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  • Good News For MGNREGA Employees! Centre Announces Pay Hike: Check State-Wise Wages Here | Economy News

    New Delhi: Ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024, there is good news for lakh of MGNREGA employees. The Central government has notified the latest revision in wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for the financial year 2024-2025. This announcement comes just ahead of the LS elections scheduled for 2024.

    The Centre notifies the latest revision in MGNREGA wages pic.twitter.com/gcq2mrFWn7
    — ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2024

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wage Rates: Effective Date

    The Ministry of Rural Development has introduced new wage rates for unskilled manual workers, which will come into effect from April 1, 2024. (Also Read: Big Blow To Home Loan Borrowers! HDFC Bank Raises Lending Rates To 9.8%)

    MGNREGA Employees’ State-Wise Wage Rates

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wages In Goa

    The employees under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Goa witness the highest hike of 10.56 percent. The wages increased from Rs 322 to Rs 356 per day. (Also Read: Delhi Man’s Rs 340 Cab Booking Turns Into Rs 648 Nightmare: Here’s What Happened NEXT)

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wages In Uttar Pradesh And Uttarakhand

    The employees of the state experience the lowest raise of 3.04 percent. In both states, the wages increased from Rs 230 to Rs 237 per day.

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wages In Karnataka

    The employees of the state witnesses a 10.44 percent increase, with wages rising from Rs 316 to Rs 349 per day.

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wages In Andhra Pradesh And Telangana

    They experience a 10.29 percent increase, with wages rising from Rs 272 to Rs 300 per day.

    MGNREGA Employees’ Wages In Madhya Pradesh And Chhattisgarh

    Share the same wage rate, with both states seeing a 10 percent surge from Rs 221 to Rs 243 per day.

    Highest MGNREGA Employees Wage Rates

    The employees of Haryana receive the highest wage rate of Rs 374 per day.

    Lowest MGNREGA Employees Wage Rates

    Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland receive the lowest wage rate of Rs 234 per day.

  • Over 5 crore MGNREGA task playing cards deleted in 2022-23: Centre

    Rural Building Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned that during 2021-22, MGNREGA task playing cards of one,49,51,247 staff have been deleted whilst in 2022-23 the quantity used to be 5,18,91,168.

    NEW DELHI: Greater than 5 crore task playing cards underneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act (MGNREGA) have been cancelled in 2022-23, 247 in step with cent greater than the selection of deletions in 2021-22, the Lok Sabha used to be knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    In a written answer, Rural Building Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned that during 2021-22, MGNREGA task playing cards of one,49,51,247 staff have been deleted whilst in 2022-23 the quantity used to be 5,18,91,168.

    West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been some of the states which noticed the best possible selection of deletions.

    In 2021-22, as many as 1,57,309 task playing cards have been deleted in West Bengal, whilst within the following fiscal, the quantity shot up through over 5,000 in step with cent to 83,36,115.

    In Andhra Pradesh, 6,25,514 task playing cards have been deleted in 2021-22, which larger through 1,147 in step with cent in 2022-23, when 78,05,569 task playing cards have been cancelled.

    In a similar fashion, in Telangana, 61,278 task playing cards have been deleted in 2021-22, whilst 17,32,936 playing cards have been deleted in 2022-23, an build up of two,727 in step with cent.

    Gujarat deleted 1,43,202 staff’ task playing cards in 2021-22 and four,30,404 in 2022-23, a bounce of over 200 in step with cent.

    In his answer, Singh mentioned the deletions have been made because of causes corresponding to “faux” task playing cards, replica task playing cards, other people now not keen to paintings anymore, circle of relatives shifted from Gram Panchayat completely, or deaths.

    In respond to every other query, Singh mentioned 2.95 crore other people within the age crew of 18-30 years have been registered underneath the scheme as much as the 2020-21 monetary 12 months which used to be larger to a few.06 crore as much as monetary 12 months 2022-23.

    In 2022-23, 57.43 in step with cent of MGNREGA staff have been ladies.

    The Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Scheme is aimed toward improving livelihood safety through offering no less than 100 days of assured salary employment in a monetary 12 months to each family whose grownup individuals volunteer to do unskilled handbook paintings.

