Annamalai’s mention of the MGNREGS population has attracted attention

In a tweet on Sunday, BJP Governor K. Annamalai wanted to know that funding in Tamil Nadu’s heavily populated states under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Assurance Scheme (MGNREGS), a long-term observer of the program has attracted attention.

The reason is simple: population has never been a parameter for fund allocation under the plan. As repeatedly stated, the Centre pointed out on Friday (March 28) in Rajya Sabha when answering a question: “Mahatma Gandhi Nregs is a demand-driven wage employment program. The release to state/union territory is an ongoing process and an ongoing process, and [the] The central government is committed to [sic] Funding is provided to states/UTS to implement the program based on local work needs. “Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Rural Development of the Union, responded to V. Sivadasan’s question.

In addition, on January 3, 2014, the notice issued by the Ministry of Rural Development was formally known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Schedule I and Second Amendment, in 2013, and effectively designated the core objectives of the program. According to the notice, the first core objective is: (a) to ensure employment for every household in the financial year as required, according to demand, thereby creating productive assets of prescription quality and durability. The surgical phrase is “as required.” This is why the union government has repeatedly mentioned MGNREGS as a “demand-driven program.”

The reply on March 28 said that regarding the wage portion, the funds released to the state for three years are as follows: 2021-22: Rs 735888 crore; 2022-23: Rs 7469 crore and 2023-24: 10,191.64 crore. As of March 31, the state had received Rs 5541 crore under the element, and owed about Rs 305 billion, an official said. Since 2021-22, the state’s revenue has been around Rs 305,600 crore.