MGNREGS row: Centre says Bengal only state with pending wage liabilities
The Ministry stated that West Bengal is the sole state with uncleared, due, and admissible pending wage liabilities from the previous financial year (2024-25).
The Ministry stated that West Bengal is the sole state with uncleared, due, and admissible pending wage liabilities from the previous financial year (2024-25).
During a discussion on the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman revealed a critical breach: she claimed the West Bengal government had issued 25 lakh fake MGNREGA job cards, resulting in the siphoning off of "crores of government money."
In the last 10 years, from 2014-15 to 2024-25, the central government has released Rs 7,81,302 crore which resulted in the creation of 8.07 crore rural assets under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.
The Union Government on Friday informed that a total of 187.5 crore person days have been generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in FY 2024-25, providing employment to 4.6 crore rural households
As per government data, this is a 76 per cent increase in the last decade, from 1,660 crore generated between FY 2006-07 to FY 2013-14.
The Ministry of Rural Development on Sunday said it has been noticed by the Ministry that some section of the media has quoted that “Rural Employment under MGNREGS dip by 16 per cent in the first half of the current year.'
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has long been viewed as a barometer of rural distress in India. However, the recent Economic Survey challenges this perception
With rural spending outpacing urban segments, the rural-urban divide is narrowing, as the recent monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) survey of the NSSO highlights.
The Central government has asked all states to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) beneficiaries should…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in a statement that the scheme proved to be of immense help in providing jobs to migrants who came back to rural areas in large numbers amid the peak of pandemic.
