Indian experts doubt MGNREGA’s adverse impact on education and child-labour
4 years, 11 months ago

Indian experts doubt MGNREGA’s adverse impact on education and child-labour

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Contrary to what a World Bank working paper has suggested, Indian experts argue that country’s rural job guarantee scheme does not have much influence on child labour and on school enrollment. Experts argue that linking dropout rate and child labour to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is bit of a stretch and argued that the employment guarantee scheme does not offer job cards to anyone below 18 years of age and the reference to grade seven needs to be seen with a pinch of salt as by that grade a student is even less than 14 years of age. “The pressure to publish papers is high world over, and linking MGNREGA to all possible outcomes is beyond my understanding,” said Himanshu, a professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. A labour ministry official, who declined to be named, said the rural job scheme is massive and initial teething issues are not uncommon but it aiding child labour in large proportions looks difficult to believe.

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Stalin requests Modi to release wage dues of ₹1,056 crore under MGNREGS
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1 day, 21 hours 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 …

Implement MGNREGA effectively, says AIAWU
6 days, 23 hours 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 weeks, 2 days 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 weeks, 4 days 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 …

MGNREGS funding likely to remain unchanged in FY26 amid rural recovery
1 month, 2 weeks ago

MGNREGS funding likely to remain unchanged in FY26 amid rural recovery

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a vital safety net for the rural poor, is unlikely to receive increased funding in the FY26 budget. Allocations are likely to remain at FY25 levels, reflecting the government’s confidence in a recovering rural economy, two people aware of the matter said. Steady funding In contrast, FY25 funding has remained …

Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS
5 months, 1 week 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 …

MGNREGS demand not a real indicator of rural distress: Economic Survey
5 months, 3 weeks ago

MGNREGS demand not a real indicator of rural distress: Economic Survey

The Hindu  

Laying the groundwork for revisiting the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as a poverty alleviation tool, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on July 22 noted in the Economic Survey that demand under the scheme was not a “real indicator” of rural distress. According to the survey, while Tamil Nadu has less than 1% of the poor population in …

Rise in demand for MGNREGS a ‘living monument’ of govt. failure, says Jairam Ramesh
9 months, 1 week 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 …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Union government to disburse MGNREGS dues
10 months ago

T.N. CM Stalin urges Union government to disburse MGNREGS dues

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, March 14, 2024 wrote to the Union government requesting to disburse the MGNREGS total wage liability amount to the tune of ₹1,678.83 crore accumulated up to January 5, 2024. Till March 6 this year, Tamil Nadu have achieved 40.51 crore persondays as against the labour budget of 37 crore persondays by providing …

Wages under MGNREGA 'inadequate', 'not in consonance' rising cost of living: Parliamentary panel
11 months, 1 week ago

Wages under MGNREGA 'inadequate', 'not in consonance' rising cost of living: Parliamentary panel

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The daily wages paid under the flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, are inadequate and not in consonance with the rising cost of living, a parliamentary panel told the government on Thursday. "The committee finds the range of wages vary from as little as Rs 221 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Rs …

Calcutta HC sets up team for verification of MGNREGA job cards in West Bengal
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta HC sets up team for verification of MGNREGA job cards in West Bengal

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court directed the setting up of a four-member team for an expeditious verification of job cards of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on a district-wise basis in West Bengal. The court ordered that a genuine verification process of job cards for MNREGA be done district-wise by a team of four officers - one to be …

The welfare programme economists loved to hate
1 year, 2 months ago

The welfare programme economists loved to hate

Hindustan Times  

India’s rural employment guarantee scheme has become a lifeline for the rural economy once again. Even during the pandemic, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has proved to be one of India’s most effective social safety nets. The researchers found that the payment reform raised household earnings of MGNREGS beneficiaries, boosted local demand, and drove up market wages …

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh
1 year, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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 …

Workers in Muzaffarpur endure penury as wages are delayed under the MGNREGA scheme
1 year, 4 months ago

Workers in Muzaffarpur endure penury as wages are delayed under the MGNREGA scheme

The Hindu  

Sudama Devi, a resident of Dhabauli village under Mohammadpur Sura panchayat, does not have enough food to feed her five children. Ms. Devi is among the many workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme in Bihar who have not received their wages in the past four months. In Muzaffarpur, 80% of the workers under the MGNREGA …

Bring employment scheme for urban poor, KTR urges Centre
1 year, 6 months ago

Bring employment scheme for urban poor, KTR urges Centre

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad In his representation to Union minister for urban development Hardeep Singh Puri, KTR said an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of MGNREGS would go a long way in their economic uplift. Telangana industries, information technology and urban development minister K T Rama Rao on Saturday appealed to the Centre to introduce a National Urban …

SPOTLIGHT | MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government
1 year, 9 months ago

SPOTLIGHT | MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 06, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In 2015, one year after he assumed office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, calling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act a “living memorial” to the Congress’ failures. My political instinct tells me that MGNREGA should not be discontinued….” But those working …

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year
1 year, 9 months ago

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year

The Hindu  

The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at ₹357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at ₹221. The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National …

