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.
The deadline given by Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to the central government to clear the dues of the job card holders under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme came to an end today.
Mr Banerjee distributed clothes among villagers in his constituency during the rally.
Just ahead of Durga Puja, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee clothes to the people at his parliamentary constituency Diamond Harbour today.
Calcutta High Court today in a strong observation to the Centre’s counsel asked why the Centre had withheld the wages of a section of the people, who had done their work under the 100 days’ MGNREGA scheme.
At a time when leaders of the ruling Trinamul Congress have been camping in front of Raj Bhavan over non-payment of MGNREGA dues