CAG brings out drop in MGNREGS employment, diversion of funds
11 years, 11 months ago

CAG brings out drop in MGNREGS employment, diversion of funds

The Hindu  

The Comptroller and Auditor-General has found serious lapses in implementation of the UPA’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The report notes, “The poorest of the poor were not fully able to exercise their rights under the MGNREGS.” Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh had 46 per cent of the rural poor in India, however, they accounted for only 20 per cent of the total funds released under the scheme. And several big States including Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh had not even “formulated rules for carrying out the provisions of the Act, as of March 2012.” The CAG has noted “significant inefficiencies in the implementation of annual plans. 1,26,961 crore approved in the annual plans, only 30 per cent was completed during the audit period.” The scheme aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in a financial year to a household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. According to the survey, 31 per cent of the beneficiaries felt that the MGNREGS did not bring a “significant change to their lives.” However, there are variations in these figures across the States.

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Hike MGNREGS wages to match price rise: parliamentary panel
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hike MGNREGS wages to match price rise: parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

A parliamentary committee has strongly argued for the revision of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in view of the rising cost of living. In its report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, also sought uniform wage rates across the country. …

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Tamil Nadu: still plodding along
4 weeks ago

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Tamil Nadu: still plodding along

The Hindu  

Anthoniammal, a senior citizen of the Sriramapuram village panchayat in southern Dindigul district, and Sonia, a woman in her 20s of the Melanthangal village panchayat in northern Tiruvannamalai district, are strangers to each other. However, it is another matter that this open-ended provision of the Act along with 2 — provision of unskilled manual work to every household with a …

Rural Development Minister writes to Centre seeking release of funds under MGNREGS
1 month ago

Rural Development Minister writes to Centre seeking release of funds under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy on Monday wrote to the Central government seeking the release of ₹3,300 crore funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme that ensures 100 days of employment to rural workers. The Minister said the scheme was being implemented in 388 panchayat unions and 12,525 panchayats in the State and 85.19 lakh …

Dinakar reviews implementation of Central schemes in Sri Sathya Sai district
1 month, 1 week ago

Dinakar reviews implementation of Central schemes in Sri Sathya Sai district

The Hindu  

20-Point Programme chairman Lanka Dinakar on Wednesday asked District Collector T.S. Chetan to investigate the quality of assets provided through material component expenditure of MGNREGS in Sri Sathya Sai district over the past five year. Mr. Dinakar was holding a meeting to review the implementation of Central schemes and projects as well as issues relating to infrastructure, along with the …

Rural jobs scheme, direct benefit transfers causing labour shortages: L&T chair
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rural jobs scheme, direct benefit transfers causing labour shortages: L&T chair

Live Mint  

India's direct transfers of cash to the beneficiaries of a host of social sector schemes, and rural jobs programme that assures 100 days of wage employment to at least one member of every village household are preventing workers from moving away from their hometowns, sparking labour shortages in large cities and other economic centres across the country, Larsen & Toubro …

Govt. to study decline in MGNREGS participation in Kerala: Minister
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Govt. to study decline in MGNREGS participation in Kerala: Minister

The Hindu  

The government has decided to examine the decline in worker participation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Minister for Local Self-government M.B. The Minister said stricter regulations introduced by the Union government, such as those relating to National Mobile Monitoring System that captures attendance, were primarily responsible for workers dropping out of the scheme. As per the …

Congress slams government over 'neglect' of MGNREGS
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress slams government over 'neglect' of MGNREGS

The Hindu  

The Congress on Sunday lashed out at the government over keeping the MGNREGS budget stagnant and said the "neglect" of this crucial safety net exposes its indifference to rural livelihoods. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that despite rising rural distress, the government has kept MGNREGA's budget stagnant at ₹86,000 crore for 2024-26. …

​Stifling demand: On the MGNREGS
2 months ago

​Stifling demand: On the MGNREGS

The Hindu  

The efficacy of a welfare programme is directly proportional to the enthusiasm of the government implementing it. The fact that it has not only survived but also thrived under two regimes across multiple terms suggests its utility and popularity among the rural poor, though, under the National Democratic Alliance, the scheme has acquired a status of being an unwanted necessity …

Thennarasu requests Sitharaman to release MGNREGS funds owed to Tamil Nadu
2 months ago

Thennarasu requests Sitharaman to release MGNREGS funds owed to Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Monday and handed over a representation requesting the release of outstanding dues to the State under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. According to an official release, funds to the tune of ₹1,635 crore due to Tamil Nadu as wages for …

No extra allocation for MGNREGS; wages delayed
2 months ago

No extra allocation for MGNREGS; wages delayed

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has not received an additional budget for the financial year 2024-25. Sources said that the Union Rural Development Ministry is falling short of ₹4,315 crore for the wages for which a Fund Transfer Order has been generated. Last year, the government responded to criticism on low fund allocation by saying that the …