MGNREGA Wage Hiked For 2023-24; Check Latest Rates In Different States
1 year, 9 months ago

MGNREGA Wage Hiked For 2023-24; Check Latest Rates In Different States

News 18  

The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at Rs 357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at Rs 221. The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma …

Asset creation in MGNREGA has crossed 60% over last 9 years: Giriraj Singh
1 year, 10 months ago

Asset creation in MGNREGA has crossed 60% over last 9 years: Giriraj Singh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday said that in the last nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, asset creation has crossed 60% in MGNREGA and that its mandate has seen a transformation from merely digging and filling holes. Speaking on the sidelines of the SARAS Mela in Noida, the minister took strong exception to a Facebook …

Union Finance Secretary justifies cut in allocation for rural jobs scheme
1 year, 11 months 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 …

What are the implications of the cuts in allocation to MGNREGA in the Union Budget? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 11 months ago

What are the implications of the cuts in allocation to MGNREGA in the Union Budget? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act promises 100 days of wage-based employment every year to rural households across the country. But in the 2023-24 Union Budget, the government has slashed allocation for this scheme to ₹61,032.65 crore, which is 30% less than the revised estimate of ₹ 89,154.65 crore for 2022-23. This is the second straight cut, as …

Mint Explainer: The big picture behind the MNREGA cut
1 year, 11 months ago

Mint Explainer: The big picture behind the MNREGA cut

Live Mint  

Is the government killing the rural employment guarantee scheme by slashing its budget allocation? The budget has cut the outlay for MNREGA, but has sharply raised spending on other rural development schemes like PM Awaas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission, indicating that the focus is clearly on building durable rural assets. The controversy around MNREGA Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sharply …

Union Budget 2023: Did the Govt Meet Welfare Promises & Secure the Marginalised?
1 year, 11 months ago

Union Budget 2023: Did the Govt Meet Welfare Promises & Secure the Marginalised?

The Quint  

For this, we looked at several social-welfare schemes and the outlay numbers in the Union Budget for 2023-24 from MGNREGA, PMGSY, Ayushman Bharat to the PM-Poshan scheme. In the Union Budget 2023, a mere Rs 60,000 crore has been allocated to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program scheme. Finance Ministry cites two reasons: a) With the impact of …

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests
1 year, 11 months 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
1 year, 11 months 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
1 year, 11 months 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
1 year, 11 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 …

Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
2 years ago

Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

The Hindu  

The proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year. According to the latest statistics available with the Union Ministry of Rural Development, 57.8% of the workers who used the scheme this year were women, their highest level of participation since 2012-13. “Additionally, the State …

Laboured wages: On MGNREGS payments to States
2 years 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Rural Development Ministry report highlights gaps in poverty alleviation
2 years, 1 month ago

Rural Development Ministry report highlights gaps in poverty alleviation

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 17, 2022 10:35 IST The Central government has claimed that schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme “acted as a boon for the populace” in the pandemic years, when cities saw a reverse migration because of the lockdown. However, the Ministry of Rural Development’s Sixth Common Review Mission, which examines rural development schemes …

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study
2 years, 2 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 — …

Explained | The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme has rolled out in Rajasthan with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year. The Congress government has touted it as the country's biggest scheme to give guaranteed …

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced
2 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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 …

MGNREGA: Safety net looks fragile
2 years, 5 months ago

MGNREGA: Safety net looks fragile

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST Soon after becoming Prime Minister, Narendra Modi mocked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Parliament and called it a monumental failure of the United Progressive Alliance government. MGNREGA, which guarantees 100 days of work a year to at least one member of every rural household, saved many of them from …

App-based attendance hits rural jobs scheme workers
2 years, 7 months ago

App-based attendance hits rural jobs scheme workers

The Hindu  

The Union government has made capturing of attendance through its app, National Mobile Monitoring System, compulsory at worksites where 20 or more workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are employed. This move comes despite many problems, including patchy Internet connectivity in rural areas and little or no technical support. The Ministry’s directive claims that the app, …

Attendance Through App Mandatory for MGNREGS Workers; New Move to Plug Pilferage
2 years, 7 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, 8 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 …

A.P. surpassed the person days approved under MGNREGS, says Peddireddi
2 years, 9 months 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
2 years, 9 months 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
2 years, 11 months 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 …

Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MGNREGA, 25.51% lower than 2021-22 revised estimate
2 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MGNREGA, 25.51% lower than 2021-22 revised estimate

India TV News  

Highlights Centre allocated Rs 73,000 cr for rural jobs guarantee programme MGNREGA for 2022-23 in Budget This is 25.51 per cent less than the revised estimate for the current financial year MGNREGA is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the rural jobs guarantee programme MGNREGA …

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch
3 years, 2 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 …

Tensions rise over caste split of MGNREGA wages
3 years, 2 months ago

Tensions rise over caste split of MGNREGA wages

The Hindu  

For poor villagers in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, a good Diwali depends on their wages from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, so tensions were high when some got paid faster than others for work done over the last six months. Panchayat officials say they have submitted the details for everyone, but the order to split the payments …

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments
3 years, 2 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 …

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