Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi seeking release of MGNREGA, PMAY funds
2 years, 7 months ago

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi seeking release of MGNREGA, PMAY funds

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 12 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to release funds for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and PM Awas Yojana. “It is very astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to West Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana,” she said. “In Bengal, wage payment is pending for more than four months as Government of India is not releasing funds to the state to the tune of nearly ₹6,500 crore - ₹3,000 crore against wage liabilities and ₹3,500 crore against non-wage liabilities,” she said. The West Bengal chief minister mentioned that the State holds the top rank in implementing PM Awas Yojana, and since 2016-17, more than 32 lakh houses have been constructed.

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Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
1 day, 21 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
3 days, 22 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 …

Nirmala Sitharaman, TMC MP spar over central funds
6 days, 19 hours 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
4 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 …

Mamata Banerjee releases ₹3,193 crore assistance for farmers under 2 schemes
6 months, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee releases ₹3,193 crore assistance for farmers under 2 schemes

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced an assistance of ₹2,900 crore for 10.5 million farmers and sharecroppers under the state’s Krishak Bandhu welfare scheme and another ₹293 crore as compensation for crop loss because of the weather. West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with some of her party’s newly elected Lok Sabha MPs …

BJP-led NDA govt at Centre will expire soon: TMC's Abhishek
7 months ago

BJP-led NDA govt at Centre will expire soon: TMC's Abhishek

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Asserting that electors of the country will teach a lesson to the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the term of the saffron party-led NDA government at the Centre will expire soon. Addressing a rally in Kultali in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district in support of Trinamool Congress …

Mamata skipped Ram Temple to not offend her ‘infiltrator’ vote bank: Amit Shah
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata skipped Ram Temple to not offend her ‘infiltrator’ vote bank: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in January this year as she didn’t want to offend her ‘infiltrator’ vote bank, Union home minister Amit Shah alleged on Tuesday. The BJP will send all those people to jail who tortured women in Sandeshkhali.” Shah also promised to punish the “TMC goons” …

'Mamata Banerjee can't dare to...': Amit Shah reveals BJP's target in West Bengal
8 months ago

'Mamata Banerjee can't dare to...': Amit Shah reveals BJP's target in West Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither the Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act, Speaking at a rally in West Bengal, Shah also made a prediction as to how many seats his party will win in the Lok Sabha elections in the TMC-ruled state. Amit Shah claimed that Modi had …

Revised MGNREGS wage rates below Rs 400 a day as promised by Congress: Rahul
8 months, 3 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 …

Mamata holds 'non-political' meet with PM Modi at Raj Bhavan amid row over withholding West Bengal’s funds
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata holds 'non-political' meet with PM Modi at Raj Bhavan amid row over withholding West Bengal’s funds

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Raj Bhavan during his two-day visit to the state on Friday evening. The Prime Minister is in West Bengal on a two-day tour where he will address rallies in Hooghly and Nadia districts and also inaugurate several projects. Significance of the meeting Mamata’s meeting with the Prime Minister comes …

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 …

WB govt will pay dues of 2.1 million NREGS workers denied wage by Centre: Mamata
10 months, 3 weeks ago

WB govt will pay dues of 2.1 million NREGS workers denied wage by Centre: Mamata

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday that her government would pay the dues of 2.1 million workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, who have not received wages under the Centre’s 100-days of work programme, by February 21. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the TMC’s 48-hour demonstration in central Kolkata demanding release …

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 …

2024 Interim Budget | Net zero gain for job guarantee scheme
10 months, 3 weeks 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 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 …

'Release pending central funds to Bengal', Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
11 months, 1 week ago

'Release pending central funds to Bengal', Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the release of pending financial dues to the state by the Centre. According to sources, the West Bengal government has stated that the Centre did not release Rs 7,000 crore as funds for the ration of the state. On December 20, 2023, Banerjee met PM …

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 …

Mamata meets PM, calls for release of pending central funds
1 year ago

Mamata meets PM, calls for release of pending central funds

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with a delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and sought “release of funds due to the State without further delay and without political considerations”. “There is a due of nearly ₹1.16 lakh crore from Government of India on account of various Centrally Pending dues …

West Bengal CM Mamata meets PM Modi for funds
1 year ago

West Bengal CM Mamata meets PM Modi for funds

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the release of pending central funds to the state. She said the prime minister proposed that officials from the state and the Centre can sit together and clear the issues.Speaking to the media after the meeting in the Parliament complex along with nine …

Mamata Banerjee seeks resolution on pending dues in meeting with PM Modi | WATCH
1 year ago

Mamata Banerjee seeks resolution on pending dues in meeting with PM Modi | WATCH

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to address the longstanding issue of pending dues to the state. Addressing the media before her departure to New Delhi on Sunday, Chief Minister Banerjee accused the Centre of halting all funds for Bengal, including those designated for the housing program Banglar Bari. After the meeting in the …