  • ‘PM accomplishing ‘Mann ki Baat’ a hundredth episode whilst depriving Bengal of MGNREGA finances’

    By way of PTI

    KARANDIGHI: Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee on Monday took a dig at High Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio broadcast and stated whilst its a hundredth episode was once heralded with nice fanfare, the deficient lots of Bengal had been disadvantaged of Central finances beneath the 100-day MGNREGA scheme.

    Within the a hundredth episode of ‘Mann ki Baat’, Modi on Sunday stated the printed crammed the “vacancy” he felt after coming to Delhi in 2014 and described it as an expression of the emotions of crores of Indians which has ensured he’s by no means cut-off from other folks.

    “At the one hand, the high minister is busy accomplishing the a hundredth episode of the Mann ki Baat programme, and the Centre, out of vendetta, has stopped the finances because of Bengal.

    “They’re depriving the deficient other folks of West Bengal via denying MGNREGA finances to Bengal. It (BJP) is attempting to punish the state’s other folks for his or her defeat within the ultimate meeting ballot in 2021. It’s but to just accept the defeat,” he stated whilst addressing a rally in Uttar Dinajpur district.

    Banerjee, the TMC nationwide common secretary, whilst addressing a rally as a part of the ‘Trinamool-eh Nabajowar’ (new wave in Trinamool) mass outreach marketing campaign, criticised the BJP MPs from West Bengal for being celebration to the conspiracy in withholding the dues of the state.

    “Individuals are failing to get roti and bhaat (rice) whilst the PM is accomplishing the Mann ki Baat programme. West Bengal is the one state the place finances had been stopped. Lakhs of deficient other folks around the state are affected because of non-payment of dues via the Centre. The MPs and MLAs of BJP from the state also are a part of this conspiracy to withhold finances,” he stated.

    Banerjee’s observation drew sharp reactions from the BJP, which dubbed the allegations as baseless.

    “The BJP has no position in preventing finances. The TMC has a addiction of levelling baseless allegations. The folks of the state disagree with such canards unfold via the TMC,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya stated.

    KARANDIGHI: Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee on Monday took a dig at High Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio broadcast and stated whilst its a hundredth episode was once heralded with nice fanfare, the deficient lots of Bengal had been disadvantaged of Central finances beneath the 100-day MGNREGA scheme.

    Within the a hundredth episode of ‘Mann ki Baat’, Modi on Sunday stated the printed crammed the “vacancy” he felt after coming to Delhi in 2014 and described it as an expression of the emotions of crores of Indians which has ensured he’s by no means cut-off from other folks.

    “At the one hand, the high minister is busy accomplishing the a hundredth episode of the Mann ki Baat programme, and the Centre, out of vendetta, has stopped the finances because of Bengal.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “They’re depriving the deficient other folks of West Bengal via denying MGNREGA finances to Bengal. It (BJP) is attempting to punish the state’s other folks for his or her defeat within the ultimate meeting ballot in 2021. It’s but to just accept the defeat,” he stated whilst addressing a rally in Uttar Dinajpur district.

    Banerjee, the TMC nationwide common secretary, whilst addressing a rally as a part of the ‘Trinamool-eh Nabajowar’ (new wave in Trinamool) mass outreach marketing campaign, criticised the BJP MPs from West Bengal for being celebration to the conspiracy in withholding the dues of the state.

    “Individuals are failing to get roti and bhaat (rice) whilst the PM is accomplishing the Mann ki Baat programme. West Bengal is the one state the place finances had been stopped. Lakhs of deficient other folks around the state are affected because of non-payment of dues via the Centre. The MPs and MLAs of BJP from the state also are a part of this conspiracy to withhold finances,” he stated.

    Banerjee’s observation drew sharp reactions from the BJP, which dubbed the allegations as baseless.

    “The BJP has no position in preventing finances. The TMC has a addiction of levelling baseless allegations. The folks of the state disagree with such canards unfold via the TMC,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya stated.

  • Jharkhand CM’s Main Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka shunted after BJP fees

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    RANCHI: Hours after BJP legislative celebration chief Babulal Marandi launched a video clip of Leader Minister’s Main Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka signing recordsdata, allegedly sitting within the administrative center of intermediary Vishal Choudhary, he was once got rid of from the submit. Ekka has been appointed Main Secretary in  Panchayati Raj Division.

    The Jharkhand Group of workers, Administrative Reforms and Reputable Language Division issued a notification on this regard overdue within the night time on Sunday. 

