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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Topic: MGNREGS

With Rs 86,000-cr for FY25, MNREGS budget sees no change from 2023-24 revised estimate as polls loom

FY25 allocation is exactly the same outlay as given in revised estimates for the current financial year. Activists say it's not sufficient to meet demand for work in rural areas.

Centre makes Aadhaar-linked pay mandatory for MGNREGS workers, over 1.78 cr ineligible to seek work

Refusing to extend implementation deadline for 5th time, govt says exemption will be given in case of technical snag or Aadhaar-related issue. Congress calls decision 'cruel, anti-poor'.

Modi govt plans face authentication for MGNREGS attendance, eyes 2024 launch

Move comes almost a year after Centre made digital capturing of attendance under MGNREGS universal. Aim is to weed out ghost beneficiaries and reduce financial irregularities.    

UP, MP to Assam, several districts have no MGNREGS ombudsperson to address workers’ grievances

Over 170 districts in India don't have an ombudsperson, a mandatory requirement under the job guarantee scheme. In some states, 1 ombudsperson allotted for 2 districts, it is learnt.

Modi govt’s rhetoric on economy is changing ahead of 2024 elections. It’s not all rosy

The launch of Bharat Dal and Bharat Atta shows that the government is worried about the distress people are facing. It has no choice but to take action.

MGNREGS skilling project a non-starter 4 yrs on with only 22% workers trained. Centre blames states

'Unnati' initiative was launched in December 2019 with aim to train 2 lakh workers registered under MGNREGS by March 2022. Earlier this year, the deadline was extended to March 2025.

High deletion of names from MGNREGS rolls in poll-bound MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh — NGO report

LibTech India analysed MGNREGS data for first 6 months of this fiscal & found net deletion of 80 lakh workers' names. Deletions highest in UP, while poll-bound Telangana saw increase.

94% MGNREGS budget used in 6 months, rural ministry seeks more funds. Activists worry about less work

Activists representing workers' groups, who opposed slashing of MGNREGS budget, allege govt trying to phase out programme that guarantees minimum 100 days of paid work to rural families.

Modi govt makes Aadhaar-based payments mandatory for NREGA workers from 1 Sept, ‘illegal’ say activists 

Rural Development ministry decided against extending deadline for 3rd time. With 19% workers still to be linked, activists fear the move may result in deletion of job cards.

Over 5 cr MGNREGS workers’ names deleted in 2022-23, govt tells Lok Sabha — ‘not a system error’

West Bengal (83.36 lakh) saw the highest number of name deletions under MGNREGS in 2022-23, followed by Andhra (78.05 lakh), Odisha (77.78 lakh), Bihar (76.68 lakh) and UP (62.98 lakh).

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.