MGNREGA Funds

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said the party will send to Prime Minister Narendra Modi one crore signed letters of daily wage earners of West Bengal, who could not get employment under MGNREGA as the Centre allegedly did not release funds for the project for the state. Upping the ante against the BJP-led government at the Centre ahead of the panchayat election, Banerjee considered number 2 in the TMC said that party workers will hit the streets of Delhi if the government does not release the money which is due to the state. This has stalled implementation of 100 days work project for the past one year, he claimed while addressing a public meeting here in Alipurduar district in the northern part of the state. "From April 16, our workers will reach out to the 1.38 crore families who could not be employed in any project (under MGNREGA). We will collect their signed letters to the Prime Minister and send over one crore of such letters to t

In a notification released on March 24, the Union Ministry of Rural Development declared revisions to the rural job guarantee programme for the financial year 2023-24

The state claims that the Centre owes Rs 7,500 crore, of which labour wages alone amount to Rs 2,744 crore

For wage payment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the Govt has decided, on the request of States, to have a mixed model for payment route up to March 31

Malpractices under MGNREGA must be addressed

Shimla, Feb 17 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Being part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme has brought many benefits to Chatra Devi (62) of Sohari village in Bijhari block of Hamirpur district. A registered worker under the Himachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board for over a decade, she received Rs 51,000 as boards assistance for her daughters wedding last year.

But it is about 9.7% more than the pre-pandemic month of Jan 2020; meanwhile, activists flay slashing of MGNREGS budget, say it will cause wage payment delays, suppress work demand

The budgetary allocation for MGNREGS has already been exhausted, if pending liabilities for the financial year are included

Demanding release of funds under the MGNREGA scheme to all the 16 districts of the state, the All Manipur Tribals Development Grievances Forum called for an indefinite blockade on two vital hoghways

Some states have been using more than permitted MGNREGA funds to build rural infrastructure instead of generating livelihood opportunities for rural needy, says Central government

In total, around 6.41 million works under individual land has been undertaken in 2021-22 financial year, of which Bihar leads the pack.

Embezzlement of funds amounting to over Rs 21 lakh under the MGNREGA scheme has come to the fore in Nuh district of Haryana with police finding some job cards issued in the name of dead people.

Union Minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil on Wednesday rubbished the TMC's allegation of 'non-release' of MGNREGA funds by the Centre to West Bengal and said there were complaints against some states

The urban population is more educated and generally has a different set of job preferences than the rural

The figure is also much higher than the corresponding pre-Covid period, data shows

'It was astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana; you are aware that MGNREGA forms an important part of livelihood of rural people'

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will produce her before a local court here seeking her remand.

Kumar, a CA of IAS official and mining secretary of Jharkhand Pooja Singhal, came on the radar during the course of investigation. Kumar also handles accounts of Singhal's husband.

The Soren-led government in Jharkhand specialises in theft and will make the state hollow by looting public resources, the BJP said after ED raids in connection with the MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

The ED have conducted raids at multiple premises, including that of Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal and her family, in connection with a money laundering probe