Implement MGNREGA effectively, says AIAWU
1 day, 3 hours ago

Implement MGNREGA effectively, says AIAWU

The Hindu  

Members of the Kalaburagi district unit of All India Agricultural Workers Union staged a protest outside the office of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and district in-charge Priyank Kharge demanding effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. District president of AIAWU Bheemshetty Yempalli has, along with farmers, in a memorandum addressed to Mr. Kharge, sought effective implementation of the MGNREGA scheme to prevent farmers and workers from migrating. Accusing officials of creating fake job cards and false attendance, the agitators demanded stern action against those swindling funds allocated under MGNREGA scheme. The protesting workers demanded that the government increase the number of working days under the MGNREGA scheme to 200 and hike wages to ₹600 per day.

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MGNREGA work demand hits a four-month high in December
1 week, 2 days ago

MGNREGA work demand hits a four-month high in December

Live Mint  

The number of people demanding work every month on average under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act rose to a four-month high of 25.73 million in December, according to the latest data from the government. The number of people demanding work every month on an average under the MGNREGA has been rising steadily since September, according to data …

Half of MGNREGS sites inspected in Bengal showed flaws, says RTI reply
2 weeks, 4 days 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
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: A government panel has recommended a complete overhaul of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme including allocating more work in areas with a higher number of deprived households. The panel, formed by the ministry of rural development in October 2022 to study the performance of the states and governance under MGNREGS, also argued for a separate …

Citrus farming under MGNREGA empowers small farmers in Kadapa
1 month ago

Citrus farming under MGNREGA empowers small farmers in Kadapa

New Indian Express  

KADAPA: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is providing the much-needed financial relief to struggling small and marginal farmers in Kadapa district. By raising horticulture crops under the scheme, farmers are not only finding a stable source of income but also utilising barren lands for profitable cultivation. A job card holder under MGNREGA, she has transformed one acre …

Spike in NREGS payment delays, technical glitches, say workers
1 month ago

Spike in NREGS payment delays, technical glitches, say workers

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Delayed payments, largescale deletion of names of workers and frequent technical glitches in several states continue to hobble the country’s flagship rural job guarantee programme, the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, a coalition of several grassroots organisations, alleged on Thursday. The coalition, which works with workers’ unions, also said wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Job Guarantee Scheme have …

MGNREGA 'living monument' of PM Modi's betrayal of rural India: Kharge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

MGNREGA 'living monument' of PM Modi's betrayal of rural India: Kharge

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday slammed the Centre over its handling of the MGNREGA, alleging that the present state of the scheme is "a living monument of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "betrayal" of rural India. Kharge recalled that in 2005, on this day, the then Congress-led UPA government enacted the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act …

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

Daily wage workers struggling as 100-day job scheme is delayed this year, says association
6 months, 1 week ago

Daily wage workers struggling as 100-day job scheme is delayed this year, says association

The Hindu  

The delay in commencing work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has adversely affected daily wage workers in rural areas of Karaikal. A. Backiyaraj, another daily wage worker from Nedungadu commune, said he too got only 70 days of work under the scheme last year. “We need 100 days of work as agricultural work is scarce and …

Rise in demand for MGNREGS a ‘living monument’ of govt. failure, says Jairam Ramesh
9 months, 1 week ago

Rise in demand for MGNREGS a ‘living monument’ of govt. failure, says Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Reacting to the latest statistics of the flagship rural employment guarantee scheme showing that demand for work is more than the pre-pandemic level and on a steady rise, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it is a “living monument” to the Narendra Modi government’s many failures. In a detailed statement here, Mr. Ramesh pointed out that the Mahatma Gandhi National …

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States
9 months, 1 week ago

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government on Thursday revised wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states. The increases were made on the 2023 wage rates under a scheme that is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of …

Revised MGNREGS wage rates below Rs 400 a day as promised by Congress: Rahul
9 months, 1 week ago

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

New Indian Express  

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

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states
9 months, 1 week 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, 3 weeks 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
11 months ago

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

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The daily wages paid under the flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, are inadequate and not in consonance with the rising cost of living, a parliamentary panel told the government on Thursday. "The committee finds the range of wages vary from as little as Rs 221 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Rs …

Bengal taking precautions to stop misuse of MGNREGA funds: Officials
11 months 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 …

ED searches at multiple places in West Bengal in 'embezzlement' of MGNREGA funds
11 months ago

ED searches at multiple places in West Bengal in 'embezzlement' of MGNREGA funds

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday morning raided multiple places in West Bengal in connection with its investigation into alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds, officials said. The raids come a day after the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, refused to disclose details of his meeting with Union Home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday, however hinted that "actions would …

Modi government trying to end MGNREGS, says Jairam Ramesh
11 months ago

Modi government trying to end MGNREGS, says Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

A day after the 18th anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. “Research over the last 18 years shows that it has increased rural incomes, reduced poverty and hunger and has proven to be most beneficial for women and SC/ST/OBC workers. This gives respect to the workers because under this, employment is given as a right and …

Centre unrelenting, Bengal to pay MGNREGS workers
11 months 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 …

Aadhaar-based pay a bad idea for MGNREGS
11 months, 1 week 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, 3 weeks ago

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

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court directed the setting up of a four-member team for an expeditious verification of job cards of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on a district-wise basis in West Bengal. The court ordered that a genuine verification process of job cards for MNREGA be done district-wise by a team of four officers - one to be …

MGNREGS dues and migration, a year of tumult in Centre-State ties for Bengal
1 year 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 …

