The Union Rural Development Ministry, while answering a question on pending dues to the States under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), skipped any reference to West Bengal. The scheme, which provides 100 days of wage employment to rural households, has remained suspended in the State since March 2022.
On Friday (July 25, 2025), in a written reply to a question asked by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on pending dues to the States under three heads of wages, material and administration, the Ministry only gave data for 33 States and Union Territories without any reference to West Bengal.
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Sharing the answer in a post on X, Congress leader and former Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said: “This is extraordinary, unprecedented, and unacceptable.”
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