Jharkhand have lost members who have killed themselves owing to delayed payments under the MANREGA Scheme.
One such story of suicide, I am going to put in this column .This story belongs to Palamu, Jharkhand. I also belong from this naxal effected areas, that’s why I am taking this story.
This story is of a labour class man named Jaggu. Jaggu was a resident of Karma toil village Palamu  District . Jaggu hanged himself because he could not pay wages to the worker working under him and had to sell his bull.
MANREGA Scheme had once brought some joy in his village. Jaggu enrolled quickly and was hired to construct a well under the MANREGA Scheme in March 2011.But with in a year he hanged himself from a tree near the well on Jan 2012.
In April 2011 when the work started 10 labours worked continuously till june.Out of the Rs.181961 allocated only Rs, 14280 was paid to workers who worked before the rainy seasoned. Jaggu then sold his bull and distributed some money to labourers.But still wages were pending .Even while the construction of the well was half done,the district admins denied him money for more than seven months.He was not able to pay money to the workers .the workers used to often blame him for not paying, Jaggu come in depression and kill himself.
This story is not only particular in India, there are so many Jaggu kills himself everyday.
Think about it.

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