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Yogi's new govt presents first budget, says UP set to become $1-trn economy

The Rs 6.15 lakh crore budget for 2022-23 -- up from Rs 5.5 lakh crore last year --- sets aside Rs 39,000 crore for welfare schemes, the government said.

Urban job scheme: How 6 states do it, what is needed to make it work

A council advising the Prime Minister recommends securing employment for the urban poor.

Mamata asks PM to release MGNREGA, Awas Yojana funds without any delay

'It was astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana; you are aware that MGNREGA forms an important part of livelihood of rural people'

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks release of MGNREGA, PMAY funds

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to release funds for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana (PMAY)

Top headlines: IMF on India's $5-trn economy aim, drop in MGNREGA demand

Here are the top headlines on Tuesday

11% fewer households demanded work under MGNREGA this April, shows data

In April 2021, 26.18 million households had sought work under the scheme while in April 2020, the number was 13.41 million

Odisha's Ganjam district tops the country in MGNREGA jobs during 2021-22

Odisha's Ganjam district has topped the country in providing 100 days work to rural households under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2021-22, a senior official said

MGNREGA ends FY22 with Rs 20,000 cr negative balance despite huge outlay

A large chunk of this amount is on account of unpaid material expenditure during the year and even earlier

Sonia voices concern over MGNREGA budget cut, Centre hits back

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday voiced concern over the budgetary cut for MGNREGA, contending that several states have negative balance in their accounts to the tune of Rs 5000 crore which has led to delays in payments to workers. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Gandhi urged the government to make adequate allocations to MGNREGA, a scheme that had helped the government during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ensure payments within 15 days. Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and I&B Minister Anurag Thakur hit back at Gandhi, accusing her of politicising the issue and claimed that her remarks were far from truth. The issue raised by the honourable member is far from the truth. The budgetary allocation for MGNREGA in 2013-14 (UPA years) was Rs 33,000 crore, whereas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi it had reached Rs 1.12 lakh crore. No need to show us the mirror, Singh said. Gandhi said MGNREGA, which was mocked by some persons, had provided timely help to crores

Legal backing a must to make urban employment schemes effective: Activists

Other features of an ideal scheme include adequate funding to boost Urban Local Bodies, minimum wages for workers, and exclusion of contractors from projects, among other things

States without MGNREGA ombudsperson in 80% districts won't get funds

From the next fiscal, the Centre will not give funds for employment guarantee scheme MGNREGS to states that do not appoint ombudspersons in 80 per cent of their districts

Facing the job problem

Rajasthan's urban job programme might be difficult to implement

In Budget, Rajasthan promises urban MGNREGA, but devil lies in detail

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said that new scheme, titled Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, has been allocated Rs 800 crore and will offer 100 days of employment to those in urban areas

Government to tighten MGNREGA scheme to plug 'tremendous leakages'

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for 2022-23, which is 25 per cent lower than the Rs 98,000 crore provided in the revised estimate (RE) for the current fiscal

Budget's MGNREGA spend cut perplexing, says India Ratings

Cutting rural employment guarantee commitments in the Budget despite a build-up of distress was termed as 'perplexing' by India Ratings

MGNREGA was infested with ghost accounts, became source of corruption: FM

Slamming the Opposition, she further said: 'We are now working towards creating it and using it properly with transparency,'

MGNREGA allocation: Provision and demand not in sync, say experts

FM had allocated Rs 73,000 crore towards MGNREGA in last year's Budget, which has been revised to Rs 98,000 crore on account of higher demand for the work

MGNREGA: Is the govt expecting unemployment levels to change soon?

Inflation adjusted, the Integrated Child Development Scheme figure is 36 per cent lower for 2021-22 than it had been the year PM Narendra Modi took over

MGNREGA unpaid dues may be around Rs 21,000 cr by FY22-end, says PAEG

So far, less than 5 per cent of households employed have completed 100 days of work in the current fiscal year

At current pace, MGNREGA will need minimum Rs 1 trillion budget next fiscal

Work demand has been unusually high the past two years and front-loading expenditure helped in generating adequate demand while installing confidence in the system