No MGNREGS funds for West Bengal for 2023-24 too
2 years 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 questions nor an answer from the Ministry on whether they plan to lift Section 27 or not,” a West Bengal government official said. As per the statistics available with the Union Rural Development Ministry, in 2021-22 the State utilised 36 crore person days, in 2020-21 41 crore, in 2019-2020 27 crore and in 2018-19 33 crore person days. Section 27 of the Act says that, “the Central government may, on receipt of any complaint regarding the issue of improper utilisation of funds granted under this Act in respect of any scheme if prima facie satisfied that there is a case, cause an investigation into the complaint made by any agency designated by it and if necessary, order stoppage of release of funds to the scheme.” The Section however also states, “appropriate remedial measures for its proper implementation within a reasonable period of time” has to be taken.

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Congress moves motion against Minister for ‘false statement’ on MGNREGS
Trending News
3 days, 3 hours ago

Congress moves motion against Minister for ‘false statement’ on MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Accusing Minister of State for Rural Development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani for making a false statement regarding comparative outlay of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds to Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress leader and party’s whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore moved a privilege motion against the minister. The “At A Glance” report on the MGNREGS website …

Over 40% of embezzled MGNREGA funds recovered in Bengal, LS told
3 days, 10 hours ago

Over 40% of embezzled MGNREGA funds recovered in Bengal, LS told

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has recovered over 40% of misappropriated funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in West Bengal, minister of state for rural development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani told Parliament on Tuesday. The Centre suspended MGNREGA funding to West Bengal in March 2022, citing widespread irregularities in the scheme’s implementation. Centre suspended MGNREGA funding to West Bengal …

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. …

Congress highlights recommendations of Parliament panel calling for MGNREGS wage revision
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Congress highlights recommendations of Parliament panel calling for MGNREGS wage revision

The Hindu  

The Congress on Thursday highlighted the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, including a revision of the MGNREGS wage rates and making Aadhar-Based Payment System optional under the flagship scheme. In its report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development said the suspension of funds to West Bengal under MGNREGS and other schemes has …

Govt Could Be Increasing Funds For MGNREGS As Demand Climbs For Rural Work
3 weeks ago

Govt Could Be Increasing Funds For MGNREGS As Demand Climbs For Rural Work

ABP News  

The finance ministry is considering a proposal to increase the funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the current fiscal year, media reports said. The ministry is reportedly looking to hike the funds beyond the revised estimate of Rs 86,000 crore to accommodate for higher-than-expected demand for work, The Economic Times reported. Under the second batch …

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 …

₹1,570 crore owed to Bihar under MGNREGS, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
1 month, 3 weeks ago

₹1,570 crore owed to Bihar under MGNREGS, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

On a day when National Democratic Alliance MPs from Bihar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament to express gratitude for the recent budget announcements for their State, the Union Ministry of Rural Development informed the Rajya Sabha that the Centre owed ₹1,570 crore funds to the State under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Replying to a …

West Bengal Gets ₹4.4 Lakh Cr Investment at BGBS 2025
1 month, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal Gets ₹4.4 Lakh Cr Investment at BGBS 2025

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal has received investment proposals worth Rs 4.40 lakh crores during the eighth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit. She said, "This time we have received investment proposals for Rs 4,40,595 lakh crore during the two-day event. The overwhelming response to BGBS 2025 reflects Bengal’s growing economic potential.” In 2023, the state received investment proposals worth over Rs …

Budget 2025: How much budgetary allocation for MGNREGA? Check Congress' reaction on job scheme's funds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2025: How much budgetary allocation for MGNREGA? Check Congress' reaction on job scheme's funds

India TV News  

Day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced fund allocation for MGNREGA, while presenting her 8th Union Budget in the Parliament, Congress slammed the governenment alleging it of ignoring the job scheme. No changes in fund allocation for MGNREGS The allocation for the flagship rural employment scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Development Scheme was Rs 86,000 crore, the same as last …

