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  • July 25, 2023
  • 10:51 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Names of over 5 cr workers’ deleted from MGNREGA in FY 2022-23

More than five crore job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) were cancelled in the financial year 2022-23,  the Union government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. West Bengal with 83.36 lakh saw the highest number of deletion of names from the scheme.   Groundxero | 25th July, 2023   […]


  • June 15, 2023
  • 9:53 am
  • groundxero
  • Labour

The Problem of Unpaid NREGA Wages In West Bengal

6.8 crores or about 60% of the West Bengal population uses NREGA as a source of income or as supplementary income. Almost all NREGA work has been stopped in the state since mid-2022. To date, wages to the extent of Rs 2800 crores remain unpaid to these workers. It is almost as if the entire […]