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 NeFMS account”. The Hindu had reported that the Centre planned to revoke its controversial caste-based wage system after the State Governments warned of rising social tensions in an October 11 meeting. The contentious directive issued on March 2 by MoRD, on instructions from the Finance Ministry, had asked the States to generate three separate FTOs for each of the three caste groups for every muster roll at an MGNREGA worksite.

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Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
2 days, 20 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, 21 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 …

Bengal taking precautions to stop misuse of MGNREGA funds: Officials
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal taking precautions to stop misuse of MGNREGA funds: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The West Bengal government is taking extreme precautions to ensure that there is no misuse of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 funds that chief minister Mamata Banerjee has promised to disburse on February 21 from the state exchequer, officials handling the operation said. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee “The state panchayat and rural development …

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 …

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

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, …

No Constraint of Funds for MGNREGA, Payment to Bengal Stopped Due to Non-compliance: Centre
1 year, 2 months ago

No Constraint of Funds for MGNREGA, Payment to Bengal Stopped Due to Non-compliance: Centre

News 18  

The Union Rural Development Ministry on Thursday said there was no constraint of funds for the rural job scheme MGNREGA and reiterated that funds for West Bengal were not released due to non-compliance of central directives. In a statement, the ministry said, ”Funds of State of West Bengal have been stopped from March 9, 2022 as per provision of Section …

18 years on, Punjab has no rules for disbursal of unemployment allowance
1 year, 3 months ago

18 years on, Punjab has no rules for disbursal of unemployment allowance

Hindustan Times  

For the first time in Punjab, an ombudsman — appointed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act — has ordered the disbursal of unemployment allowance to over 300 workers in 13 villages of Patiala district. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee gives legal guarantee of at least 100 days of work, in a financial year, to adult members …

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 …

Centre owes ₹6,366 crore in MGNREGA wages to 18 States and Union Territories
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre owes ₹6,366 crore in MGNREGA wages to 18 States and Union Territories

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Rural Development informed Parliament on Tuesday that it owes ₹6,366 crore under the wage component of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to States. Invoking Section 27 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Centre has blocked payment of over ₹7,500 crore to West Bengal for “non-compliance of directives of the …

Parliament proceedings | Names of 5 crore MGNREGS workers deleted in 2022-23, Minister informs Lok Sabha
1 year, 4 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Names of 5 crore MGNREGS workers deleted in 2022-23, Minister informs Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, on July 25 informed that names of over five crore workers have been deleted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the financial year 2022-23. They have listed five reasons for the deletions, including — fake job card, duplicate job card, not willing to …

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 …

Form separate wing to monitor implementation of MGNREG scheme: Madras HC
1 year, 8 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 …

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 …

MGNREGA Wage Hiked For 2023-24; Check Latest Rates In Different States
1 year, 8 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 …

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 …

States must pay part of MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
1 year, 10 months 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 …

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 …

What are the implications of the cuts in allocation to MGNREGA in the Union Budget? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 10 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Release of MGNREGA funds a continuous process: Minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Release of MGNREGA funds a continuous process: Minister

The Hindu  

Hitting out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his allegation that the Centre had failed to pay MGNREGA dues to the States, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh said the release of money for the scheme is a continuous process and the liability figure is dynamic. In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Mr. Kharge said: “The Modi government is determined …

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 …

BRS calls state-wide protest over MGNREGA policy
2 years ago

BRS calls state-wide protest over MGNREGA policy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi will stage protests across the state on Friday against the decision of the BJP-led government at the Centre to recover Rs 151 crore from the Telangana state government for constructing platforms to dry paddy in villages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao called on farmers to …

Centre withholding West Bengal’s MGNREGS funds, says Trinamool in Rajya Sabha
2 years ago

Centre withholding West Bengal’s MGNREGS funds, says Trinamool in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Withholding funds due to West Bengal under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is “political discrimination” by the Union government, the Trinamool Congress said in the Rajya Sabha, as the two sides sparred on the issue in the Upper House on Wednesday. Invoking Section 27 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Centre has blocked …

Centre finds anomalies in implementation of rural job scheme in TS
2 years, 4 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 …

Kerala Govt Says New Restriction in MGNREGA 'Huge Setback' to Rural Economy, Urges Centre to Revoke
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala Govt Says New Restriction in MGNREGA 'Huge Setback' to Rural Economy, Urges Centre to Revoke

News 18  

The Left government in Kerala has urged the Centre to revoke its decision to limit the simultaneous works under the MGNREGA scheme, saying it would create huge setback in the rural economy which was trying to come out of the crisis inflicted by the Covid-19. Slamming the Centre over the move, state LSGD minister M V Govindan said it was …

Revoke restrictions on MGNREGS works: Minister
2 years, 4 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 …

Supreme Court Agrees To Urgently Hear Plea To Clear Wage Arrears Of MGNREGA Workers
2 years, 8 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 …

Plea on non-payment of MGNREGS wages in Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Plea on non-payment of MGNREGS wages in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list an application mentioned urgently by advocate Prashant Bhushan highlighting a "grave crisis" concerning crores of rural poor who were not getting their wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act even as the COVID-19 pandemic had driven them to the brink of desperation. ‘COVID-19 caused distress’ "The COVID pandemic has …

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 …

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 …

MGNREGA seeks ₹25,000 crore additional funding
3 years ago

MGNREGA seeks ₹25,000 crore additional funding

The Hindu  

The Centre has sought ₹25,000 crore as additional funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme as part of the supplementary demand for grants submitted to Parliament on Friday, after the demand-driven rural jobs scheme ran out of funds midway through the year. Overall, ₹3.73 lakh crore of additional funding is planned for the current financial year, …

The long road to timely MGNREGA payments
3 years, 1 month ago

The long road to timely MGNREGA payments

The Hindu  

There is a famous parable of the 13th century mystic Mullah Nasruddin. Agitated, the passer-by shouted at Nasruddin: “If you lost the key near your house, why are you wasting time searching for your key here?” To which Nasruddin, with no sense of irony, responded, “There is no light near my house but there is light here, so I am …

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 …

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments
3 years, 1 month 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 …

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. …

‘Delay in wage payment by Centre adding to NREGA workers’ woes’
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Delay in wage payment by Centre adding to NREGA workers’ woes’

The Hindu  

Delay on the part of the Union Government in transfer of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, has further compounded the woes of thousands of workers during these difficult pandemic times. The Centre is taking 26 days on an average to complete the wage transfer to the NREGA workers in Andhra Pradesh, thrice …

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 …

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