T.N. govt making efforts to sustain MGNREGS despite non cooperation from Centre, says CPI(M) MP
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

T.N. govt making efforts to sustain MGNREGS despite non cooperation from Centre, says CPI(M) MP

The Hindu  

Promising farm labourers to provide under the MGNREGS without any interruption, Dindigul MP R. Sachidanandam said he would raise the issue in the Lok Sabha during the ensuing budget session. When the scheme ensured employment and also gave wages, the BJP government stalled the programme citing multiple reasons and excuses, he alleged and said the Centre owed ₹1,300 crore to …

​Stifling demand: On the MGNREGS
1 month, 4 weeks ago

​Stifling demand: On the MGNREGS

The Hindu  

The efficacy of a welfare programme is directly proportional to the enthusiasm of the government implementing it. The fact that it has not only survived but also thrived under two regimes across multiple terms suggests its utility and popularity among the rural poor, though, under the National Democratic Alliance, the scheme has acquired a status of being an unwanted necessity …

Thennarasu requests Sitharaman to release MGNREGS funds owed to Tamil Nadu
2 months ago

Thennarasu requests Sitharaman to release MGNREGS funds owed to Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Monday and handed over a representation requesting the release of outstanding dues to the State under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. According to an official release, funds to the tune of ₹1,635 crore due to Tamil Nadu as wages for …

Union Budget 2025: Cruel attempts to throttle MGNREGA must end, says Congress
2 months ago

Union Budget 2025: Cruel attempts to throttle MGNREGA must end, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Modi government’s cruel attempts to throttle the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act must end, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a statement. Pointing out that the scheme continues to be the only lifeline for crores of India’s poorest families, Mr. Ramesh demanded that in the upcoming Union budget, the linkage of MGNREGA wages to Aadhaar-based payment …

No extra allocation for MGNREGS; wages delayed
2 months ago

No extra allocation for MGNREGS; wages delayed

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has not received an additional budget for the financial year 2024-25. Sources said that the Union Rural Development Ministry is falling short of ₹4,315 crore for the wages for which a Fund Transfer Order has been generated. Last year, the government responded to criticism on low fund allocation by saying that the …

Tamil Nadu seeks urgent release of Rs 1,635 crore MGNREGS dues from Centre
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu seeks urgent release of Rs 1,635 crore MGNREGS dues from Centre

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the national capital on Monday, seeking the immediate release of Rs 1,635 crore in wage arrears owed to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had earlier addressed the issue in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

MGNREGS stares at fund crunch; no additional allocation forthcoming
2 months ago

MGNREGS stares at fund crunch; no additional allocation forthcoming

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has not received an additional budget for financial year 2024-25, resulting in delay in disbursal wages to workers. The Section 3 of the MGNREG Act clearly states that “the disbursement of daily wages shall be made on a weekly basis or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date …

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 …

CM Stalin urges Modi to direct ministry to release Rs 1,056 cr MGNREGS dues
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Stalin urges Modi to direct ministry to release Rs 1,056 cr MGNREGS dues

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: CM MK Stalin on Monday urged PM Narendra Modi to advise the Union Ministry of Rural Development to immediately release outstanding dues amounting to Rs 1,056 crore so that the pending wages under MGNREGS could be disbursed. The CM also urged the PM to advise the ministry to approve the state government’s proposal to revise and increase the Labour …

Stalin requests Modi to release wage dues of ₹1,056 crore under MGNREGS
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Stalin requests Modi to release wage dues of ₹1,056 crore under MGNREGS

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to release outstanding wage dues to the tune of ₹1,056 crore accumulated so far under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Due to complete exhaustion of wage funds based on the Labour Budget, wages to the tune of ₹1,056 crore were pending …

Workers’ unions protest outside West Bengal BJP office demanding resumption of MGNREGA
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Workers’ unions protest outside West Bengal BJP office demanding resumption of MGNREGA

The Hindu  

Representatives of seven workers unions on Saturday held protests outside the office of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party demanding resumption of 100 days work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act which has been suspended for over three years The protest was organised by seven workers unions whose 500 activists laid siege outside the party office for quite some time …

