MGNREGS: CAG raps State for poor record
11 years, 11 months ago

MGNREGS: CAG raps State for poor record

The Hindu  

An audit report of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has slammed the State government for non-performance and poor maintenance of records in implementing the scheme from 2007 to 2012. The projected costs of works and expenditure were very high compared to actual ones in all grama panchayats,” the report said. Assets creation Regarding works and assets creation, the report said the material component of the works was less than 2.5 per cent of the total cost. Consequently, the extent of utility of the assets created after an “expenditure of Rs.299.48 crore became doubtful.” The State also abandoned 87,280 works worth Rs.349.59 crore from 2007-12. The report said door-to-door survey to identify persons willing to register under the MGNREGS was not conducted in 39 grama panchayats and tampering with muster rolls was noticed in all grama panchayats in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Hike MGNREGS wages to match price rise: parliamentary panel
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hike MGNREGS wages to match price rise: parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

A parliamentary committee has strongly argued for the revision of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in view of the rising cost of living. In its report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, also sought uniform wage rates across the country. …

Rural Development Minister writes to Centre seeking release of funds under MGNREGS
1 month ago

Rural Development Minister writes to Centre seeking release of funds under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy on Monday wrote to the Central government seeking the release of ₹3,300 crore funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme that ensures 100 days of employment to rural workers. The Minister said the scheme was being implemented in 388 panchayat unions and 12,525 panchayats in the State and 85.19 lakh …

Govt. to study decline in MGNREGS participation in Kerala: Minister
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Govt. to study decline in MGNREGS participation in Kerala: Minister

The Hindu  

The government has decided to examine the decline in worker participation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Minister for Local Self-government M.B. The Minister said stricter regulations introduced by the Union government, such as those relating to National Mobile Monitoring System that captures attendance, were primarily responsible for workers dropping out of the scheme. As per the …

MGNREGA workers in Virudhunagar district not paid wages to the tune of ₹58.83 crore for seven weeks: MP
2 months, 1 week ago

MGNREGA workers in Virudhunagar district not paid wages to the tune of ₹58.83 crore for seven weeks: MP

The Hindu  

Wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to the tune of ₹58.83 crore could not be paid for seven weeks due to non-release of funds by the Centre, said Virudhunagar MP B. Manickam Tagore. After attending the Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting here on Tuesday, Mr. Tagore said the Centre had been delaying payment …

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Parliamentary panel calls for revising wage rates of MGNREGS workers
3 months, 1 week ago

Parliamentary panel calls for revising wage rates of MGNREGS workers

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee on rural development and panchayati raj has urged the government to consider revising and increasing wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The panel also addressed persistent challenges such as delayed wage payments and insufficient fund releases, reiterating the importance of timely reforms to enhance MGNREGS’ effectiveness in providing livelihood …

Parliamentary Panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wages
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Parliamentary Panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wages

The Hindu  

Flagging low wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a Parliamentary Panel has questioned why the remuneration under the flagship scheme was not linked to an inflation index. In view of Article 39 of the Constitution and to have parity in wages, the committee strongly recommends that MGNREGA beneficiaries must be paid wages without any disparity in order …

Andhra Pradesh Approves Rs 4,500 Cr MGNREGA Projects
7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Approves Rs 4,500 Cr MGNREGA Projects

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: Women, child and tribal welfare minister Sandhya Rani announced approval of 87 developmental projects that will be implemented in Andhra Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act at a cost of ₹4,500 crore. Speaking at a function that marked holding of gram sabhas simultaneously in 13,326 panchayats throughout the state on Friday, she underlined that these …

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States
1 year 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 …

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

Wages under MGNREGA 'inadequate', 'not in consonance' rising cost of living: Parliamentary panel
1 year, 1 month 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 …

MGNREGS audit crosses 50% local bodies in just six States
1 year, 4 months ago

MGNREGS audit crosses 50% local bodies in just six States

The Hindu  

Out of the 34 States and union territories only six have completed social audit of works done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in more than 50% of gram panchayats. According to them, every Social Audit Unit is entitled to funds equivalent to 0.5% of the MGNREGA expenditure incurred by the State in the previous year. The …

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS
1 year, 5 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, …

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition
1 year, 5 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, …

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year
2 years 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 …

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Laboured wages: On MGNREGS payments to States
2 years, 3 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 …

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy
2 years, 4 months ago

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy

The Hindu  

The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005, and the demand-driven scheme guarantees 100 days of unskilled work per year for every rural household …

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study
2 years, 4 months ago

Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study

The Hindu  

An internal study commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development has argued for decentralisation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, allowing for more “flexibility” at the ground level. The Ministry recently made public the report of the sixth Common Review Mission which surveyed seven States — Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh — …

Revoke restrictions on MGNREGS works: Minister
2 years, 7 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 …

A.P. surpassed the person days approved under MGNREGS, says Peddireddi
3 years 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 …