    Significantly, former Leader Minister Babulal Marandi launched a video clip on Sunday, making allegations that they belong to Vishal Chowdhary’s administrative center positioned close to Argora Chowk in Ranchi. Within the video, Rajiv Arun Ekka is noticed dealing with executive recordsdata whilst sitting within the administrative center of Vishal Chowdhary.

    Hours later BJP LPL @yourBabulal Marandi launched a video clip of #Jharkhand CM’s Main Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka signing recordsdata, allegedly sitting within the administrative center of intermediary Vishal Choudhary, Ekka was once got rid of from the submit.
    @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 percent.twitter.com/qAkhEbsDtC

    — Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) March 6, 2023

    Vishal Chaudhary’s title hit the headlines when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) crew raided his hideouts in reference to a money-laundering probe connected to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA finances and different fees. Babulal Marandi had demanded the elimination of Ekka from the submit and he was once
    transferred overdue within the night time.

    RANCHI: Hours after BJP legislative celebration chief Babulal Marandi launched a video clip of Leader Minister’s Main Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka signing recordsdata, allegedly sitting within the administrative center of intermediary Vishal Choudhary, he was once got rid of from the submit. Ekka has been appointed Main Secretary in  Panchayati Raj Division.

    The Jharkhand Group of workers, Administrative Reforms and Reputable Language Division issued a notification on this regard overdue within the night time on Sunday. 

    Significantly, former Leader Minister Babulal Marandi launched a video clip on Sunday, making allegations that they belong to Vishal Chowdhary’s administrative center positioned close to Argora Chowk in Ranchi. Within the video, Rajiv Arun Ekka is noticed dealing with executive recordsdata whilst sitting within the administrative center of Vishal Chowdhary.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Hours later BJP LPL @yourBabulal Marandi launched a video clip of #Jharkhand CM’s Main Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka signing recordsdata, allegedly sitting within the administrative center of intermediary Vishal Choudhary, Ekka was once got rid of from the submit.@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 percent.twitter.com/qAkhEbsDtC
    — Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) March 6, 2023
    Vishal Chaudhary’s title hit the headlines when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) crew raided his hideouts in reference to a money-laundering probe connected to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA finances and different fees. Babulal Marandi had demanded the elimination of Ekka from the submit and he was once
    transferred overdue within the night time.

  • Ideal Courtroom grants period in-between bail to suspended Jharkhand IAS officer in cash laundering case

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Ideal Courtroom on Friday granted period in-between bail for a length of 2 months to suspended Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal in a cash laundering case to allow her to appear after her unwell daughter.

    The order was once handed via a bench headed via Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul whilst listening to Singhal’s attraction towards the Jharkhand Top Courtroom order pushing aside her bail plea when it comes to the Enforcement Directorate’s probe coming up from alleged corruption within the MGNREGA scheme.

    “We’re susceptible to grant period in-between bail to the petitioner for the needs of getting to her daughter for a length of 2 months from the date of unlock,” stated the bench additionally comprising Justice Manoj Misra.

    The courtroom directed Singhal, represented via senior recommend Sidharth Luthra, not to affect the witnesses, as alleged via the company, and now not seek advice from Jharkhand excluding for attending courtroom hearings.

    The recommend for the company argued right through the listening to that Singhal’s daughter was once being “medically controlled” and her husband, the lady’s stepfather was once there to appear after her and there have been “severe apprehensions” with recognize to the accused influencing witnesses if launched.

    The highest courtroom had previous granted period in-between bail for a definite length to the reputable within the subject in January whilst asking the ED to answer her bail plea.

    Singhal has been in custody since Might 11, 2022 after raids had been performed at homes connected to her.

    The ED has accused Singhal, a former state mines division secretary, of cash laundering and stated its workforce seized greater than Rs 36 crore money connected to alleged unlawful mining as a part of two separate cash laundering investigations.

    Previous, the highest courtroom sought the probe company’s reaction on Singhal’s period in-between bail plea at the flooring of the in poor health well being of her daughter.

    Except the 2000-batch IAS officer, her businessman husband, a chartered accountant related to the couple, and others had been additionally raided via the ED as a part of the cash laundering probe.

    Singhal was once suspended via the state govt following her arrest.

    Suman Kumar, a chartered accountant connected to Singhal and her husband, was once additionally arrested via the company and money totalling Rs 19.76 crore was once seized from him.

