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UPA's flagship schemes not doing well: NHRC
Saturday December 03, 2011 11:57:08 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India's apex
human rights panel Friday pointed out various shortcomings in
several of United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) flagship schemes,
terming their status "precarious".
In its Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights, submitted to the
UN Human Rights Council, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
said its monitoring of human rights in 28 representative districts
across India and field visits found that none of the flagship
programmes function well.
It said though members of 55 million households were given work
under the ambitious Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme, they, on average, received half the wages
guaranteed under the scheme.
According to a study by NHRC, 60 percent of the annual budget for
supplementary nutrition was being diverted.
"Over 90 percent of the workforce is in the unorganized sector,
has no access to social security, is particularly vulnerable in
the cities, and is therefore driven into permanent debt, often
leading to conditions of bonded labour," said the review.
It also pointed out shortcomings in the comprehensive
implementation of Indira Awas Yojana, set up to provide rural
housing.
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