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Union Budget cuts MGNREGA allocation by 30% to Rs 61,032 cr for 2023-24

During the Coronavirus-induced lockdown, lakhs of migrant workers had found work under it when they were forced to return to their native places

Expenditure rationalisation may be underlying theme of Budget 2023

The budget for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) could be about controlling non-essential expenditure

Rajasthan increases honorarium of contract workers under MGNREGA scheme

The Rajasthan government has increased the honorarium of contract workers in the state by 5 per cent under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme. According to an official statement, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal to increase the honorarium of contract workers working in the state by 5 percent under the MGNREGA scheme. This increase will be effective from November 1, 2022. This will put an additional financial burden of Rs 4.10 crore on the state government. According to this, Gehlot's decision will increase the income of contract workers working on various posts in the state under the scheme and their standard of living will be better. In the budget of the year 2022-23, Gehlot had announced to increase the honorarium of the employees working in various departments of the state.

113 million households got employment under MGNREGS in 2022: Report

Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the ministry constructed 39,413 km road length and 1,394 bridges with an expenditure of Rs 23,364 crore

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Declining demand for jobs under MGNREGA, but workers await pending payments

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing the Lower House of Parliament on December 14 this year, claimed that the demand for work under MGNREGA is on the wane

MGNREGA fraud worth Rs 3 cr unearthed in Gujarat's Amreli; 4 booked

The accused have been booked for cheating, criminal breach, forgery and hatching conspiracy with common intent

Work demand under MGNREGS at 4-month high, FY23 funds almost exhausted

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

India forms panel to revamp only govt job guarantee scheme: Report

'Residents of relatively affluent states, however, may have fared better in securing work under the key anti-poverty job program, triggering calls for changes to the scheme'

Indian govt to give additional funds for rural schemes to ease pain: Report

The additional funds will be used to bulk up job and affordable housing schemes in the fiscal year ending March 2023

Increasing responsibilities

Fiscal management will become more difficult

MGNREGS work demand slows but still higher than pre-pandemic months

Experts say unless non-farm activities grow in rural areas or demand rises in the urban, the informal sector might continue to struggle

Despite economic recovery, real rural wage growth remains flat in FY23

The growth in nominal terms has been steady but the sharp rise in inflation seems to have eaten into the increase

Centre will now define minimum work requirement under MGNREGA: Report

Earlier, state governments had the responsibility to define the minimum quantum of work required to earn a day's wages

MGNREGA improved earnings during Covid-19, but more funding needed: Report

According to the 'Employment Guarantee during Covid-19' report, the spending on the MGNREGA needs to go up by three times

Demand for work under MGNREGA rises marginally in September: Report

Experts have said that with a dip in farm jobs, the demand for MGNREGA jobs may rise further

States' MGNREGA under probe for potential financial misappropriation

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

Healthy revenue buoyancy expected for rest of the year: Finance Ministry

The Monthly Economic Report states that India is in a better position to calibrate liquidity levels without stalling growth

Congress' Rahul Gandhi talks of nextgen MGNREGA during Bharat Jodo Yatra

As the country gets more urbanised there is a need to evolve a modern social welfare scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Tuesday. Gandhi, while interacting with MGNREGA workers during the break between the two phases of the day's Bharat Jodo Yatra, said a large part of the population now live in urban areas and therefore, we need to think "what is the urban MGNREGA idea". "As India gets more urbanised, what's the next step for MGNREGA? There is a need to evolve a modern social welfare scheme. Met with MGNREGA workers and listened to their issues. These are the conversations that will lead to a new inclusive vision for India," he tweeted after the interaction. Sharing a video-clip of the discussion he held with the MGNREGA workers, Gandhi said the idea of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was to create a minimum wage in the country below which nobody had to work. "Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) was the idea that we will create a minimum income

Identifying works and funding key to national urban job scheme

The financial burden depends on the design of the scheme.