19/06/2025
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Calcutta High Court directs Centre to resume MGNREGA work from August 1 in West Bengal
The court said the scheme of the Act does not envisage a situation where it would be put to cold storage for eternity
The Calcutta High Court has directed the prospective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the state of West Bengal, from 1st August 2025, after an almost three-year hiatus over allegations of embezzlement.
A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) was hearing a continuing matter on the non-payment of dues to daily wage labourers under the MGNREGA scheme over allegations by the central government of embezzlement of funds.
In directing the implementation of the scheme, the Chief Justice orally remarked, "All these allegations are from before 2022, you do whatever you want, but implement the scheme."