Congress leader Udit Raj. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The sharp Budget cut for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has left the State governments paralysed, senior Congress leader and chairman of the party’s “unorganised workers and employee” wing Udit Raj said on Tuesday, while protesting against what he called a … Read more
Representational image of villagers from Odisha’s Kalahandi district under the MGNREGS | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to … Read more
Workers under the MGNREGS engaged in cleaning work in Palakkad. File | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah With just little over a month left for the current financial year to end, the Union government owes ₹6,157 crore to 14 States under the material component head of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that … Read more