Vendors, who supplied building material for MGNREGA demand dues
A fresh controversy over MGNREGA has arisen after hundreds of vendors, who have supplied materials, staged a protest near Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat in Siliguri today.
A fresh controversy over MGNREGA has arisen after hundreds of vendors, who have supplied materials, staged a protest near Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat in Siliguri today.
Trinamul Congress today lambasted the Union home minister and demanded a white paper be published immediately on funds allocated to Bengal under MGNREGA and Awas Yojana from 2021.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour
Apart from the hefty MGNREGA wage dues, the unpaid money still remaining to be disbursed in favour of the vendors over the years, has reached a whopping Rs 1,300cr in East Burdwan.
He was taking part in the debate on the Union budget in Lok Sabha this afternoon.
A sum of Rs 3,700 crores would be required to clear their dues, and budgetary provisions have been kept in the state Budget for 2024–25.
In yet another bid to pressurise the state government, the Centre has not cleared dues of Sarva Shiksha Mission, education minister Bratya Basu said in the Assembly today.
Political activist Yogendra Yadav, who, in his X handle introduces himself as lapsed academic and being part of Swaraj India, Swaraj Abhiyan, Jai Kisan Andolan, was in city to be with chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the dharna manch on Saturday.
On the second day of her sit-in protest at Red Road against the non-clearance of funds meant for Bengal for various schemes by the Central government
Addressing the Brigade rally organised by the CPI-M's youth wing DYFI, the party's state secretary and politburo member Muhammad Salim today criticised the ruling party in the state over issues such as corruption in the 100 days work scheme.
