MGNREGA Congress president Sonia Gandhi urges Centre to increase MGNREGA fund
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Centre to increase the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) budget allocation as she claimed that there has been continuous cut in funds under the present government.
Raising the issue of 'MGNREGA' during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, the Congress MP from UP's Raebareli said, "There has been continuous reduction in the budget allocated for MGNREGA at a time when unemployment is continuously increasing.
"This year's MGNREGA budget is 35 per cent less as compared to 2020."
If there is a cut in the budget, then there is delay in payment of labourers, she observed.
She said that all the states were recently apprised that their labour budget will not be approved till they appoint the 'Lokpal' and fulfill social audit terms and conditions.
"Social audit definitely should be made effective. Labourers should get their payment," the Congress president said.
"I request the Central government to allocate appropriate funds for MGNREGA, secondly to ensure payment of labourers within 15 days of work, thirdly to compensate labourers in case of delay in payment of wages," the Congress MP said.
The grand old party has been attacking the Centre over payment of wages to labourers under MGNREGA.
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