India, Aug. 12 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has criticised the government's response to its recommendations on flagship schemes, particularly the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), calling the replies "stereotypical, routine and generic." It expressed disapproval over the sidelining of its recommendation on wage and material pendency under MGNREGS.

The panel drew attention to the scheme's persistent financial issues. "The response furnished ...is lacking in any concrete measure that has been taken...it is silent particularly upon the existing pendencies under material components. Simply, it has again demonstrated the same old stereotypical approach by st...