The maxim ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ plays out daily in our lives. On the one hand, tax collections, Sensex and sales of high-end vehicles are at record levels and people were seen queuing up to buy gold on Dhanteras but on the other, the subsidised ration scheme had to be extended for five years and the extraordinarily large number of people applying for work under MNREGA, resulted in budgeted funds getting exhausted by mid-year.
Giving a political boost to the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee’s ERCP (Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project) Yatra, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday rhetorically asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the chief minister of Rajasthan, if voted to power in the upcoming assembly election.
The government further clarified that the ministry has been making all efforts to pay wages on time. The government in its statement claimed that delays in payments are only when the pay orders have not been generated in time.
TMC workers injured in a bus accident while en route to Delhi for MGNREGA protest against fund issues.
Addressing a press conference Dr Shashi Panja said the workers, who had died or received severe injuries might not have joined the illegal firecracker manufacturing unit had they got their jobs under MNREGA.
He said 100 per cent payments regarding works under MNREGA has been implemented through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and for worksite facilities homemade protective face cover, soap and water were being provided to MNREGA workers.
Around 328 development works are being carried out in 25 Panchayats of Kalpa block, 399 works in 18 Panchayats of Nichar block and 58 works are being carried out in 20 Panchayats of Pooh development block.
Highlighting her party's efforts to help the poor and the needy, Gandhi mentioned that Congress workers across the country have been persistently making all efforts to provide relief activities adding that the state units of the Congress are taking all necessary measures to send migrants back home without any cost.
According to reports, the brazen incident took place after an argument over a road construction under the MNREGA scheme was in process.
“An appointment was sought by the chief minister's office last week for an appointment from Modi's office for the meeting,” an official said.
