Tensions rise over caste split of MGNREGA wages
3 years, 1 month 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 by caste has come from higher up, so they cannot do anything.” Similar concerns have been raised by grassroots activists and union leaders in a number of States including Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu after a Central directive to split MGNREGA budget for wage payments along caste lines was issued on March 2. The Centre transferred money to 46% of SC workers within the mandated seven days, while 80% got paid within 15 days after FTO approval. However, among non-SC/ST workers, only 26% were paid within seven days, and 51% were paid within 15 days,” explained Rajendran Narayanan, an assistant professor at Azim Premji University who led the LibTech research. On the other hand, the Social Justice Ministry received complaints from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that it was payments for SC workers which were being delayed, “creating dissensions in village communities”.

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Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
2 days, 15 hours 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
4 days, 17 hours 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 …

MGNREGA union to campaign for restarting programme in West Bengal
3 months, 3 weeks ago

MGNREGA union to campaign for restarting programme in West Bengal

The Hindu  

In an attempt to embarrass the Centre into restarting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in West Bengal, the workers enrolled with the programme across the country will donate one rupee each to cover the wage dues that have not been paid since the scheme was shut down in the State by Centre over corruption complaints in December …

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States
8 months, 3 weeks ago

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government on Thursday revised wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states. The increases were made on the 2023 wage rates under a scheme that is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Union government to disburse MGNREGS dues
9 months, 1 week 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
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Centre unrelenting, Bengal to pay MGNREGS workers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre unrelenting, Bengal to pay MGNREGS workers

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that the State government will clear the wages of 21 lakh workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which have been kept pending by the Centre for the past two years., which have been kept pending by the Central government for the past two years. The decision by …

MGNREGS dues and migration, a year of tumult in Centre-State ties for Bengal
11 months, 3 weeks ago

MGNREGS dues and migration, a year of tumult in Centre-State ties for Bengal

The Hindu  

December 26, 2023, marked two years since the Union government stopped funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to West Bengal. According to the West Bengal government, funds pending with the Centre amount to ₹6,911 crore including ₹3,732 crore against wage liability and ₹3,179 crore against non-wage liabilities. In the last month of the year, West Bengal …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS
1 year, 1 month 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, …

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, …

Workers in Muzaffarpur endure penury as wages are delayed under the MGNREGA scheme
1 year, 3 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 …

Heat Wave, Poverty, No MGNREGA Funds: What's Plaguing West Bengal's Sabar Tribe?
1 year, 5 months ago

Heat Wave, Poverty, No MGNREGA Funds: What's Plaguing West Bengal's Sabar Tribe?

The Quint  

An already impoverished community, the Sabars were dealt another blow after the suspension of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal, which was prompted by corruption allegations against the state government. In December 2021, the Centre stopped the release of funds for West Bengal under MGNREGA, and since then more than Rs 7,500 crore worth of MGNREGA funds to the state have …

Unpaid Wages, Glitchy Attendance App: Why MGNREGA Workers Are Protesting
1 year, 8 months ago

Unpaid Wages, Glitchy Attendance App: Why MGNREGA Workers Are Protesting

The Quint  

According to the Morcha, the last Fund transfer order to West Bengal was released on 26 December 2021 and no payment order was released after that. In January this year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the total central dues to the state government under MGNREGA currently stands at Rs 6,000 crore. The Hindu reported that during a …

SPOTLIGHT | MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government
1 year, 8 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 …

Govt hikes wages under MGNREGA scheme, effective from April 1
1 year, 8 months ago

Govt hikes wages under MGNREGA scheme, effective from April 1

Live Mint  

The government has hiked wage rates for rural jobs with Haryana state seeing the highest wage rate of ₹357 per day. In value terms, Haryana's daily wage rate is hiked to ₹357 per day from ₹331 per day. MNREGA is a demand driven wage employment Scheme which provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas …

Allocations for MGNREGS under BJP rule more than in UPA dispensation: Union Minister
1 year, 10 months ago

Allocations for MGNREGS under BJP rule more than in UPA dispensation: Union Minister

The Hindu  

Dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charges related to MGNREGA, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Saturday that both allocations for the scheme and asset creation under it during the Narendra Modi government, were more than the previous UPA dispensation. The Union Rural Development Minister said that in the 10 years of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, the Budget estimate …

Union Finance Secretary justifies cut in allocation for rural jobs scheme
1 year, 10 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 …

Union Budget 2023: Did the Govt Meet Welfare Promises & Secure the Marginalised?
1 year, 10 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, 10 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 …

Explained | The funding and demand for MGNREGA
1 year, 10 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 …

Calcutta HC directs DM’s to take appropriate action in MGNREGA imbroglio
1 year, 11 months ago

Calcutta HC directs DM’s to take appropriate action in MGNREGA imbroglio

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court has directed District Magistrates in West Bengal to “take appropriate action” in the imbroglio relating to implementation of MGNREGA after Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity provides details of the aggrieved workers. Wages to workers under MGNREGA have not been paid since December 2021 and the PBKMS, a union of agricultural workers had filed the petition before …

Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
1 year, 11 months 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
1 year, 11 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 …

A year of MGNREGA imbroglio in Bengal, rights group call it violation of worker’s rights
1 year, 11 months ago

A year of MGNREGA imbroglio in Bengal, rights group call it violation of worker’s rights

The Hindu  

Highlighting that it has been a year since MGNREGS workers in West Bengal have not been paid wages, NREGA Sangarsh Morcha on Monday issued a press statement accusing the Centre of “assault on the NREGA”, which is a 100-day employment scheme for the rural families, and it also exposed the government’s lack of commitment for the workers’ rights. The last …

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 …

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study
2 years, 1 month 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 — …

