Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68012fed88909-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 38553
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div>-Newsclick.in<br /><br /><em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br /><br />Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br /><br />According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br /><br />On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br /><br />She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk" title="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68012fed88909-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 38553
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div>-Newsclick.in<br /><br /><em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br /><br />Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br /><br />According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br /><br />On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br /><br />She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk" title="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr68012fed88909-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr68012fed88909-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr68012fed88909-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 38553,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;
&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4686684,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 38553
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div&gt;-Newsclick.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; right to work &lt;/a&gt;is facing severe fund crisis &amp;ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&amp;rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&amp;rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &amp;ndash; according to her &amp;ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&amp;rdquo; she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot; title=&quot;https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div>-Newsclick.in<br /><br /><em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br /><br />Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br /><br />According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br /><br />On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br /><br />She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk" title="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 38553,
		'title' => 'MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div>-Newsclick.in<br />
<br />
<em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br />
<br />
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br />
<br />
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br />
<br />
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br />
<br />
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>
',
		'credit_writer' => 'Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684',
		'meta_title' => '',
		'meta_keywords' => '',
		'meta_description' => '',
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4686684,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 38553,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar',
	'metaKeywords' => 'FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers',
	'metaDesc' => '-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...',
	'disp' => '<div>-Newsclick.in<br /><br /><em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br /><br />Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br /><br />According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br /><br />On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br /><br />She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk" title="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 38553,
	'title' => 'MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div>-Newsclick.in<br />
<br />
<em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br />
<br />
Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br />
<br />
According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br />
<br />
On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br />
<br />
She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>
',
	'credit_writer' => 'Newsclick.in, 27 February, 2019, https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'mgnrega-workers-not-paid-for-months-firs-to-be-lodged-against-pm-modi-tarique-anwar-4686684',
	'meta_title' => '',
	'meta_keywords' => '',
	'meta_description' => '',
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4686684,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 38553
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar'
$metaKeywords = 'FTOs,Fund Transfer Orders,MGNREGA wage,MGNREGA Wages,MGNREGA work,MGNREGA workers'
$metaDesc = '-Newsclick.in

The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.

Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that...'
$disp = '<div>-Newsclick.in<br /><br /><em>The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.</em><br /><br />Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the<a href="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.im4change.org/empowerment/right-to-work-mg-nrega-39.html" target="_blank"> right to work </a>is facing severe fund crisis &ndash; with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work.<br /><br />According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded.<br /><br />On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government&rsquo;s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,&rdquo; said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone.<br /><br />She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter &ndash; according to her &ndash; has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country.<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,&rdquo; she added.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk" title="https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-workers-not-paid-months-firs-be-lodged-against-pm-modi?fbclid=IwAR3KxR8D8z09mFTzzLteiOYse_DyAXydMb12pe-18Bd4D2wC8HHeqtQNNlk">click here</a> to read more.</div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar

-Newsclick.in The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities. Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the right to work is facing severe fund crisis – with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) were processed due to non-availability of funds for MGNREGA, forcing workers to wait for wages for months, even when the Act promises that wages will be given within 7 to 15 days of work. According to civil society group, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM), the initial allocation of the financial year 2018-19 of Rs 55,000 crore was long exhausted in January 2019, and owing to mounting pressure and criticism from MGNREGA workers, citizen campaigns and Members of Parliament (MPs), additional funds to the tune of Rs 6,084 crore was released to honour legal commitments to the programme. Out of this, said the organisation, Rs 5,745 crore will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities as per the figures reflected on the MIS Report (R.7.1.1). Therefore, there is no fund to pay as wages for the work that has been done or is to be done till June this year. The group has urged the government to sanction Rs 25,000 crore, so that the work in the first nine months of the year can be funded. On the other hand, the NDA government had allotted only Rs 60,000 crore for the scheme in its 2019-2020 budget. But NSM demands that the government must increase the funds for the scheme, as government’s own reports have projected that a total amount in the range of Rs 88,000 crore per year would be required for proper implementation of the scheme. “The Centre in effect has released nearly nothing to create new work in the peak period of January to March 2019. The government of India should immediately release Rs 25,000 crore to fund MGNREGA works till June 2019, when the next interim budget will be passed after the general elections,” said Kamayani, one of the NSM conveners, putting forth their demands while talking to Newsclick over phone. She said a letter has also been sent to the Union Minister Rural Development from across the country through the district magistrates (DMs) flagging the funds crisis and with their demand. The letter – according to her – has been handed over to the DMs of about 50 districts across the country. “It is ironical that a government, which seems to have plenty of money to fund bullet trains and the like, and to compensate banks for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporates who are bent on looting banks, has no money to pay workers who have done their fair share of work and are now awaiting their wages,” she added. Please click here to read more.