Payment of NREGS wages to be streamlined in NTR district
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Payment of NREGS wages to be streamlined in NTR district

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: NTR District Collector Dr G Lakshmisha directed officials to ensure that labourers under the NREGS scheme receive their full daily wage of Rs 300. On Friday, he held a teleconference with RDOs, MPDOs, and Municipal Commissioners to review the implementation of NREGS, Waste-to-Wealth centres, and pension distribution in the district. The Collector instructed DWMA officials and MPDOs to train Field Assistants and Technical Assistants to streamline wage distribution. Dr Lakshmisha also ordered the activation of all 264 Solid Waste Processing Centres across 286 villages and called for establishing centres in the remaining 22 villages.

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Hike MGNREGS wages to match price rise: parliamentary panel
2 weeks, 2 days 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. …

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 …

T.N. govt making efforts to sustain MGNREGS despite non cooperation from Centre, says CPI(M) MP
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

T.N. govt making efforts to sustain MGNREGS despite non cooperation from Centre, says CPI(M) MP

The Hindu  

Promising farm labourers to provide under the MGNREGS without any interruption, Dindigul MP R. Sachidanandam said he would raise the issue in the Lok Sabha during the ensuing budget session. When the scheme ensured employment and also gave wages, the BJP government stalled the programme citing multiple reasons and excuses, he alleged and said the Centre owed ₹1,300 crore to …

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 …

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 …

Palaniswami urges DMK govt. to ensure full payment of wages to MGNREGS beneficiaries
2 months, 1 week ago

Palaniswami urges DMK govt. to ensure full payment of wages to MGNREGS beneficiaries

The Hindu  

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday urged the DMK government to ensure that arrears in the payment of wages to beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme were cleared at the earliest. Pulling up the State government for “having created a situation” wherein the beneficiaries, who were dependent on …

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 …

CM Stalin urges Modi to direct ministry to release Rs 1,056 cr MGNREGS dues
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Stalin urges Modi to direct ministry to release Rs 1,056 cr MGNREGS dues

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: CM MK Stalin on Monday urged PM Narendra Modi to advise the Union Ministry of Rural Development to immediately release outstanding dues amounting to Rs 1,056 crore so that the pending wages under MGNREGS could be disbursed. The CM also urged the PM to advise the ministry to approve the state government’s proposal to revise and increase the Labour …

Stalin requests Modi to release wage dues of ₹1,056 crore under MGNREGS
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Stalin requests Modi to release wage dues of ₹1,056 crore under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to release outstanding wage dues to the tune of ₹1,056 crore accumulated so far under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Due to complete exhaustion of wage funds based on the Labour Budget, wages to the tune of ₹1,056 crore were pending …

Sankranti gift from Andhra govt: Rs 6,700 crore for clearance of bills
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sankranti gift from Andhra govt: Rs 6,700 crore for clearance of bills

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday approved the release of Rs 6,700 crore to clear pending bills across various sectors, providing significant financial relief ahead of Sankranti. Announcing the decision after a three-hour review meeting with finance department officials, Chief Secretary Vijayanand, and other senior leaders, Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav called it a Sankranti gift for several sections, …

When is Modi govt going to pay Karnataka's MGNREGS workers their wages, asks Congress
11 months ago

When is Modi govt going to pay Karnataka's MGNREGS workers their wages, asks Congress

New Indian Express  

Elaborating on what he said were "jumla details", Ramesh said the Bagalkote-Kudachi line of the South-Western Railway has now been delayed by more than eight years. Despite the Karnataka government providing the land for the project free of cost, and contributing 50 per cent of the construction cost, the Modi government has "failed" to deliver on this project, he said. …

WB govt will pay dues of 2.1 million NREGS workers denied wage by Centre: Mamata
1 year, 1 month ago

