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TN insisting Centre to release pending dues under MGNREGS scheme

Chennai, Mar 14 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu government has been consistently
insisting the Centre to release the pending due of Rs 3,796 crore under the
MGNREGS scheme, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Friday.
Presenting the Budget for the year 2025-26 in the State Assembly, he said
Tamil Nadu has been a leading state in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
In 2023-24, the state achieved 40.87 crore person-days, with an expenditure
of Rs.13,392 crore, he said.
However, for the year 2024-25, Rs.3,796 crore is yet to be released by the
Union Government, including Rs.2,839 crore for wages for workers who
worked between November 27, 2024 and March 11, 2025 and Rs.957 crore
for material component.
"The Government of Tamil Nadu has been consistently urging the Union
Government to release these pending dues at the earliest", he added.
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