CM Stalin urges Modi to direct ministry to release Rs 1,056 cr MGNREGS dues
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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 Budget for TN from 20 crore person-days to 35 crore person-days. Stalin, in his letter to the PM, explained that due to the complete exhaustion of wage funds based on the Labour budget, wages could not be disbursed to MGNREGS workers for the past two months. “During 2024-25, Tamil Nadu has achieved 23.36 crore person-days of wage employment as against the labour budget of 20 Crore person-days up to January 6,” he added.

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

Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
3 weeks, 1 day 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 …

Nirmala Sitharaman, TMC MP spar over central funds
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Nirmala Sitharaman, TMC MP spar over central funds

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha witnessed a brief confrontation between Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay during he discussion on the first batch of supplementary demands for grants over the alleged withholding of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. “We are allowing you to fix it and …

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 …

CM Stalin Seeks 50 Percent Tax Share for States, Cites Financial Strain
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CM Stalin Seeks 50 Percent Tax Share for States, Cites Financial Strain

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai:Appealing for a 50 per cent share of the taxes collected by the Union Government to all the States, in an equitable fashion, and for an allocation of additional funds to better performing States, including Tamil Nadu, to ensure the overall development of the nation, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the lowering of fund allocation had come as a …

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Likely To Meet PM Modi On Friday Over Delay In Central Funds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Likely To Meet PM Modi On Friday Over Delay In Central Funds

ABP News  

New Delhi, Sep 26 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday with the demand for early release of funds for several projects such as the Chennai Metro and universal education initiatives. Stalin arrived in the national capital on Thursday evening and received a warm welcome from DMK leaders, including members …

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt

Op India  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her seventh consecutive Union Budget for 2024-25, outlined key priorities aimed at fostering economic growth and creating ample opportunities. She listed productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment and skilling, inclusive human resource development and social justice, manufacturing and services, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, innovation, research and development and next-generation reforms as nine priority areas …

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 …

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin criticises Centre to show his political presence: BJP State chief Annamalai
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin criticises Centre to show his political presence: BJP State chief Annamalai

The Hindu  

BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai alleged on July 21 that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has failed to fulfil the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s poll promises deceiving the people of Tamil Nadu and is trying to shift the blame on the Union Government to show his political presence. Mr. Annamalai was responding to Mr. Stalin’s social media post on X in …

Centre on MK Stalin alleging neglect of Tamil Nadu: ‘Far from truth’
6 months ago

Centre on MK Stalin alleging neglect of Tamil Nadu: ‘Far from truth’

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government on Friday rejected Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin's allegation of Tamil Nadu being neglected in sanction of projects by the Centre. In the civil aviation sector, the government said five projects worth ₹4,000 crore have been approved in Tamil Nadu, out of which two have been completed. The government said that total investment received by …

When is Modi govt going to pay Karnataka's MGNREGS workers their wages, asks Congress
8 months, 2 weeks 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. …

INDIA bloc will extend job scheme from 100 to 150 days, says Kanimozhi
9 months ago

INDIA bloc will extend job scheme from 100 to 150 days, says Kanimozhi

The Hindu  

The INDIA bloc, if elected to power in the ensuing Lok Sabha election, would increase the 100-day MGNREGA scheme to 150 days, and the wages to ₹400, said DMK leader Kanimozhi here on Tuesday. Seeking votes for IUML candidate Nawaz Kani, an ally of the DMK, who is contesting in ladder symbol from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency for the second …

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States
9 months, 2 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 …

Revised MGNREGS wage rates below Rs 400 a day as promised by Congress: Rahul
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Revised MGNREGS wage rates below Rs 400 a day as promised by Congress: Rahul

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Congress slammed the Narendra Modi government on Thursday after it notified the revised MGNREGS wages for 2024-25, saying the daily wage rates in all states are well below the Rs 400 a day promised by the opposition party under its "Shramik NYAY" guarantees. Leaving aside the issue of whether this violates the spirit of the Model Code …

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states
9 months, 2 weeks ago

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme have been revised, with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states. Haryana has the highest wage rate for unskilled workers under the scheme at Rs 374 a day, while Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have the lowest at Rs 234, according to a notification. The …

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 …

PM Modi neglecting genuine demands of the T.N. government: CM Stalin
10 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi neglecting genuine demands of the T.N. government: CM Stalin

The Hindu  

Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Monday, March 4, 2024, accused the Union government of ignoring the genuine demands of the Tamil Nadu government and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was only frequenting the State as the Lok Sabha polls are around the corner. “But they cannot deceive the people of Tamil Nadu who always stand on the side of the …

Low budgetary allocation crippling MGNREGS, says Parliamentary panel
11 months ago

Low budgetary allocation crippling MGNREGS, says Parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

