Odisha hikes MGNREGA workers' wage, announces ₹532 cr package
3 years, 5 months ago

Odisha hikes MGNREGA workers' wage, announces ₹532 cr package

Hindustan Times  

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a Covid assistance package of ₹532 crore for 32 lakh Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers in the state who have worked in the last 3 months of this year. A release from panchayati raj department said each of the 32 lakh workers will receive an additional ₹50 for each day of work done during the months in addition to the daily wage of ₹207 that National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workers get in the state. The latest package comes on the heels of a ₹1,690 crore package announced for landless farmers, construction workers, particularly vulnerable tribal groups, SC/ST students and physically handicapped students last month. Recently, Non Governmental Organisation Khadya Adhikar Abhiyan demanded that blocks should ensure enough work under Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Scheme was sanctioned to cover as many habitations as possible.

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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 …

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

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 …

Odisha govt hikes minimum wages of workers, BJD calls it rehash of notification
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha govt hikes minimum wages of workers, BJD calls it rehash of notification

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha government led by chief minister Mohan Majhi in its second Cabinet meeting on Wednesday announced a hike in the daily minimum wages of workers in various categories, but the decision triggered a controversy with Opposition Biju Janata Dal alleging that the new government is merely rehashing an old notification. However, BJD leaders said the Cabinet decision is just …

BJP promises ₹50,000 to each woman, ₹3,100 MSP for paddy in Odisha poll manifesto
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP promises ₹50,000 to each woman, ₹3,100 MSP for paddy in Odisha poll manifesto

Hindustan Times  

Promising 21 guarantees in its manifesto for the Odisha Assembly polls, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday listed its assurances to the tribals, farmers, women and unemployed youth. It includes ₹50,000 cash voucher to women, ₹5,000 to each tribal student every year, filling up 1.5 lakh vacant government posts, free breakfast scheme for students, creating 25 …

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 …

Eye on polls: BJD govt in Odisha hikes old age pension amount by 500
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Eye on polls: BJD govt in Odisha hikes old age pension amount by 500

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: In an apparent move to impress the elderly voters in Odisha, the state government Saturday hiked the monthly financial assistance given to them under the Madhu Babu Pension scheme. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the hike by Rs 500.With this hike, a beneficiary will be entitled to receive a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000. After the hike, beneficiaries …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests
1 year, 10 months ago

Cut in MGNREGS outlay creates resentment in Rajasthan; rights groups stage protests

The Hindu  

The sharp reduction in the Union Budget outlay for the Centre’s flagship job guarantee programme has created resentment among the rights groups, activists and labourers in Rajasthan. Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena too expressed disappointment over the Budget cut and said the State government had provided 25 additional days of employment on its own. The MGNREGS Sangharsh …

More funds for MGNREGS if needed, says Rural Development Ministry
1 year, 10 months ago

More funds for MGNREGS if needed, says Rural Development Ministry

The Hindu  

The cut in budgetary outlay for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will not affect the programme’s objective of providing wage employment on demand and additional funds will be made available as and when the need arises, the Ministry of Rural Development said, in a clarification to news reports on the adverse impact of the budget cuts on the …

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, February 1, presented the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 general elections. Here’s a roundup of how the budgetary allocations for some of the key schemes have changed- MGNREGS: The government slashed the budget for its flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by …

Budget 2023 | MGNREGS fund cut by 33% to 60,000 crore
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | MGNREGS fund cut by 33% to 60,000 crore

The Hindu  

In line with the recent trend of slashing the budget of its flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Budget allocated only ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme for 2023-24. That is 18% lower than the ₹73,000 crore budget estimates for the current year, and 33% lower than the ₹89,000 crore revised estimates for the …

Explained | The funding and demand for MGNREGA
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | The funding and demand for MGNREGA

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Economic Survey 2022-23 presented on January 31, a day ahead of the Union Budget, showed that 6.49 crore households demanded work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. While Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session in December 2022 that the demand for jobs under MGNREGA has …

MGNREGA needs at least ₹2.72 lakh crore for providing 100 days of work, say activists
1 year, 10 months ago

MGNREGA needs at least ₹2.72 lakh crore for providing 100 days of work, say activists

The Hindu  

The minimum budget for it in the upcoming financial year 2023-24 should be at least ₹2.72 lakh crore if the government intends to provide legally guaranteed 100 days of work per household for at least those that worked in the current financial year, Peoples’ Action for Employment Guarantee and the NREGA Sangarsh Morcha said in a joint statement on Tuesday, …

Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
1 year, 11 months ago

Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

The Hindu  

The proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year. According to the latest statistics available with the Union Ministry of Rural Development, 57.8% of the workers who used the scheme this year were women, their highest level of participation since 2012-13. “Additionally, the State …

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy
2 years 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, 1 month 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 — …

Promise of 300 days of work under MGNREGA fails to prevent exodus of labourers from Odisha
2 years, 1 month ago

Promise of 300 days of work under MGNREGA fails to prevent exodus of labourers from Odisha

The Hindu  

Juta Majhi was just a few kilometres away from the Kantabanji railway station in Odisha when the Balangir district police intercepted him last week. Mr. Majhi was among the 500 workers who were prevented by the Balangir police over the past 10 days from migrating to other States in “inhuman conditions”. The Odisha government’s promise of 300 days of assured …

