Tag: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

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Odisha, Centre at loggerheads over MGNREGA funds

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government and the Centre are at loggerheads over fund allocation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. While Panchayati Raj Minister Pradeep Maharathy stated in a written reply in the State Assembly that the Centre is yet to release Rs 2,885.40 crore under MGNREGA, Union Minister for Tribal […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
Pramila-Mallick
BJD MLA's kin holding job cards under MGNREGA

Jajpur: BJD MLA from Binjharpur Pramila Mallick has landed in controversy after her father and brothers were found holding job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). According to reports, father of the legislator Paban Mallick, brothers Khirod Mallick and Keshab Mallick, all residents of Masada Panchayat in Binjharpur block of […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
Manohar Randhari
Nabarangpur MLA in eye of MGNREGA controversy

Nabarangpur: BJD MLA Manohar Randhari of Nabarangpur is yet again surrounded by controversy after name of his wife Urmila Randhari cropped up online to be earning Rs 630 as remuneration working under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Local BJP leader, Kanhu Dasi, has alleged that Urmila has worked in a road construction […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Odisha ignored as Centre hikes MGNREGA wages for other states

Bhubaneswar: In what could be termed as an absolute mockery of Odia workers, the Central government has declined to hike wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) even as it increased the same for other states last month. Twenty eight states and 6 union territories have seen an increase in the […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
Mamta Banerjee
Mamata accuses Centre of not releasing Rs 2,500 cr under MNREGA

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP-led Central government of deliberately not releasing funds for various Central schemes and said Rs 2,500 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme was due to the state. Accusing the Centre of a “step-motherly attitude” towards the state, Banerjee […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Finance Ministry
Rs 1 lakh cr paid to social scheme beneficiaries in three years

New Delhi: The Union Finance Ministry has paid over Rs 1 lakh crore to the beneficiaries of the various social schemes under the Direct Benefit Transfer during the last three years, an official statement said on Monday. “Rs 1,02,786.77 crore has been paid through the public financial management system to the beneficiaries of the various […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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