Mamata in Delhi, I.N.D.I.A bloc’s gathering, meeting with PM Modi over Bengal funds among top agenda
1 year ago

Mamata in Delhi, I.N.D.I.A bloc’s gathering, meeting with PM Modi over Bengal funds among top agenda

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday arrived in the national capital on a four-day visit, during which she is slated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, TMC MPs and also attend the meeting of the Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc. The Chief Minister also expressed concerns over the Parliament security breach that took place on December 13 and termed it …

Mamata Banerjee asks BJP govt to release funds due to West Bengal or 'leave the chair'
1 year ago

Mamata Banerjee asks BJP govt to release funds due to West Bengal or 'leave the chair'

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the Centre should either release the funds due for the state or vacate office. "Funds to the tune of Rs 1.15 lakh crore due to Bengal will be sought.We will raise the slogan that give the poor people's money or leave the chair," she said while addressing a public meeting …

TMC demands release of funds for central schemes in LS; minister hits back
1 year ago

TMC demands release of funds for central schemes in LS; minister hits back

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday asked the central government to release funds for the rural jobs guarantee and housing schemes, accusing the Centre of imposing an “economic blockade” against the West Bengal government, a charge that was promptly rebutted by Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan who alleged corruption in implementation of central schemes. TMC Member of Parliament Sudip Bandhopadhyay …

Mamata Banerjee accuses Centre of spreading misinformation on releasing MGNREGA funds
1 year, 1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee accuses Centre of spreading misinformation on releasing MGNREGA funds

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Centre was running a misinformation campaign to delay clearing funds released under the MGNREGA scheme. "I detect a deliberate disinformation campaign regarding Central release of funds in MGNREGA," the Chief Minister wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "The Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal & Hon'ble Chairperson of All India Trinamool …

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, …

With no clearance from governor, Bengal assembly fails to pass bill on MLAs salary
1 year, 2 months ago

With no clearance from governor, Bengal assembly fails to pass bill on MLAs salary

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal legislative assembly on Monday failed to pass a money bill drafted to hike the salary and allowances of legislators and ministers after governor CV Ananda Bose did not give his clearance, state parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said. The Trinamool Congress government convened a one-day special session on Monday only to pass the bill before the five-day …

Abhishek Ends TMC Stir After West Bengal Governor\'s Assurance on Funds
1 year, 2 months ago

Abhishek Ends TMC Stir After West Bengal Governor\'s Assurance on Funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's MP nephew Abhishek Banerjee lifted his four-day-long dharna with Trinamul Congress MPs and MLAs outside Raj Bhavan on Monday evening. The TMC national general secretary announced his step after he met governor CV Ananda Bose who assured him of looking into the release of the outstanding funds under various central welfare schemes to …

Mamata alleges Centre’s discrimination towards flood-hit people in north Bengal
1 year, 2 months ago

Mamata alleges Centre’s discrimination towards flood-hit people in north Bengal

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Centre is discriminating against the flood-affected people of north Bengal despite the gravity of the disaster and the number of deaths in the region being similar to that in neighbouring Sikkim. Ms. Banerjee took to social networking site ‘X’ and said that she was stunned by the central discrimination …

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget
1 year, 2 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 …

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 …

BJP alleges Mamata govt allotted houses under PMAY to those with 'multi-storeyed' buildings; TMC protests
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP alleges Mamata govt allotted houses under PMAY to those with 'multi-storeyed' buildings; TMC protests

India TV News  

BJP-TMC tussle: The Centre and the West Bengal government are facing off against each other, this time over the issue of “Rs 15,000 crore dues” to the state government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and PM Awas Yojana. The TMC-led West Bengal government has accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of withholding Rs 15,000 …

Mamata Banerjee to skip Trinamool Congress' upcoming protest in Delhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to skip Trinamool Congress' upcoming protest in Delhi

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be attending Trinamool Congress' protest in Delhi over the denial of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to the state. Abhisesk Banerjee will be in charge of that," Bengal Minister Sovon Deb Chatterjee told India Today. TMC leader Derek O'Brien had written to the Delhi Police requesting permission …

Mamata highlights Bengal’s welfare schemes in Spain to draw investment
1 year, 3 months ago

Mamata highlights Bengal’s welfare schemes in Spain to draw investment

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday made a pitch to prospective Spanish investors in her bid to draw cash into West Bengal’s industrial sector. Listen, learn and invest The West Bengal government under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has 55 social welfare schemes running and this is not the first time that Ms. Banerjee has promoted her government welfare …

Mamata Banerjee announces salary hike for Bengal MLAs, BJP says 'won't accept'
1 year, 3 months ago

Mamata Banerjee announces salary hike for Bengal MLAs, BJP says 'won't accept'

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a salary hike for Members of the Legislative Assembly and state ministers, citing that the salaries of MLAs in West Bengal were considerably lower compared to those in other states. Soon after, Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP leader of Opposition, criticised the government's decision, saying that BJP MLAs would not accept the …