Nirmala Sitharaman: Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in 8 years
2 years, 3 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman: Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in 8 years

India TV News  

Highlights 20% of the amount was spent during the Covid-19 pandemic. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stated that the centre has spent approximately 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in the time span of eight years, out of which 20% of this amount was spent during the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to reports in Kamareddy district of Telangana, she said …

Graduates too opting for MGNREGS works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem
2 years, 7 months ago

Graduates too opting for MGNREGS works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTHAGUDEM: This year, there are many graduates among those who have opted for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district. About 6,500 of total 71,000 persons who have enrolled for MGNREGS works in the district are graduates. I have joined the job scheme to get some money for paying the coaching centre.” On an …

Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel
2 years, 9 months ago

Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

Fake job cards, widespread corruption, late uploading of muster rolls, and huge pending payments for wages and materials are among the issues hampering the MGNREGA scheme, apart from insufficient funding, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report submitted to the Lok Sabha today. “Genuine labourers not getting their dues while money keeps changing hands due to collusion of unscrupulous elements …

The worrying cutbacks in rural jobs guarantee outlay, in charts
2 years, 10 months 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 …

Manipur panchayat members to protest if pending MGNREGA wages are not paid
2 years, 10 months ago

Manipur panchayat members to protest if pending MGNREGA wages are not paid

The Hindu  

he Manipur State Panchayat Parishad elected members and functionaries in the hill districts have announced that they will join the ongoing agitations in the six valley districts from February 9 if the pending amount related to MGNREGA wages is not released by the government on or before February 8. The agitating members and functionaries said that the Centre had sanctioned …

₹3,358 crore in MGNREGA wages not paid
2 years, 10 months ago

₹3,358 crore in MGNREGA wages not paid

The Hindu  

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers are still waiting for almost ₹3,360 crore in pending wage payments, with the largest pending payments in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to the government’s reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written response to a question from Communist Party of India member John Brittas …

Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MGNREGA, 25.51% lower than 2021-22 revised estimate
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MGNREGA, 25.51% lower than 2021-22 revised estimate

India TV News  

Highlights Centre allocated Rs 73,000 cr for rural jobs guarantee programme MGNREGA for 2022-23 in Budget This is 25.51 per cent less than the revised estimate for the current financial year MGNREGA is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the rural jobs guarantee programme MGNREGA …

Economic Survey | MGNREGA demand dropped from June 2020 peak, but still higher than pre-COVID
2 years, 10 months ago

Economic Survey | MGNREGA demand dropped from June 2020 peak, but still higher than pre-COVID

The Hindu  

January 31, 2022 05:52 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - New Delhi Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme has dropped from the peak of the first lockdown, but is still higher than pre-COVID levels, the Department of Economic Affairs said in its annual Economic Survey, noting that this is “an indicator of …

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

MGNREGA seeks ₹25,000 crore additional funding

The Hindu  

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

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch
3 years, 1 month ago

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch

The Hindu  

That as many as 21 of 35 States/UTs have utilised, by October 29, over 100% of their allocated funds under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for FY2021-22 is not a surprise. In the previous year, the allocations for MGNREGS were increased by ₹50,000 crore to meet the demand for work, with the Revised Estimates for spending for the …

Tensions rise over caste split of MGNREGA wages
3 years, 1 month ago

Tensions rise over caste split of MGNREGA wages

The Hindu  

For poor villagers in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, a good Diwali depends on their wages from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, so tensions were high when some got paid faster than others for work done over the last six months. Panchayat officials say they have submitted the details for everyone, but the order to split the payments …

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

Centre committed to releasing funds for MGNREGA wage and material payments

The Hindu  

The Centre is committed to releasing funds for proper implementation of its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Act, the Rural Development Ministry said on Saturday. Whenever additional fund is required, the Ministry of Finance is requested to provide the funds,” said the Ministry, adding that last year, the Finance Ministry had allocated ₹50,000 crore additional funds over …

Centre allocates ₹73,000 crore for MGNREGA for 2021-22 fiscal
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre allocates ₹73,000 crore for MGNREGA for 2021-22 fiscal

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has allocated ₹73,000 crore at the Budget Estimate stage for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The allocated budget is 34% less than the revised estimate of ₹1,11,500 crore 2020-21 financial year, a statement released by the ministry of rural development on Tuesday revealed. “During the previous financial year 2020-21, at …

Gujarat government calls MGNREGA scheme ‘a lifesaver’ for labourers during COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat government calls MGNREGA scheme ‘a lifesaver’ for labourers during COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

The BJP government in Gujarat has hailed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme as a “lifesaver” for the migrant workers, who returned to their native villages in the State due to the lockdown last year. “The MGNREGA scheme of guaranteed employment has been a lifesaver for labourers, compelled to return to their homes following the COVID-19 pandemic,” …

Finance Ministry advised caste-wise split in MGNREGA wage payments
3 years, 6 months ago

Finance Ministry advised caste-wise split in MGNREGA wage payments

The Hindu  

The decision to split MGNREGA wage payments by caste categories was done on the advice of the Finance Ministry in order to assess and highlight the benefits flowing from budgetary outlay towards Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rural Development Secretary N.N. He said this should not cause any delay in wage payments or any changes for beneficiaries if processes were …

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