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May 21, 2024 · Gauhar Khan goes to an ATM with her Aadhar card to collect MNREGA wages. It was denied because she was a Muslim !— Ramblings(Parody) (@PC67761415) May 21, 2024
Jan 2, 2024 · ABPS became mandatory for wage payment under flagship rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA from January 1. According to data provided by the Rural Development Ministry, there are around 14.32 crore active workers under the MGNREGA.
Oct 20, 2023 · "Since December 2021, labourers who have been working still haven't received their wages. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the central government has entirely stopped funding. We don't expect anyone to get jobs until March 2024, as the central government has halted all funding," says Talwar.
- Ravishankar Kumar
- Members of Sonia Gandhi’s “parallel government” NAC had accused the UPA of undermining NREGA by modifying several provisions of the law. The names of the activists were Jean Dreze and Aruna Roy.
- In 2012, the UPA froze minimum wage paid under NREGA at Rs 100. This meant that the payout under NREGA was lower than a minimum wage in the states.
- At that time, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising had remarked that “anyone paid less than the country’s minimum wages was into forced labour”.
- The legacy of the UPA’s initial betrayal of farmers has left a long shadow, insist sources. MNREGA wages are now virtually delinked from statutory minimum wages.
Because errors creep into this two-step process – Aadhaar number is seeded to or correctly entered in only one of the systems – many workers are denied their wages. The Economic Survey notes...
Jun 6, 2023 · The Calcutta High Court on June 6 asked the Union Government and the West Bengal Government to submit reports on the non-payment of wages to workers enrolled in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
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Mar 6, 2023 · In December 2021, the Centre invoking a clause in MGNREGS stopped funds for West Bengal. Out of ₹7,500 crores that it owes to the State, ₹2,744 cores account for just labour wages.