WB govt will pay dues of 2.1 million NREGS workers denied wage by Centre: Mamata

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday that her government would pay the dues of 2.1 million workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, who have not received wages under the Centre’s 100-days of work programme, by February 21. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the TMC’s 48-hour demonstration in central Kolkata demanding release …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS
1 year, 5 months ago

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. “Thus, as of October 20, 2023, the wage liability for the workers Tamil Nadu has accumulated to ₹2,696.77 crore,” Mr. Stalin said in his letter. Livelihood for many in rural parts The MGNREGS is considered as an important livelihood opportunity in rural areas for many, including elderly people, destitute women, women-headed households, workers with disabilities, …

BJP trying to lift NREGS: Errabelli
2 years ago

BJP trying to lift NREGS: Errabelli

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: The BJP government is trying to lift the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by reducing man days and sanctioning only Rs 7 crores out of Rs 13-crore allocation, alleged panchayat raj minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao. The minister, who distributed awards to the best village panchayats at a programme held in Jangaon district on Saturday, alleged that with …

Nirmala pulls up Collector in Telangana for not replying on Centre, state share in PDS rice
2 years, 6 months ago

Nirmala pulls up Collector in Telangana for not replying on Centre, state share in PDS rice

India TV News  

Highlights Sitharaman was attending various programmes in Zaheerabad Parliamentary Constituency. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday pulled up the Kamareddy district in Telangana, collector Jitesh Patil when the latter could not provide an answer to what was the Centre and the state's share in the rice supplied through fair price shops. Sitharaman, who was attending various programmes in Zaheerabad …

In wake of COVID-19, govt hikes MGNREGS wages by Rs 20
4 years, 11 months ago

In wake of COVID-19, govt hikes MGNREGS wages by Rs 20

India TV News  

In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Department of Rural Development in collaboration with the state governments has increased the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wages by Rs 20. "The Mahatma Gandhi NREGS wages have been revised by the Department of Rural Development, Government of India, with effect from April 1, 2020. The focus …

2 NRIs offer Rs14 crore donation to Lord Balaji temple
5 years, 7 months ago

2 NRIs offer Rs14 crore donation to Lord Balaji temple

Hindustan Times  

Two US-based NRI entrepreneurs have made a princely donation of ₹14 crores to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala on Friday, a temple official said. The devotees requested the temple officials to use the funds for different TTD-run public welfare trusts. The devotees, who are friends and wished to remain anonymous, made the offering on the …

Rs 1,150-crore Central dues halt NREGA work
6 years ago

Rs 1,150-crore Central dues halt NREGA work

Deccan Chronicle  

Kollam: The unskilled labourers in the state under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, who have played a vital role in rebuilding the state post-floods, are at the receiving end with no money paid to them since November 2018. The norm stipulated in the Act that the employees must be paid an interest of 0.05 percent of dues per …

Many workers in TS, AP unable to draw MGNREGS wages
6 years, 11 months ago

Many workers in TS, AP unable to draw MGNREGS wages

The Hindu  

Fifteen months after the transition of wage payment system under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, many workers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are yet to be disbursed their wages due under the old system. As per the data collated by ‘Upadhi Hamee Phone Radio’ team of Libtech India, a group of professionals studying the entitlements and delivery …

MGNREGS payments over ₹3000 crore pending
7 years, 4 months ago

MGNREGS payments over ₹3000 crore pending

The Hindu  

58 crore are pending towards wages, material and administrative costs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as per the latest information on the Rural Development Ministry website. In 10 States, MGNREGS accounts show a negative balance, indicating that more work was done under the rural employment guarantee scheme than what was paid for by the Centre. Pending …

Employment guarantee or slave labour?
15 years, 6 months ago

Employment guarantee or slave labour?

The Hindu  

Reports of prolonged delays in NREGA wage payments have been pouring in from all over the country in recent months. A recent investigation of hunger deaths in Baran district, Rajasthan, found that delays in NREGA wage payments were partly responsible for the tragedy. It is often argued, especially by government officials, that the main reason for the delays is the …

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