    NEW DELHI: The Ideal Courtroom on Friday granted period in-between bail for a length of 2 months to suspended Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal in a cash laundering case to allow her to appear after her unwell daughter.

    The order was once handed via a bench headed via Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul whilst listening to Singhal’s attraction towards the Jharkhand Top Courtroom order pushing aside her bail plea when it comes to the Enforcement Directorate’s probe coming up from alleged corruption within the MGNREGA scheme.

    “We’re susceptible to grant period in-between bail to the petitioner for the needs of getting to her daughter for a length of 2 months from the date of unlock,” stated the bench additionally comprising Justice Manoj Misra.

    The courtroom directed Singhal, represented via senior recommend Sidharth Luthra, not to affect the witnesses, as alleged via the company, and now not seek advice from Jharkhand excluding for attending courtroom hearings.

    The recommend for the company argued right through the listening to that Singhal’s daughter was once being “medically controlled” and her husband, the lady’s stepfather was once there to appear after her and there have been “severe apprehensions” with recognize to the accused influencing witnesses if launched.

    The highest courtroom had previous granted period in-between bail for a definite length to the reputable within the subject in January whilst asking the ED to answer her bail plea.

    Singhal has been in custody since Might 11, 2022 after raids had been performed at homes connected to her.

    The ED has accused Singhal, a former state mines division secretary, of cash laundering and stated its workforce seized greater than Rs 36 crore money connected to alleged unlawful mining as a part of two separate cash laundering investigations.

    Previous, the highest courtroom sought the probe company’s reaction on Singhal’s period in-between bail plea at the flooring of the in poor health well being of her daughter.

    Except the 2000-batch IAS officer, her businessman husband, a chartered accountant related to the couple, and others had been additionally raided via the ED as a part of the cash laundering probe.

    Singhal was once suspended via the state govt following her arrest.

    Suman Kumar, a chartered accountant connected to Singhal and her husband, was once additionally arrested via the company and money totalling Rs 19.76 crore was once seized from him.

  • Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal despatched to judicial custody until June 8 in cash laundering case 

    Through PTI

    RANCHI: A distinct PMLA courtroom on Wednesday despatched Pooja Singhal, the suspended IAS officer from Jharkhand, to judicial custody until June 8 in reference to a cash laundering case connected to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA finances, stated a attorney of the Enforcement Directorate which is investigating it.

    The bureaucrat used to be within the ED custody for 14 days.

    After being produced prior to the particular PMLA courtroom of Prbhat Kumar Sharma via the ED, Singhal used to be despatched to Birsa Munda Central Prison at Hotwar in Ranchi.

    “Singhal on finishing touch of 14 days in ED custody used to be produced lately prior to the particular PMLA courtroom and used to be remanded to judicial custody until June 8 as consistent with courtroom orders. She used to be despatched to Hotwar Prison,” particular prosecutor of the ED, BMP Singh, informed PTI.

    Singhal shall be produced prior to the courtroom of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) on June 8 by the use of video conferencing.

    The ED asked the courtroom to grant permission to its sleuths to interrogate her in prison on every occasion required.

    “I argued that this is a higher conspiracy and we need to interrogate her once more. There’s a prison provision that we (ED) can not get her in ED custody for greater than 14 days. So we submitted a prayer to the courtroom to reserve the prison superintendent that on every occasion required we will query her. The courtroom requested us to report a separate petition when such requirement arises,” Singh stated.

    At the request of Singhal’s recommend for her clinical check-up, the courtroom stated this may also be carried out via a prison physician, Singh claimed.

    “We can search the courtroom’s permission to interrogate her in prison as it sort of feels that there’s a higher conspiracy. Exam of the virtual gadgets of the officer is being carried out. The investigation is in a an important level with the emergence of latest proof within the case,” the ED recommend stated.

    Singhal’s chartered accountant Suman Kumar used to be previous despatched to judicial custody via the courtroom of PMLA in reference to the cash laundering case.

    Kumar used to be additionally within the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for 13 days.

    The 44-year-old IAS officer used to be suspended via the Jharkhand govt on Might 12 as a part of the process undertaken, in case of a central authority servant being arrested in a prison case, inside 24 hours of the receipt of data.

    Singhal, who served because the state mining division secretary, used to be arrested on the day past via the ED.

    The company had produced her prior to the particular PMLA courtroom which remanded her within the ED custody for 5 days from Might 12, and later prolonged two times until Wednesday.

