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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA: Supreme Court agrees to list application highlighting plight of rural poor not getting wages

MGNREGA: Supreme Court agrees to list application highlighting plight of rural poor not getting wages

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published Published on Apr 20, 2022   modified Modified on Apr 20, 2022

-The Hindu

State governments were facing a shortage of Rs.9,682 crores as on November 26, 2021, says advocate Prashant Bhushan.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list an application mentioned urgently by advocate Prashant Bhushan highlighting a "grave crisis" concerning crores of rural poor who were not getting their wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) even as the COVID-19 pandemic had driven them to the brink of desperation.

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana agreed to list the case after Mr. Bhushan and advocate Cheryl D'Souza, appearing for Swaraj Abhiyan, urged for an early hearing.

Mr. Bhushan said State governments were facing a shortage of Rs.9,682 crores as on November 26, 2021. He said 100% of the funds allocated under the scheme for the year had already been exhausted.

MGNREGA wages due to the poor were piling up with negative balances in most States.

‘COVID-19 caused distress’

"The COVID pandemic has caused acute rural distress shooting up demand for MGNREGA work across the country," the application said.

The plea said the "real demand for work from registered job card holders is not being accurately registered in the system, denying job card holders their statutory right to employment or, failing which, ‘unemployment allowance’ ".

Taking into account the current distress, the plea urged the court to urgently direct the government to provide 50 additional days of employment under MGNREGA to each household.

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The Hindu, 20 April, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mnrega-sc-agrees-to-list-application-highlighting-plight-of-rural-poor-not-getting-wages/article65337999.ece?homepage=true


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