Last Updated Apr - 17 - 2025, 05:25 PM | Source : Fela News
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticizes PM Modi's government for neglecting MGNREGA workers and backs the recommendation for a ₹400 daily wage, calling
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for undermining the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its workers. He supported the recommendation for a fixed ₹400 daily wage and 150 days of work annually per household. Kharge referred to a parliamentary committee’s suggestion to increase MGNREGA wages, which was backed by a high-level committee led by former rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha.
Kharge, who highlighted that Congress introduced MGNREGA to benefit the poorest families, accused Modi of being "anti-poor" and pointed out that workers have been removed from the scheme following the implementation of Aadhaar-based payments. He also criticized the BJP government for allocating the lowest MGNREGA budget in the past decade.
While in 2015, Modi called MGNREGA a "living monument" of the previous Congress-led UPA government's failures, the scheme's budget grew from ₹33,000 crore in 2013 to ₹86,000 crore in 2025-26. This month, the parliamentary committee recommended fixed wages for MGNREGA workers.
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