Mamata Banerjee Urges PM Modi To Release MGNREGA Funds "Without Delay"
NDTV
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requests PM Narendra Modi's immediate intervention and direction to the concerned Ministry to release the funds "without any further delay."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that the Central Government isn't releasing funds to Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana.
The CM requests Prime Minister Narendra Modi's immediate intervention and direction to the concerned Ministry to release the funds "without any further delay."
In the letter, Ms Banerjee wrote, "It was very astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to West Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana. You are aware that MGNREGA forms an important part of livelihood of rural people."
She stated that the Act mandates that wages must be paid within 15 days.
