The Prime Minister today said that the government is planning to improve the skills of the young people working under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, NREGA, so that they can be employed in the developmental projects for rural infrastructure.<br/><br/>Speaking at a function to mark the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the NREGA flagship programme in New Delhi today, Dr Manmohan Singh said that the training will be given to them and the government is considering partnership with the pivate institutions in this regard.<br/><br/>Dr Singh also stressed the need for proper coordination between various programmes being implemented in the rural areas to ensure that there is no overlapping. He said that there is a need to ensure that the works taken up under the programme help in stregnthening rural infrastructrue as well as agriculture.<br/><br/>Dr. Manmohan Singh said 51 per cent of the money under the flagship programme has been used for water conservation and this will help in improving ground water as well as the fertility of the soil. While assuring that the centre will continue its efforts to improve the delivery mechanism, Dr. Manmohan Singh said, there is a need to emulate the states which have been more successful in implementing the NREGA. The Prime Minister said NREGA has helped in providing social security to the poor and weakest sections of society in the villages.<br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion , the UPA Chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi said that the flag ship programme has helped in checking migration from villages , reducing exploitation of the labour and in the empowerment of rural women . She also pointed to the complaints regarding bogus cards and other shortcomings in carrying out the programme .<br/><br/>Trophies and certificated wetre also presented for good work done in the inmentationmplementation he progtramme Our correspondents says that employment was provided to 4.27 crore households . She spoke to some of the beneficiaries.