In a letter addressed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, the former MLC pointed out that the Telangana government had paid Rs 300 as the daily wage under the scheme last year. This year, the wage was increased by just Rs 7, bringing the current daily wage to only Rs 307.
Speaking during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, she accused the Central government of systematically undermining the scheme by reducing budgetary allocations. "The budget allocation for MGNREGA has remained stagnant at Rs 86,000 crore, but in reality, it has decreased by Rs 4,000 crore," she said.
Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday blasted the Central government for affecting the livelihood of the labourers working under the MGNREGA scheme. Rao said the State government came up with several schemes for the welfare and development of the workers. But the Centre confining the workers to only 20 works left many jobless. […]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered completion of 150 hi-tech nurseries in 75 districts of the state within next six months. The nurseries are being set up in the Krishi Vigyan Kendras of the state, campus of agricultural universities, research centre of the Horticulture Department for easy training of farmers in mordern […]
MGNREGA scheme aims to provide the poor individuals a chance to work and earn a livelihood so that they can provide the basic necessities to their families.