West Bengal BJP responsible for fund freeze under MGNREGA, says agricultural workers’ union
2 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal BJP responsible for fund freeze under MGNREGA, says agricultural workers’ union

The Hindu  

Expressing serious concerns about the stoppage of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to West Bengal for the past three years, the Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity, a union of agricultural workers on Thursday blamed the State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party for the impasse while announcing a protest demonstration outside the party’s State headquarters on …

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

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

The Hindu  

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

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

Nirmala Sitharaman, TMC MP spar over central funds
3 months, 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 funding likely to remain unchanged in FY26 amid rural recovery
4 months 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 …

MGNREGS funds to West Bengal halted over irregularities
7 months, 4 weeks ago

MGNREGS funds to West Bengal halted over irregularities

Hindustan Times  

The central government has stopped releasing funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to West Bengal after it found large-scale irregularities in executing the flagship programme by the state, two officials aware of the development said on Monday. The officials were responding to Saturday’s comments by the West Bengal chief minister, who said she was stopped from …

BJP-led NDA govt at Centre will expire soon: TMC's Abhishek
10 months, 1 week ago

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

New Indian Express  

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

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

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

T.N. CM Stalin urges Union government to disburse MGNREGS dues
1 year 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 …

Inside the Centre vs states battle over funds
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 1 month ago

Bengal taking precautions to stop misuse of MGNREGA funds: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The West Bengal government is taking extreme precautions to ensure that there is no misuse of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 funds that chief minister Mamata Banerjee has promised to disburse on February 21 from the state exchequer, officials handling the operation said. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee “The state panchayat and rural development …

WB govt will pay dues of 2.1 million NREGS workers denied wage by Centre: Mamata
1 year, 1 month ago

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

Hindustan Times  

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

Centre unrelenting, Bengal to pay MGNREGS workers
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 1 month ago

2024 Interim Budget | Net zero gain for job guarantee scheme

The Hindu  

With allocation of ₹86,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the budget for the scheme for the financial year 2024-25 has been hiked by ₹26,000 crore in comparison to the 2023-24 Budget estimates, though it is the same as the revised estimates for the ongoing financial year. In the 2023 Budget, only ₹60,000 crore was allocated …

Calcutta HC sets up team for verification of MGNREGA job cards in West Bengal
1 year, 2 months ago

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

The Hindu  

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

'Release pending central funds to Bengal', Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
1 year, 2 months ago

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

India Today  

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

MGNREGS dues and migration, a year of tumult in Centre-State ties for Bengal
1 year, 2 months 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 …

West Bengal CM Mamata meets PM Modi for funds
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal CM Mamata meets PM Modi for funds

Deccan Chronicle  

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

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, …

MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme, no question of deficit in it: Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh
1 year, 5 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, 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, …

Abhishek Ends TMC Stir After West Bengal Governor\'s Assurance on Funds
1 year, 5 months ago

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

Deccan Chronicle  

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

Budget deficit in MGNREGS an indicator of the deepening rural distress: Jairam Ramesh
1 year, 5 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 …

Mamata alleges Centre’s discrimination towards flood-hit people in north Bengal
1 year, 5 months ago

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

The Hindu  

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

MGNREGS runs out of funds; Rural Development Ministry seeks supplementary budget
1 year, 5 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, 5 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 …

TMC to send 5 million letters to PM Modi over denial of central schemes benefits
1 year, 6 months ago

TMC to send 5 million letters to PM Modi over denial of central schemes benefits

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal will send over five million letters drafted by people from across the state alleging for having been denied benefits under various central schemes, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The Centre had stopped sending funds to West Bengal under the MGNREGA since November 2021. The Centre had stopped sending funds to West …

Centre owes ₹6,366 crore in MGNREGA wages to 18 States and Union Territories
1 year, 7 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 …

West Bengal Government to launch a scheme to provide 100 days work
1 year, 7 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 …

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