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 and above the initial budget estimate. “Fund release towards wage and material is a continuous process,” said the Ministry, noting that the initial budget allocation for the financial year was 18% higher than the budget estimate for the previous year. The Ministry said more than 222 crore person-days of work has been generated under the scheme in the current financial year, providing wage employment for more than six crore households.

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

Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply

The Hindu  

OnDecember 26, 2024, it will be three years since the Centre sent the last tranche of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to West Bengal in 2021. A series of RTIs filed by Chakradhar Buddha from the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information reveals that the Centre undertook three field visits to the State — …

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years
4 days, 16 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
1 week 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 demand declines elsewhere, rises in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh
2 weeks ago

MGNREGS demand declines elsewhere, rises in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: At a time when the demand for jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is seeing a decline in India on a year-on-year basis since 2020-21, there has been an increase in demand for MGNREGS jobs in two states, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh, according to data collated by the ministry of rural development. Collector, Nayagarh visiting …

MGNREGS funding likely to remain unchanged in FY26 amid rural recovery
4 weeks, 1 day 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 …

‘MSMEs took ₹999 cr. from NSIC VC Fund till July’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘MSMEs took ₹999 cr. from NSIC VC Fund till July’

The Hindu  

Micro, small and medium enterprises have taken ₹999 crore investments till July this year from the NSIC Venture Capital Fund, which has a corpus of ₹10,000 crore as ‘mother fund’, according to the National Small Industries Corporation. P. Ravi Kumar, chief general manager of the National Small Industries Corporation, said in Coimbatore on Tuesday that as part of the Self-Reliant …

Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Going against one of the key objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, only ₹90,000 was released by various States in 2023-24 as “unemployment allowance”, which is provided to workers in case of unmet work demand. According to Section 7 of MGNREGA, 2005, “If a person applying for employment under the scheme is not employed within 15 …

MGNREGS demand not a real indicator of rural distress: Economic Survey
5 months 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 …

When is Modi govt going to pay Karnataka's MGNREGS workers their wages, asks Congress
7 months, 3 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. …

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 …

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 …

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states
8 months, 3 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
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 …

Inside the Centre vs states battle over funds
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the Centre vs states battle over funds

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka protested against the Centre on Wednesday, claiming it was not getting its fair share of taxes, which crimps its ability to do good for the state, and Kerala and Tamil Nadu have similar protests lined up in Delhi in the coming days, as the fractures in India’s fiscal federalist framework become more marked. Of the shortfall of ₹1.65 lakh …

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 …

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 …

Aadhaar-based pay a bad idea for MGNREGS
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Aadhaar-based pay a bad idea for MGNREGS

The Hindu  

On January 1, the Rural Development Ministry made Aadhaar-Based Payment Systems mandatory in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Third, the Aadhaar number of each worker must be mapped correctly through their bank branch with a software mapper of the National Payments Corporation of India, which acts as a clearing house of ABPS. Evaluating claims The government has …

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 …

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 …

India’s fiscal deficit may breach 5.9% of GDP target: India Ratings and Research
11 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s fiscal deficit may breach 5.9% of GDP target: India Ratings and Research

The Hindu  

India’s fiscal deficit may breach the 5.9% of GDP target for this year and could hit 6%, even though tax collections have been buoyant and may offset a wide shortfall in disinvestment outcomes, due to the likelihood of revenue spending exceeding the Budget Estimate by about ₹2 lakh crore, India Ratings and Research said on December 26. The Centre has …

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, …

Budget deficit in MGNREGS an indicator of the deepening rural distress: Jairam Ramesh
1 year, 2 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, 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 …

BKMU presses for drought relief measures in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 2 months ago

BKMU presses for drought relief measures in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Kisan Mazdoor Union on Saturday urged the State Government to take up immediate drought relief measures and provide aid to farmers and farm workers who are struggling to make a living in the wake of the dry spell. Addressing the media here, BKMU State deputy general secretary R. Venkat Rao said the standing crops in large tracts of …