    In accordance with the “incriminating fabrics” seized right through searches, a number of suspected individuals, together with district mining officials, had been known as for wondering.

    Previous, the company had knowledgeable the courtroom that the virtual gadgets of each Singhal and her CA, that have been seized, have been despatched to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

    ED may be inspecting all main points associated with Pulse Medical institution, allegedly owned via the bureaucrat and her circle of relatives, the development of the power, acquire of kit as it’s suspected that the clinical facility used to be used to “launder” cash.

    She used to be arrested within the cash laundering case connected to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA finances and a few different suspicious monetary transactions after the ED raided her premises on Might 6 along side that of her businessman husband Abhishek Jha, the chartered accountant and others.

    The Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act 2005 (MGNREGA) is geared toward improving the livelihood safety of families in rural spaces of the rustic via offering a minimum of 100 days of assured salary employment in a monetary 12 months.

    Suman Kumar used to be arrested following the seizure of greater than Rs 17.79 crore in money allegedly from his residential and administrative center premises.

  • Mamata writes to Modi, seeks liberate of MGNREGA, PMAY finances

    By way of PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to High Minister Narendra Modi, in quest of his intervention to liberate finances for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana (PMAY).

    Within the letter, Banerjee mentioned her govt used to be not able to make salary bills for over 4 months now on account of the unavailability of finances.

    “It is rather astonishing that the Govt of India isn’t liberating finances to West Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana,” she mentioned.

    “In Bengal, salary fee is pending for greater than 4 months as Govt of India isn’t liberating finances to the state to the song of just about Rs 6,500 crore — Rs 3,000 crore in opposition to salary liabilities and Rs 3,500 crore in opposition to non-wage liabilities,” she mentioned.

    She discussed that West Bengal holds the highest rank in imposing PM Awas Yojana, and because 2016-17, greater than 32 lakh homes had been built.

    “Taking into consideration the importance of the initiatives and the hardships being confronted via the average folks, I’d request you in your fast intervention and route to the involved Ministry to liberate the finances with out additional lengthen (sic),” she wrote.

  • SC is of the same opinion to listing plea on non-payment of wages to lakhs of employees underneath MGNREGA

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    NEW DELHI:  The Ideally suited Court docket on Wednesday agreed to listing the plea alleging non-payment of wages to lakhs of employees underneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act, 2005 (MGNREGA).

    The plea via suggest Prashant Bhushan has stated that there’s recently a grave disaster confronted via crores of employees underneath the scheme within the nation, with their pending wages piling up along side detrimental balances in lots of the states. It has added that as of November 26, 2021, the state governments are dealing with a scarcity of Rs 9682 crores and 100% of the allotted finances for the yr had been exhausted with 5 months of the yr nonetheless ultimate. “That is regardless of this excuse of scarcity of finances being a gross violation of the regulation…” the petition states.

    The plea via Swaraj Abhiyan says that the actual call for for paintings from registered process cardholders isn’t correctly registered within the gadget, denying the process card holders their statutory proper to employment or failing which ‘unemployment allowance’.  It seeks pressing instructions to redress this example and supply aid to lakhs of rural deficient.
     
    The petitioner additionally seeks pressing instructions from this courtroom to supply 50 ‘further days of employment’ underneath the Act to every family and to correctly permit registration of call for for paintings without delay at the legit site.

    The petition talks concerning the Preamble and the Act supplies assured salary employment of a minimum of 100 days for each rural family. It says that that is crucial provision to be fulfilled.

    “It permits families dealing with misery because of unemployment, underemployment, or different financial hardships to get a minimum of 100 days of labor on the salary price stipulated via the Govt, and use the salary for survival and elementary source of revenue safety,” it stated,

    The plea notes that fulfillment of those targets relies on paintings being supplied as in line with the regulation.
     
    “If paintings isn’t supplied as in line with the ensure, the entire different sides of this complete social protection internet fail to be learned. The social protection internet falls flat if the process cardholders are not able to workout their statutory proper to use for and get paintings on call for,” it’s argued.

    The petition contends that the worth of the scheme will increase exponentially all through occasions of calamities and screw ups, and subsequently it’s much more vital in such occasions that the employees can protected their entitlements underneath the regulation seamlessly.

    “Actually, the MGNREGA makes particular provisions for added days of employment to be supplied in occasions of crisis and calamity,” it added.