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Odisha Plans to spend Rs.2,000 crore on rural jobs scheme

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odishaBhubaneswar: Odisha has surpassed several states in utilisation of fund under the rural job employment scheme and expects that the total utilisation may cross Rs.2,000 crore by end of this financial year, an official statement said on Friday.

The total utilization of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) during the current fiscal up to February 25 has been to the tune of Rs.1,746 crore, against a total utilisation during of around Rs.1,059 crore in 2014-15, said the statement after a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi here.

Panchayati Raj Secretary Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh informed that Odisha has come up to 8th position in utilization of funds under MGNREGS from its 12th position in 2014-15.

It has gone ahead of the leading states like Karnataka, Kerala and Maharastra during the current year, he said, adding total utilisation might touch Rs.2,000 crore by end of March 2016.

Padhi directed the departments concerned to bring more projects into the fold of convergence with MGNREGS, and asked them to formulate appropriate project proposals and scale up their activities at the ground level.

Around 6 crore man days have been created up to February 25 against the total man days of 5 crore created during 2014-15. The achievement in this indicator has crossed 85 percent, said the release.

Around 16.93 lakh households have been provided employment during this period which shows an achievement of 89 percent. Participation of women and ST/SC people in man days created has been 95 and 97 percent respectively, it added.

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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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