Published: Publish Date – 10:57 PM, Tue – 2 Aug 22
Hyderabad: The central government’s discrimination against Telangana in allowing additional days’ work for drought and natural calamity-hit states under MGNREGA in the last five years is also a burning issue.
Telangana recorded extremely heavy rainfall in 2020 and 2021, and many divisions are in the grip of heat waves. In 2019, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development limited working hours for laborers under MGNREGA from 7 am to 11 am during heat wave conditions.
Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that between 2017-18 and 2021-22, some states affected by drought and natural calamity will be allowed additional employment of up to 50 days in addition to 100 days per family. Went. Financial year under MNREGA
While states such as Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh were allowed under this provision, Telangana was denied such assistance.
On the inordinate delay in release of payment under MGNREGA, he said that it is a demand based wage employment scheme. Under MGNREGA, states submit proposals to release funds to the central government. He said that the release of funds to the states is a continuous process and the central government is committed to provide funds to the states for the implementation of the scheme.
The Ministry releases funds in two phases from time to time with each installment taking into account the “agreed” labor budget, demand of works, opening balance, pace of utilization of funds, pending liabilities, overall performance and subject to submission. does. of relevant documents by the states, she said.