Chandigarh, September 12: The Punjab Rural Development & Panchayats Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa has said that MGNREGA wages pendency would be cleared with immediate effect. In press statement issued here, he said that the delay for the clearance of pendency of MGNREGA wages was at the level of Government of India and they have given sanction for Rs 116 Crore for MGNREGA wages today.
The Punjab Rural Development Minister has made it clear that the total liability of labour component in MGNREGA scheme lies with the Government of India. The delay was at the GOI level, as they have to transfer the wages directly to the beneficiaries. The Punjab Government has been taking up the issue on a daily basis with the GOI. He also said the Punjab Government is regularly updating the information about the wages of the MGNREGA on the national Electronic fund management system.
The Rural Development Minister also said that the wage payment for Punjab was pending since July 10, 2019 and “we had already exceeded our labour budget outlays for the first 6 months”. He further said the pending liability was Rs 114 Crore till yesterday.
