This decision is expected to address the delay in transfer of funds from the Centre to states
A decision to transfer funds for India’s flagship employment guarantee scheme in real time will be taken soon. This is expected to end the procedural delay in fund transfer for the scheme to states, a factor known to be behind its poor implementation. It will enable states to get their share of funds on any day of their choice.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which legally guarantees 100 days of work to unskilled adults in rural households, is always in the news for reports of poor implementation, unpaid wages, poor asset creation and corruption.
State governments always accuse the Central government of delaying allocation of funds, resulting in poor implementation of the scheme and unpaid wages.
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