Rahul Gandhi urges PM Narendra Modi to release pending MGNREGS funds for West Bengal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to release funds for the Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for West Bengal, ANI reported.

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has said that the Centre owes West Bengal at least Rs 6,900 crore under the central jobs scheme. The scheme was launched by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in 2006 guaranteeing 100 days of unskilled work annually for every rural household.

Funds for the scheme are contributed by the state and the Centre.

However, the payments for workers under the scheme began drying up in December 2021, when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government stopped allocating funds for MGNREGS to the state.