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UP government set to achieve the target of providing 40 crore jobs under MGNREGA

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Uttar Pradesh government is all set to cross the target of generating 40 crore mandays of jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) by the end of current financial year.

According to the government spokesman, the state has already generated 35.47 crore mandays of jobs under the scheme that played a key role in construction of toilets, digging of ponds and other construction activities, bringing development to the villages.

The scheme has helped in providing jobs to lakhs of migrants who returned to the state following the lockdown.

The government spokesperson said the emphasis on development of villages bore fruits as it served the dual purpose of development and employment generation. He said over 56,000 community toilets were built, as many as 19,951 ponds were dug, while construction of 18,206 animal shelters, 15,441 anganwadi centres and rejuvenation of 25 rivers took place.

Records show that over one crore labourers of 85 lakh families in 74 districts of the state were given work under MGNREGA in the current financial year as compared to 53 lakh families during 2019-20.

The spokesperson said that initial MGNREGA target was fixed at 26 crore mandays in 2020-21 which got surpassed by nine crore mandays motivating the government to revise it upward to 40 crore mandays by March 2021.

A total of Rs 7,303 crore has been paid as the wages to MGNREGA workers during 2020-21 so far against the expenditure of Rs 9,717 crore.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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