Form separate wing to monitor implementation of MGNREG scheme: Madras HC
1 year, 11 months ago

Form separate wing to monitor implementation of MGNREG scheme: Madras HC

New Indian Express  

They further directed the district collectors of respective districts to conduct periodical inspections and take action if any deviation is noted. They also wanted the collectors to publicise the scheme among the public and to form a separate wing to monitor the implementation of the scheme. "Wage payments for the workers engaged in MGNREG Scheme should be made through the Aadhar Based Payment System. The directions were issued on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Manikandan in 2022, alleging certain irregularities in the implementation of the scheme in the Vasudevanallur panchayat union in Tenkasi. Though the authorities filed a counter affidavit refuting the allegations, the judges observed that the Court has come across various instances where such allegations have surfaced in connection with the implementation of the MGNREG scheme.

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Make Aadhaar-based payment optional for MGNREGA workers: House panel
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Make Aadhaar-based payment optional for MGNREGA workers: House panel

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel report has argued that Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGA workers should be kept optional and alternative payment mechanisms are made available to ensure that they get their rightful wages. “The ABPS facilitates direct transfer of wages to bank accounts of unskilled workers under MGNREGA, even in cases where beneficiaries frequently change bank accounts or fail …

Statutory Remedy To Address Grievance On Implementation Of MNREGA Scheme Exists, PIL Can't Be Entertained: Gujarat High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Statutory Remedy To Address Grievance On Implementation Of MNREGA Scheme Exists, PIL Can't Be Entertained: Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

While rejecting a PIL alleging irregularities in implementation of the scheme framed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday said that since a statutory remedy exists for addressing any grievances on the scheme's implementation a PIL cannot be entertained. The present petition filed in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, in view of …

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, …

Supreme Court plea wants govt to allow MGNREGA workers to choose how they want their wages paid
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court plea wants govt to allow MGNREGA workers to choose how they want their wages paid

The Hindu  

A plea wants the Supreme Court to direct the Centre to allow workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to choose how they want to be paid their wages, and not impose on them “opaque and cumbersome” payment methods like the Aadhar Based Payments System. The application by the Swaraj Abhiyan, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, said …

Centre not to extend deadline for mandatory use of Aadhaar-based payment for MGNREGS
1 year, 7 months ago

Centre not to extend deadline for mandatory use of Aadhaar-based payment for MGNREGS

India TV News  

The Central government will not extend the deadline for implementing Aadhaar-based payment system as the only mode of payment to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. A total of 12.17 crore Aadhaar numbers have been authenticated and 77.81 per cent were found eligible for ABPS at that time, as per the ministry. 1.13 crore MGNREGS workers …

Allocations for MGNREGS under BJP rule more than in UPA dispensation: Union Minister
2 years, 1 month 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 …

States must pay part of MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
2 years, 1 month ago

States must pay part of MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh

The Hindu  

The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to make them more proactive in controlling corruption, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh said on Thursday, in response to a query from The Hindu Meanwhile, academics and activists working under the umbrella body of …

Calcutta HC directs DM’s to take appropriate action in MGNREGA imbroglio
2 years, 2 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 …

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 …

Centre to scrap caste-based payments for MGNREGA
3 years, 4 months 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 …

MGNREGS irregularities in UP: Three cases filed
10 years, 8 months ago

MGNREGS irregularities in UP: Three cases filed

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered three cases against the then chief development officers and project directors of the UP government besides others for alleged irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in three districts. “Pursuant to an Allahabad High Court directive, the cases have been registered under provisions pertaining to cheating, criminal breach of trust, …

SC upholds Allahabad HC’s judgment directing CBI probe into misappropriation of funds under MGNREGA in 7 districts of U.P
11 years ago

SC upholds Allahabad HC’s judgment directing CBI probe into misappropriation of funds under MGNREGA in 7 districts of U.P

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the judgment of the Allahabad high court directing a CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh.A Bench headed by chief justice P. Sathasivam dismissed a batch of petitions including that filed by the. The Supreme Court on Friday …

Non-payment of MGNREGS wages triggers suicides
11 years, 8 months ago

Non-payment of MGNREGS wages triggers suicides

The Hindu  

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi wakes up early every day, packs her lunch, and joins other daily-wage laborers in Pathari tehsil, 90 km away from her home. In a series of letters written to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Aurangabad district officials and police officials, Rajan Kshirsagar, the Parbhani district secretary of the CPI and Mr. Pathan, have alleged large scale irregularities in MGNREGS …

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