Subrata Mukherjee
Mr. Mukherjee, also the State Rural Development Minister, told the reporters in Kolkata the meeting has not been cancelled. Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee said on Monday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s public meeting in Nandigram on January 7, 2021 has been deferred due to indisposition of party MLA Akhil Giri.
Ms. Banerjee was scheduled to visit Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari’s home turf, on January 7, 2021 to hold the public meeting.
Mr. Mukherjee, also the State Rural Development Minister, told the reporters in Kolkata, the meeting has not been cancelled.
“Since the TMC MLA who represents Ramnagar in Purba Medinipur is in hospital now, the meeting is being deferred. It will be held on a later date”, he added.
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The Centre has made record payments to workers enrolled in the MGNREGA scheme in the first eight months of FY21. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a rural employment generation scheme.
The center has already spent Rs 76,800 crore on the scheme from Rs 84,900 crore allocated for the scheme. Total spending on the scheme last year was at Rs 50,000 crore for the same period last year.
During the lockdown, the government focused extensively on the rural sector. Increased MGNEREGA spending is a reflection of that. Now with the resumption in economic activities, migrated workers have started returning to cities. Hence, we believe that work demand under MGNEREGA will reduce sharply from here on.