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts
3 years, 1 month ago

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts

Live Mint  

If the Centre holds its ground on allocations to the rural employment guarantee scheme, this important measure of last resort will end up offering about one-third fewer person-days of work in 2022-23, show Mint calculations. In a report to the Lok Sabha, the panel criticized the lower allocation for 2022-23 to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, which …

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments
3 years, 4 months 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 …

Despite 'record' allocations, 57% of MGNREGS wages due to workers remained unpaid at the end of April 2018
6 years, 10 months ago

Despite 'record' allocations, 57% of MGNREGS wages due to workers remained unpaid at the end of April 2018

Firstpost  

Millions of MGNREGS workers share Prajapati’s predicament–57% of wages due to workers were unpaid at the end of April 2018, as per government data. MGNREGS wage payment delays have been a long-standing issue – 19 state governments had stopped payments in October 2017 primarily due to lack of funds, which in some cases was because states’ audited reports of financial …

Record government expenditure on MGNREGS underlines rural distress
6 years, 11 months ago

Record government expenditure on MGNREGS underlines rural distress

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The national rural employment guarantee scheme saw a record expenditure of Rs63,887 crore in 2017-18, the highest since it was launched 12 years ago, showed data provided by the government on Monday. However, high demand for work from rural households in a normal monsoon year also suggests acute rural distress, despite the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment …

MGNREGS payments over ₹3000 crore pending
7 years, 4 months ago

MGNREGS payments over ₹3000 crore pending

The Hindu  

58 crore are pending towards wages, material and administrative costs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as per the latest information on the Rural Development Ministry website. In 10 States, MGNREGS accounts show a negative balance, indicating that more work was done under the rural employment guarantee scheme than what was paid for by the Centre. Pending …

Govt to rework baseline for paying MGNREGA wages
7 years, 10 months ago

Govt to rework baseline for paying MGNREGA wages

Firstpost  

To end the variation in wages notified by the Centre and minimum wages of few states, the Centre has constituted Nagesh Singh committee to rework the baseline for paying MGNREGA wages New Delhi: In the wake of lowest rise in daily wages of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers in some states, the centre is looking to rework …

Govt to rework baseline for paying MGNREGA wages
7 years, 10 months ago

Govt to rework baseline for paying MGNREGA wages

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In the wake of lowest rise in daily wages of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers in some states, the centre is looking to rework the baseline on the basis of which the remuneration is paid to beneficiaries under the employment guarantee scheme. To end this variation, the centre is looking to rework or change the …

MGNREGS: Employment touches five-year high, delayed payments see drop
9 years, 2 months ago

MGNREGS: Employment touches five-year high, delayed payments see drop

India TV News  

New Delhi: The erstwhile UPA government's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is on a revival mode, employment figures relating to the welfare programme over the last two quarters suggest. As per officials of the Rural Development ministry, the government provided 14.09 crore person-days employment in October alone, a record for the month. Besides a drop witnessed in …

Bring wages under MGNREGS on par with minimum wages: SC
10 years, 8 months ago

Bring wages under MGNREGS on par with minimum wages: SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to bring wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on par with minimum wages prevailing in different states. A bench of justices S J Mukhopadhaya and S A Bobde directed the Centre that wage under the scheme cannot be less than the minimum wage fixed by the state …

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

Non-payment of MGNREGS wages triggers suicides

The Hindu  

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

CAG talks about misappropriation of funds in MGNREGA scheme
11 years, 10 months ago

CAG talks about misappropriation of funds in MGNREGA scheme

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu story concerning the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme appears to be no different from some other States, when it comes to irregularities in payment of wages, even though the amount involved is much less here. However, the relevant portion of the CAG report on Tamil Nadu reveals that the total amount involved in the given …

CAG brings out drop in MGNREGS employment, diversion of funds
11 years, 11 months ago

CAG brings out drop in MGNREGS employment, diversion of funds

The Hindu  

The Comptroller and Auditor-General has found serious lapses in implementation of the UPA’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The report notes, “The poorest of the poor were not fully able to exercise their rights under the MGNREGS.” Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh had 46 per cent of the rural poor in India, however, they accounted …

MGNREGS in State takes 1.9 lakh differently-abled on board
12 years, 1 month ago

MGNREGS in State takes 1.9 lakh differently-abled on board

The Hindu  

A year ago the State authorities in charge of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme decided to rope in the differently-abled. As per a conservative estimate, the population of the differently-abled in rural areas accounts for four lakh.. As only those aged 18 years and above can be employed under the Scheme, the authorities have issued job cards …

Despite drawbacks, MGNREGS comes out on top in job creation
12 years, 2 months ago

Despite drawbacks, MGNREGS comes out on top in job creation

The Hindu  

Divergence of views prevails over the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. On the other hand, critics view the scheme as a bane because the MGNREGS has adversely affected agriculture by making labour force to go scarce; lack of monitoring mechanism has led to recklessness among the beneficiaries and a fertile ground for corruption; no worthwhile …

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