Tamil Nadu seeks urgent release of Rs 1,635 crore MGNREGS dues from Centre
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu seeks urgent release of Rs 1,635 crore MGNREGS dues from Centre

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the national capital on Monday, seeking the immediate release of Rs 1,635 crore in wage arrears owed to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had earlier addressed the issue in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

MGNREGS stares at fund crunch; no additional allocation forthcoming
2 months ago

MGNREGS stares at fund crunch; no additional allocation forthcoming

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has not received an additional budget for financial year 2024-25, resulting in delay in disbursal wages to workers. The Section 3 of the MGNREG Act clearly states that “the disbursement of daily wages shall be made on a weekly basis or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date …

MGNREGA workers in Virudhunagar district not paid wages to the tune of ₹58.83 crore for seven weeks: MP
2 months, 1 week ago

MGNREGA workers in Virudhunagar district not paid wages to the tune of ₹58.83 crore for seven weeks: MP

The Hindu  

Wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to the tune of ₹58.83 crore could not be paid for seven weeks due to non-release of funds by the Centre, said Virudhunagar MP B. Manickam Tagore. After attending the Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting here on Tuesday, Mr. Tagore said the Centre had been delaying payment …

Implement MGNREGA effectively, says AIAWU
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Implement MGNREGA effectively, says AIAWU

The Hindu  

Members of the Kalaburagi district unit of All India Agricultural Workers Union staged a protest outside the office of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and district in-charge Priyank Kharge demanding effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. District president of AIAWU Bheemshetty Yempalli has, along with farmers, in a memorandum addressed to Mr. Kharge, …

Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
3 months, 1 week ago

Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply

The Hindu  

OnDecember 26, 2024, it will be three years since the Centre sent the last tranche of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to West Bengal in 2021. A series of RTIs filed by Chakradhar Buddha from the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information reveals that the Centre undertook three field visits to the State — …

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years
3 months, 1 week ago

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: A government panel has recommended a complete overhaul of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme including allocating more work in areas with a higher number of deprived households. The panel, formed by the ministry of rural development in October 2022 to study the performance of the states and governance under MGNREGS, also argued for a separate …

Parliamentary Panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wages
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Parliamentary Panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wages

The Hindu  

Flagging low wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a Parliamentary Panel has questioned why the remuneration under the flagship scheme was not linked to an inflation index. In view of Article 39 of the Constitution and to have parity in wages, the committee strongly recommends that MGNREGA beneficiaries must be paid wages without any disparity in order …

Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Going against one of the key objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, only ₹90,000 was released by various States in 2023-24 as “unemployment allowance”, which is provided to workers in case of unmet work demand. According to Section 7 of MGNREGA, 2005, “If a person applying for employment under the scheme is not employed within 15 …

Rise in demand for MGNREGS a ‘living monument’ of govt. failure, says Jairam Ramesh
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Rise in demand for MGNREGS a ‘living monument’ of govt. failure, says Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Reacting to the latest statistics of the flagship rural employment guarantee scheme showing that demand for work is more than the pre-pandemic level and on a steady rise, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it is a “living monument” to the Narendra Modi government’s many failures. In a detailed statement here, Mr. Ramesh pointed out that the Mahatma Gandhi National …

MGNREGS audit crosses 50% local bodies in just six States
1 year, 4 months ago

MGNREGS audit crosses 50% local bodies in just six States

The Hindu  

Out of the 34 States and union territories only six have completed social audit of works done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in more than 50% of gram panchayats. According to them, every Social Audit Unit is entitled to funds equivalent to 0.5% of the MGNREGA expenditure incurred by the State in the previous year. The …

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh
1 year, 5 months ago

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a demand-driven programme and there is no question of a deficit, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh said at a press conference in Delhi on Friday. West Bengal issue To repeated questions on the suspension of the MGNREGS, for nearly two years now, in West Bengal by the Centre invoking Section …

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition
1 year, 5 months ago

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition

The Hindu  

As 216 taluks in Karnataka are reeling under drought, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested the Centre to release pending Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wage component at the earliest, for ensuring effective implementation of the job scheme. Letter to the Centre Karnataka Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma has written to Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, …

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget
1 year, 5 months ago

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget

The Hindu  

Six months into the financial year, the flagship rural employment programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, has run out of funds and as per the statistics put out by the Ministry on its website is running a deficit of ₹6,146.93 crore. An amount of ₹60,000 crore was sanctioned for the scheme for 2023-24, which was 18% lower …

Union Finance Secretary justifies cut in allocation for rural jobs scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Finance Secretary justifies cut in allocation for rural jobs scheme