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 …

MGNREGS deadline for mandatory Aadhaar-based wage payments extended till December 31
1 year, 3 months ago

MGNREGS deadline for mandatory Aadhaar-based wage payments extended till December 31

The Hindu  

With 41% of job card holders under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme still unprepared for Aadhaar-based wage payments, the Union government has extended its deadline to mandate such payments till the end of the year. For ABPS, a worker’s Aadhaar details must be seeded to her job card and to her bank account; the worker’s Aadhaar …

Centre not to extend deadline for mandatory use of Aadhaar-based payment for MGNREGS
1 year, 4 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 …

Festive bonanza: Kerala to give ₹1,000 as Onam allowance to MGNREGS, AUEGS workers
1 year, 4 months ago

Festive bonanza: Kerala to give ₹1,000 as Onam allowance to MGNREGS, AUEGS workers

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala government on Friday announced that it will pay an Onam allowance of ₹1,000 to those who have completed 100 days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the state scheme of Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. “It has been decided that those who have done 100 days of work under MGNREGS and AUEGS …

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 …

MGNREGA wagers paid more in Haryana than Punjab: MP Sanjeev Arora
1 year, 4 months ago

MGNREGA wagers paid more in Haryana than Punjab: MP Sanjeev Arora

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has admitted that there is a difference of wage rates of unskilled workers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Punjab and Haryana. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora had raised a question in this regard, to which Union minister of state for rural development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti submitted a reply in the ongoing Monsoon session. 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 …

Deadline for using Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS workers extended
1 year, 8 months ago

Deadline for using Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS workers extended

The Hindu  

Following sustained protests from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workers, the Union government has decided to extend the deadline for workers to use the Aadhaar-based payment system for receiving wages by three months till June 30. On March 31, as per the sources, the Union Rural Development Ministry’s own data pointed out that the beneficiary accounts eligible …

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 …

Women and Child Development Ministry says MGNREGS workers will build almost 75% of anganwadis in 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Women and Child Development Ministry says MGNREGS workers will build almost 75% of anganwadis in 2023

The Hindu  

Almost three in four of the new anganwadi centres to be constructed in the current year will be built in convergence with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, the Women and Child Development Ministry has said. Private funds welcome There was a demand for 27,000 anganwadi centres in the country in the current year, out of which …

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year
1 year, 8 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Data | MGNREGS woes: Payment delays, Aadhaar seeding troubles and budget cuts
1 year, 9 months ago

Data | MGNREGS woes: Payment delays, Aadhaar seeding troubles and budget cuts

The Hindu  

From being called a “living monument of failure” to “digging holes,” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has long been subject to harsh criticism by the ruling dispensation. Also, rectifying errors in the Aadhaar-based payments is nearly impossible for the workers and field officials.” MGNREGS also suffers from inordinate delays in payment of wages. Further, several States such …

No PMAY funds if...: Centre writes to Bengal govt
1 year, 9 months ago

No PMAY funds if...: Centre writes to Bengal govt

Hindustan Times  

The Union rural development ministry has told the West Bengal government that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana funds sanctioned by the Centre in November 2022 will not be released if action is not taken against those who tried to misuse the scheme, state government officials familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The Centre, on November 24 last year, sanctioned …

PM releases over ₹16K-cr under PM-KISAN scheme
1 year, 9 months ago

PM releases over ₹16K-cr under PM-KISAN scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the 13th instalment of funds worth over Rs 16,000 crore under PM-KISAN scheme, through direct benefit transfer to more than eight crore beneficiaries. Till now, over Rs 2.25 lakh crore funds have been disbursed to more than 11 crore farmer families, primarily the small and marginal. He also laid the foundation stone …

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 …

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 …

Fund allocation for rural jobs as per demand: Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year, 10 months ago

Fund allocation for rural jobs as per demand: Nirmala Sitharaman

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There is no reduction in fund allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the Union Budget 2023, and the provision may increase with growing demand, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. As and when demand increases, provision for more fund is being made," said the finance minister at a post budget interaction with stakeholders …

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 …

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