MGNREGA workers in Haryana protest for 365 workdays, ₹600 wages
2 years, 3 months ago

MGNREGA workers in Haryana protest for 365 workdays, ₹600 wages

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of MGNREGA workers on Thursday held a protest demanding that their wages should be increased to ₹600 and the work days should be increased to 365 days. Hundreds of MGNREGA workers on Thursday held a protest demanding that their wages should be increased to ₹ 600 and the work days should be increased to 365 days. Ram Avtar Singh, …

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 …

Graduates too opting for MGNREGS works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem
2 years, 7 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 …

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts
2 years, 10 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 …

Manipur panchayat members to protest if pending MGNREGA wages are not paid
2 years, 10 months ago

Manipur panchayat members to protest if pending MGNREGA wages are not paid

The Hindu  

he Manipur State Panchayat Parishad elected members and functionaries in the hill districts have announced that they will join the ongoing agitations in the six valley districts from February 9 if the pending amount related to MGNREGA wages is not released by the government on or before February 8. The agitating members and functionaries said that the Centre had sanctioned …

₹3,358 crore in MGNREGA wages not paid
2 years, 10 months ago

₹3,358 crore in MGNREGA wages not paid

The Hindu  

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers are still waiting for almost ₹3,360 crore in pending wage payments, with the largest pending payments in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to the government’s reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written response to a question from Communist Party of India member John Brittas …

Economic Survey | MGNREGA demand dropped from June 2020 peak, but still higher than pre-COVID
2 years, 10 months ago

Economic Survey | MGNREGA demand dropped from June 2020 peak, but still higher than pre-COVID

The Hindu  

January 31, 2022 05:52 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - New Delhi Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme has dropped from the peak of the first lockdown, but is still higher than pre-COVID levels, the Department of Economic Affairs said in its annual Economic Survey, noting that this is “an indicator of …

Centre to scrap caste-based payments for MGNREGA
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre to scrap caste-based payments for MGNREGA

The Hindu  

The Centre has decided to scrap the system of caste-based wage payments in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme after complaints from State Governments. In an order dated November 1, the Finance Ministry directed the Ministry of Rural Development to “revert to the previous system of generating single muster, single FTO and transferring money into a single …

No money left in MGNREGA coffers; 21 States in the red
3 years, 1 month ago

No money left in MGNREGA coffers; 21 States in the red

The Hindu  

The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year, and supplementary budgetary allocations will not come to the rescue for at least another month when the next Parliamentary session begins. According to its own financial statement, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme shows a negative net balance of ₹8,686 crore. …

Odisha hikes MGNREGA workers' wage, announces ₹532 cr package
3 years, 5 months ago

Odisha hikes MGNREGA workers' wage, announces ₹532 cr package

Hindustan Times  

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a Covid assistance package of ₹532 crore for 32 lakh Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers in the state who have worked in the last 3 months of this year. A release from panchayati raj department said each of the 32 lakh workers will receive an additional ₹50 for each …

Activists seek 50 more days of work under MGNREGA
3 years, 5 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 …

Finance Ministry advised caste-wise split in MGNREGA wage payments
3 years, 6 months ago

Finance Ministry advised caste-wise split in MGNREGA wage payments

The Hindu  

The decision to split MGNREGA wage payments by caste categories was done on the advice of the Finance Ministry in order to assess and highlight the benefits flowing from budgetary outlay towards Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rural Development Secretary N.N. He said this should not cause any delay in wage payments or any changes for beneficiaries if processes were …

Centre tells States to split rural jobs scheme wages into separate categories for SCs, STs, others
3 years, 6 months ago

Centre tells States to split rural jobs scheme wages into separate categories for SCs, STs, others

The Hindu  

The Centre has asked the States to split wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme into separate categories for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and others from this financial year. Workers’ rights advocates said this will unnecessarily complicate the payment system, and expressed fears that it may lead to a reduction in scheme funding. The existing …

Jharkhand MGNREGS workers to get ₹225 minimum wage from April 1
3 years, 8 months ago

Jharkhand MGNREGS workers to get ₹225 minimum wage from April 1

Hindustan Times  

Labourers working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will get ₹225 as minimum wage, effective from April 1, in Jharkhand, said an official on Friday. HT Image State rural development department has issued a letter to all deputy commissioners and concerned authorities to ensure the minimum wage to all MGNREGS labourers from Thursday. State rural development director …

Worst employer of women under MGNREGS, UP aims a turnaround
4 years 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 …

MGNREGA Monthly Wages Double to Rs 1,000 Per Person Amid Pandemic: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

MGNREGA Monthly Wages Double to Rs 1,000 Per Person Amid Pandemic: Report

News 18  

The rural distress following the pandemic has seen the average monthly income per person under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 doubling to around Rs 1,000 in the first four months of the fiscal from Rs 509 in FY2020, according to an analysis by Crisil. The April-July period typically sees around 25 per cent more work execution …

MGNREGA has already used up half its annual funds
4 years, 4 months ago

MGNREGA has already used up half its annual funds

The Hindu  

One-third of the way through the financial year, government data shows that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme has used up almost half its allocated funds, spending more than ₹48,500 crore out of the expanded ₹1 lakh crore allocation announced following the COVID-19 outbreak. A new survey of 13 States, published by the Azim Premji Foundation shows …

Utilise MGNREGA to the fullest capacity
4 years, 5 months ago

Utilise MGNREGA to the fullest capacity

The Hindu  

The role of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as a lifeline for the working poor in rural India has been proved once again with the experience of the lockdown. The Central government revised lockdown guidelines to allow MGNREGA work only from April 20, nearly a month after the nationwide lockdown was imposed, and released funds for it …

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