The Hindu  

The allocation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was reduced in the Budget for 2023-24 because there has been a huge increase in the allocation for two other rural development programmes, Union Finance Secretary T.V. “The estimate is lower than last year’s budget — the reduction is because there has been a huge increase in two other …

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests
2 years, 1 month ago

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests

The Hindu  

The sharp reduction in the Union Budget outlay for the Centre’s flagship job guarantee programme has created resentment among the rights groups, activists and labourers in Rajasthan. Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena too expressed disappointment over the Budget cut and said the State government had provided 25 additional days of employment on its own. The MGNREGS Sangharsh …

More funds for MGNREGS if needed, says Rural Development Ministry
2 years, 1 month ago

More funds for MGNREGS if needed, says Rural Development Ministry

The Hindu  

The cut in budgetary outlay for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will not affect the programme’s objective of providing wage employment on demand and additional funds will be made available as and when the need arises, the Ministry of Rural Development said, in a clarification to news reports on the adverse impact of the budget cuts on the …

Explained | The funding and demand for MGNREGA
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | The funding and demand for MGNREGA

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Economic Survey 2022-23 presented on January 31, a day ahead of the Union Budget, showed that 6.49 crore households demanded work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. While Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session in December 2022 that the demand for jobs under MGNREGA has …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don’t leave poor behind
2 years, 2 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don’t leave poor behind

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a line in Princeton professor Ashoka Mody’s latest book India is Broken and Why it’s Hard to Fix that is relevant at all times. As Amit Basole, who heads the Centre for Sustainable Employment in Azim Premji University, and works on “jobless growth” in India, pointed out in a recent commentary piece in a national daily: “Cross-country data …

Laboured wages: On MGNREGS payments to States
2 years, 3 months ago

Laboured wages: On MGNREGS payments to States

The Hindu  

A testy exchange in the Rajya Sabha between the Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and the Trinamool Congress MP, Jawhar Sircar, on the withholding of funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in West Bengal laid bare a key implementation issue — wage delays. The delay in the payment, which is contrary to …

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy
2 years, 4 months ago

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy

The Hindu  

The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005, and the demand-driven scheme guarantees 100 days of unskilled work per year for every rural household …

Skill training of rural jobs scheme MGNREGS workers lags; Centre blames it on the States
2 years, 4 months ago

Skill training of rural jobs scheme MGNREGS workers lags; Centre blames it on the States

The Hindu  

Facing less than a lukewarm response to project Unnati, which aims to reduce dependence on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by imparting skill training to its beneficiaries, the Union Rural Development Ministry wants to link performances of the States under the project with its labour budget for the upcoming financial year. But we can’t turn a blind …

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study
2 years, 4 months ago

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study

The Hindu  

An internal study commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development has argued for decentralisation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, allowing for more “flexibility” at the ground level. The Ministry recently made public the report of the sixth Common Review Mission which surveyed seven States — Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh — …

Mahatma Gandhi rural employment scheme social audits marred by delays
2 years, 6 months ago

Mahatma Gandhi rural employment scheme social audits marred by delays

The Hindu  

The Union Rural Development Ministry has told States that failure to carry out social audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will invite action, including withholding of funds. The Social Audit Units of these States had not received the administrative funds that the Centre owes them, and whatever little has come about has been delayed. According to …

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced
2 years, 7 months ago

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was introduced by the United Progressive Alliance government, partly to fulfil an election manifesto promise. The primary objective of the Act is to provide a minimum level of household security to rural families by providing work for unskilled labour for at least 100 days. The …

Centre finds anomalies in implementation of rural job scheme in TS
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre finds anomalies in implementation of rural job scheme in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre wrote to the state government on Friday, raising multiple issues in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the state. The Centre had deputed a team of the ministry of rural development to conduct a monitoring visit in the state from June 9 to 12, which reported several issues with the implementation of …

Revoke restrictions on MGNREGS works: Minister
2 years, 7 months ago

Revoke restrictions on MGNREGS works: Minister

The Hindu  

The Union government should amend the restrictions on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works that can be taken up in panchayats, Minister for Local Self Governments M.V. The Union government order limiting the number of works that can be taken up simultaneously under the MGNREGS in a panchayat to 20 is a huge setback to the State, the …

Attendance Through App Mandatory for MGNREGS Workers; New Move to Plug Pilferage
2 years, 10 months ago

Attendance Through App Mandatory for MGNREGS Workers; New Move to Plug Pilferage

News 18  

In a big move to check transparency, the Centre has made it mandatory from May 16 that the attendance of workers under the MGNREGS be captured through a mobile application with time-stamped and geo-tagged photographs rather than the attendance marked in registers. From May 16, 2022, for all the worksite wherein muster rolls are issued for 20 or more beneficiaries, …

Graduates too opting for MGNREGS works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem
2 years, 10 months ago