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee extends financial aid to affected MGNREGA workers
1 year, 1 month ago

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee extends financial aid to affected MGNREGA workers

The Hindu  

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee is extending financial aid to around 3,000 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act job card holders in West Bengal deprived of their dues, party sources said on Monday. Mr. Banerjee has started sending letters to the MGNREGA workers who participated in Trinamool’s protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in October. ‘Money power’ Reacting …

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

T.N. CM Stalin urges Centre to release funds for MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. “Thus, as of October 20, 2023, the wage liability for the workers Tamil Nadu has accumulated to ₹2,696.77 crore,” Mr. Stalin said in his letter. Livelihood for many in rural parts The MGNREGS is considered as an important livelihood opportunity in rural areas for many, including elderly people, destitute women, women-headed households, workers with disabilities, …

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh
1 year, 2 months ago

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a demand-driven programme and there is no question of a deficit, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh said at a press conference in Delhi on Friday. West Bengal issue To repeated questions on the suspension of the MGNREGS, for nearly two years now, in West Bengal by the Centre invoking Section …

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition

The Hindu  

As 216 taluks in Karnataka are reeling under drought, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested the Centre to release pending Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wage component at the earliest, for ensuring effective implementation of the job scheme. Letter to the Centre Karnataka Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma has written to Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, …

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget
1 year, 3 months ago

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget

The Hindu  

Six months into the financial year, the flagship rural employment programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, has run out of funds and as per the statistics put out by the Ministry on its website is running a deficit of ₹6,146.93 crore. An amount of ₹60,000 crore was sanctioned for the scheme for 2023-24, which was 18% lower …

No Constraint of Funds for MGNREGA, Payment to Bengal Stopped Due to Non-compliance: Centre
1 year, 3 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, 3 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, 4 months ago

Workers in Muzaffarpur endure penury as wages are delayed under the MGNREGA scheme

The Hindu  

Sudama Devi, a resident of Dhabauli village under Mohammadpur Sura panchayat, does not have enough food to feed her five children. Ms. Devi is among the many workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme in Bihar who have not received their wages in the past four months. In Muzaffarpur, 80% of the workers under the MGNREGA …

MGNREGS deadline for mandatory Aadhaar-based wage payments extended till December 31
1 year, 4 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 …

Release pending MGNREGA wages, declare State drought-hit, AIKKMS urges government
1 year, 4 months ago

Release pending MGNREGA wages, declare State drought-hit, AIKKMS urges government

The Hindu  

Demanding the release of pending wages under MGNREGA and declare the State as drought-hit, farm workers from across Dharwad district took out a protest march and staged a demonstration in Dharwad on Friday. Addressing the protesters, president of the Dharwad district unit of AIKKMS Deepa said that following the delay in the southwest monsoon, which then became weak in the …

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 …

West Bengal Government to launch a scheme to provide 100 days work
1 year, 5 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 …

MGNREGA wagers paid more in Haryana than Punjab: MP Sanjeev Arora
1 year, 5 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 …

Bring employment scheme for urban poor, KTR urges Centre
1 year, 6 months ago

Bring employment scheme for urban poor, KTR urges Centre

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad In his representation to Union minister for urban development Hardeep Singh Puri, KTR said an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of MGNREGS would go a long way in their economic uplift. Telangana industries, information technology and urban development minister K T Rama Rao on Saturday appealed to the Centre to introduce a National Urban …

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 …

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 …

The Glitchy Government App Slashing Indian Workers’ Paychecks
1 year, 8 months ago

The Glitchy Government App Slashing Indian Workers’ Paychecks

Slate  

NEW DELHI—On a hot March afternoon, Anita Devi sits with hundreds of fellow workers at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Devi is one of more than 141 million active workers in India’s flagship employment guarantee program, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. All these errors put a serious dent in the government’s argument that the app brings transparency to …

MGNREGS Workers Protest over Wages, Drop in 'Person Days', Attendance on App; No Rollback, Say Govt Officials
1 year, 8 months ago

MGNREGS Workers Protest over Wages, Drop in 'Person Days', Attendance on App; No Rollback, Say Govt Officials

News 18  

Kesar Devi is still awaiting wages for the 35 days she worked between January and March this year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. According to the Ministry of Rural Development’s Management Information System portal, since the NMMS app was launched, the number of ‘person days’ generated between January and February 2023 fell to 34.59 crore, which …

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 …

Protests at 10,000 points against diluting MGNREGA, NFSA
1 year, 9 months ago

Protests at 10,000 points against diluting MGNREGA, NFSA

The Hindu  

The All India Agricultural Workers Union has decided to hold nationwide protests at 10,000 centres demanding proper implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the National Food Security Act. A working committee meeting of the AIAWU, held here on Thursday, also decided oppose the move to link MGNREGA job cards with Aadhaar number, saying that it …

SPOTLIGHT | MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government
1 year, 9 months ago

SPOTLIGHT | MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 06, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In 2015, one year after he assumed office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, calling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act a “living memorial” to the Congress’ failures. My political instinct tells me that MGNREGA should not be discontinued….” But those working …

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year
1 year, 9 months ago

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

The Hindu  

The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at ₹357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at ₹221. The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National …

Govt hikes wages under MGNREGA scheme, effective from April 1
1 year, 9 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, 9 months ago

MGNREGA Wage Hiked For 2023-24; Check Latest Rates In Different States

News 18  

The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at Rs 357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at Rs 221. The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma …

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 …

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