Mamata Banerjee hikes monthly allowance of Muslim clerics and Hindu priests
1 year, 4 months ago

Mamata Banerjee hikes monthly allowance of Muslim clerics and Hindu priests

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a hike of Rs 500 in the monthly allowance of Muslim clerics as well as Hindu priests on Monday. While addressing a conference of imams and muezzins in Kolkata's Netaji Indoor stadium, Banerjee announced a hike of Rs 500 in the monthly allowance of Muslims Imams and Hindu priests. Banerjee, who has been …

West Bengal Government to launch a scheme to provide 100 days work
1 year, 4 months ago

West Bengal Government to launch a scheme to provide 100 days work

The Hindu  

With the funds to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act stopped in West Bengal for almost 18 months, the State government is mulling over its own scheme for providing 100 days work to the people of the State. A 100 days of work under the MGNREGA has remained one of the key schemes implemented through the panchayats in …

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 …

Cong, CPI(M) always want to project Mamata in bad light: Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 7 months ago

Cong, CPI(M) always want to project Mamata in bad light: Abhishek Banerjee

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that opposition Congress and CPI are only interested in projecting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a bad light. "No Congress leader, including Adhir Choudhury, wrote a single letter flagging the non-payment of 100 days' work wages to the people of West Bengal for months. "The BJP government at the Centre …

Centre won’t release funds to West Bengal till 2024, says Mamata
1 year, 7 months ago

Centre won’t release funds to West Bengal till 2024, says Mamata

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 5 said that the Centre will not release funds to the State till the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Ms. Banerjee said West Bengal has been deprived of funds under the scheme despite securing the first place in the 100 days work scheme for five consecutive years. I would urge all DMs, Panchayats, …

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee threatens dharna in Delhi over MGNREGA funds for Bengal
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee threatens dharna in Delhi over MGNREGA funds for Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee threatened to hold an indefinite sit-in demonstration in Delhi if the Central government refuses to release funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for West Bengal state. Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee “I will go to Delhi soon after the Trinamool-e Naba Jowar – the party’s latest outreach …

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 …

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to start sit-in today demanding release of central funds
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to start sit-in today demanding release of central funds

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will start a sit-in demonstration from 12 noon in central Kolkata today demanding release of central funds. West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. Meanwhile, a few hundred yards away, Abhishek Banerjee the Trinamool Congress supremo’s nephew and the party’s national general secretary, will hold a separate rally to protest against …

MNREGA is a right not charity: Derek O’Brien
1 year, 9 months ago

MNREGA is a right not charity: Derek O’Brien

The Hindu  

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is not a charity for the government to decide whether they want to extend or not, it is a right, TMC’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’ Brien said on Thursday at a press conference in Delhi. He was speaking in the background of the Union Ministry of Rural Development’s decision not to allot …

Mamata Banerjee to hold 24-hr protest to seek central funds for Bengal
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to hold 24-hr protest to seek central funds for Bengal

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she will hold a protest from March 29 noon to March 30 evening to demand the release of funds for central schemes such as those for housing and rural employment guarantee. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee “No fund allocation has been made in this year’s Union budget for these …

‘Adani, Mehul Choksi are…’: Mamata over Interpol move
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Adani, Mehul Choksi are…’: Mamata over Interpol move

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that businessmen Gautam Adani and Mehul Choksi are the best friends of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the party was working only for these people. Adani and Mehul Choksi are their best friends and the BJP is working only for these people,” news agency ANI quoted Banerjee as saying. The Trinamool …

Mamata Banerjee to stage dharna against Centre for ‘deliberately depriving’ West Bengal of funds
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to stage dharna against Centre for ‘deliberately depriving’ West Bengal of funds

The Hindu  

Accusing the Union government of “deliberately depriving” West Bengal of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and other Centrally “In this Budget also, there was no allocation for 100-day work MGNREGS in the State. The remarks come a day after The Hindu reported that the Union Rural Development Ministry had decided to withhold the MGNREGS funds …

Bengal CM Mamata plans two-day protest against Centre over non-payment of dues
1 year, 9 months ago

Bengal CM Mamata plans two-day protest against Centre over non-payment of dues

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to sit on a two-day dharna from March 29 against the Centre over non-payment of dues near Kolkata’s Ambedkar statue. "I met the Prime Minister around six months ago in this regard and asked for the disbursement of Rs 1.15 lakh crore under various heads. I have also spoken to Amit Shah …

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 …

Uncertainty over release of MGNREGS funds for Bengal as tussle with Centre goes on
1 year, 9 months ago

Uncertainty over release of MGNREGS funds for Bengal as tussle with Centre goes on

The Hindu  

Funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are likely to be withheld for West Bengal in the upcoming financial year, with no resolution to the Centre-State’s tussle over the violation of rules in the implementation of the scheme. Section 27 of the Act says that, “the Central Government may, on receipt of any complaint regarding the issue …

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