A reduced budget at the outset of the financial year for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has a “cascading effect on various important aspects” of the programme and a telling impact on its progress, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development said in its report tabled on Thursday. ‘Cascading effect’ The committee pointed out that the budgetary …

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

2024 Interim Budget | Net zero gain for job guarantee scheme
11 months, 1 week ago

2024 Interim Budget | Net zero gain for job guarantee scheme

The Hindu  

With allocation of ₹86,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the budget for the scheme for the financial year 2024-25 has been hiked by ₹26,000 crore in comparison to the 2023-24 Budget estimates, though it is the same as the revised estimates for the ongoing financial year. In the 2023 Budget, only ₹60,000 crore was allocated …

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 …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS
1 year, 2 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, …

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, …

Budget deficit in MGNREGS an indicator of the deepening rural distress: Jairam Ramesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Budget deficit in MGNREGS an indicator of the deepening rural distress: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

The fact that the budget for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been exhausted within six months of the ongoing financial year indicates the “deepening rural distress” and “rising inequality” across the country, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has said. A total of ₹60,000 crore was sanctioned for the scheme for 2023-24, which was 18% lower than …

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 …

Watch | Focus Tamil Nadu — Why Stalin’s basic income scheme for women in T.N. has not pleased everyone
1 year, 5 months ago

Watch | Focus Tamil Nadu — Why Stalin’s basic income scheme for women in T.N. has not pleased everyone

The Hindu  

Watch | Why Stalin’s basic income scheme for women in Tamil Nadu has not pleased everyone The Tamil Nadu government, on July 20, began the distribution of application forms for Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, a scheme through which a monthly rights grant of ₹1,000 is to be provided to eligible women heads of households starting September 15. During the State …

Unpaid Wages, Glitchy Attendance App: Why MGNREGA Workers Are Protesting
1 year, 9 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, 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 …

BJP trying to lift NREGS: Errabelli
1 year, 9 months 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 …

No MGNREGS funds for West Bengal for 2023-24 too
1 year, 9 months ago

No MGNREGS funds for West Bengal for 2023-24 too

The Hindu  

The Union Rural Development Ministry has decided to withhold the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds for West Bengal for the financial year 2023-24, extending the imposition of Section 27 of the MGNREGA that allows for stoppage of funds for violation of rules in implementation of the scheme by the State. Since then, we haven’t got any further …

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister to present Budget in Assembly on March 20
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister to present Budget in Assembly on March 20

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is set to present the Budget for 2023-24 in the State Legislative Assembly in Chennai on March 20 — the first day of the Assembly session. In this session, the Tamil Nadu Government may be expected to table among others, the second Bill to impose a ban on online games, as the Governor …

Delhi MLAs get 66% hike in salary, allowances; Here is how much they will draw now
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi MLAs get 66% hike in salary, allowances; Here is how much they will draw now

India TV News  

Delhi government's proposal to to increse the salaries and allowances of their employees by 66 percent was approved by the president on Monday. Their constituency allowance has been raised from Rs 18,000 to Rs 25,000, while the conveyance allowance has been hiked from Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000. The overall pay of the ministers, Speaker and Deputy Speaker, chief whip, …

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 …

MGNREGS suffers as Centre’s dues to 14 States amount to ₹6,157 crore
1 year, 11 months ago

MGNREGS suffers as Centre’s dues to 14 States amount to ₹6,157 crore

The Hindu  

With just little over a month left for the current financial year to end, the Union government owes ₹6,157 crore to 14 States under the material component head of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that pays for wages and construction material for skilled labourers. Replying to a question by CPI MP John Brittas, Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan …

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 …

Economy better placed, other rural spends hiked: Finance Secretary on MGNREGS Budget dip
1 year, 11 months ago

Economy better placed, other rural spends hiked: Finance Secretary on MGNREGS Budget dip

The Hindu  

Union Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan on Thursday defended the reduction in Budget 2023-24 allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, stressing that the economy was in a better shape and there had been an enhancement in rural outlays under other schemes which would generate similar work opportunities. The Union Budget presented on Wednesday allocated ₹60,000 crore for …

Budget a disappointment to Tamil Nadu, presented only for BJP-ruled states: CM MK Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget a disappointment to Tamil Nadu, presented only for BJP-ruled states: CM MK Stalin

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin on Wednesday termed the Union Budget a 'huge disappointment' to Tamil Nadu and its people and said that it created an impression that the budget was presented for the development of the BJP-ruled states. BUDGET A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT: CM STALIN In a two-page statement, Stalin stated that the budget does not …

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, February 1, presented the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 general elections. Here’s a roundup of how the budgetary allocations for some of the key schemes have changed- MGNREGS: The government slashed the budget for its flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by …

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