Graduates too opting for MGNREGS works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTHAGUDEM: This year, there are many graduates among those who have opted for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district. About 6,500 of total 71,000 persons who have enrolled for MGNREGS works in the district are graduates. I have joined the job scheme to get some money for paying the coaching centre.” On an …

Supreme Court Agrees To Urgently Hear Plea To Clear Wage Arrears Of MGNREGA Workers
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Agrees To Urgently Hear Plea To Clear Wage Arrears Of MGNREGA Workers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to allow urgent listing of plea filed seeking directions to redress the situation of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 in the country. Further directions have been sought to the Central Government and State Government to comply with provisions in the Annual Master Circular and ensure automatic payment of …

A.P. surpassed the person days approved under MGNREGS, says Peddireddi
3 years ago

A.P. surpassed the person days approved under MGNREGS, says Peddireddi

The Hindu  

The State government has generated nearly 24 crore person days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme against 23.5 crore person days approved by Central government, according to Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy. Mr. Ramachandra Reddy said the expenditure incurred under the scheme during the financial year 2021-22 was ₹7,508 crore, of which ₹4,909 …

Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel
3 years ago

Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

Fake job cards, widespread corruption, late uploading of muster rolls, and huge pending payments for wages and materials are among the issues hampering the MGNREGA scheme, apart from insufficient funding, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report submitted to the Lok Sabha today. “Genuine labourers not getting their dues while money keeps changing hands due to collusion of unscrupulous elements …

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts
3 years, 1 month ago

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts

Live Mint  

If the Centre holds its ground on allocations to the rural employment guarantee scheme, this important measure of last resort will end up offering about one-third fewer person-days of work in 2022-23, show Mint calculations. In a report to the Lok Sabha, the panel criticized the lower allocation for 2022-23 to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, which …

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch
3 years, 4 months ago

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch

The Hindu  

That as many as 21 of 35 States/UTs have utilised, by October 29, over 100% of their allocated funds under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for FY2021-22 is not a surprise. In the previous year, the allocations for MGNREGS were increased by ₹50,000 crore to meet the demand for work, with the Revised Estimates for spending for the …

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments

The Hindu  

The Centre is committed to releasing funds for proper implementation of its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Act, the Rural Development Ministry said on Saturday. Whenever additional fund is required, the Ministry of Finance is requested to provide the funds,” said the Ministry, adding that last year, the Finance Ministry had allocated ₹50,000 crore additional funds over …

Activists seek 50 more days of work under MGNREGA
3 years, 9 months ago

Activists seek 50 more days of work under MGNREGA

The Hindu  

More than 2 lakh rural households have already completed their guaranteed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme within the first three months of the financial year, according to the scheme’s database. Given the high rates of rural job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, activists belonging to the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha wrote …

Tackling rural economic distress
3 years, 10 months ago

Tackling rural economic distress

The Hindu  

Several States are under lockdown again. There is adequate evidence that migrant workers and the rural poor have been facing great distress over the past one year and the crisis for food and work is only going to intensify further. Hunger and distress A few months ago, the Right to Food campaign and the Centre for Equity Studies published a …

Worst employer of women under MGNREGS, UP aims a turnaround
4 years, 3 months ago

Worst employer of women under MGNREGS, UP aims a turnaround

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh is the worst performer in employment of women under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the country. “Yes, over the last five years, women’s participation in the MGNREGS has consistently been low and lower than the national average,” said Yogesh Kumar, additional commissioner, MGNREGS, UP. “We have zeroed in on some significant factors and have …

A case for extension: The Hindu Editorial on rural jobs scheme
4 years, 8 months ago

A case for extension: The Hindu Editorial on rural jobs scheme

The Hindu  

The finding that 8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80 days of the 100-day limit for work under the MGNREGS and 1.4 lakh among those have completed the full quota, should come as no surprise. While these numbers are a fraction of the 4.6 crore households which have benefited from MGNREGS this year, the fact that many poor …

Scale up MGNREGA during COVID-19 crisis: Congress
4 years, 9 months ago

Scale up MGNREGA during COVID-19 crisis: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Monday claimed that 2.19 crore households have found work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and asked the Centre to scale up and make the Act open-ended to help people during coronavirus pandemic. MGNREGA jobs crash to 1% of normal | The party’s formal demand came after its chief Sonia Gandhi wrote an open …

TMC joins Opposition demand for expansion of MGNREGA
4 years, 9 months ago

TMC joins Opposition demand for expansion of MGNREGA

The Hindu  

Joining forces with the other Opposition parties, the Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded an expansion of the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. MGNREGA jobs crash to 1% of normal TMC leader Derek O’ Brien, addressing an online press conference, accused the Narendra Modi government of doing everything in its capacity to “weaken and dismantle” the MGNREGA, with Mr. …

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