Rs. 16,000 crore released to Govt. of Odisha under MGNREGA

 

Rs. 16,000 crore released  to Govt. of Odisha  under MGNREGA 

( From 2014-15 to 2020-21 )

During COVID lockdown, the State Govt. has received  Rs. 4400 crores  to carry out employment generation work  under MGNREGA.

Dear friends

In view of COVID lockdown, imposition of  several restrictions on movement  of the people  and subsequent precarious condition of  farmers and labourers  due to loss  of employment, Govt. of India declared  special package  of Rs. 1,00,000 crore  under MGNREGA  in order to provide employment  to the poor labourers . RTI Application was submitted to Dept. of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about details of fund received from Govt. of India  under MGNREGA during 2020-21 . But  this  information was not provided  to us.

Sri Srikant  Pakal , RTI  Activist had  filed RTI Application to  the Ministry of Rural Development , Govt. of India  seeking information about details of fund transferred to Govt. of Odisha  under MGNREGA.   On 23.2.2021, the PIO has provided the  following information.

Year	Amount paid ( Rs.  in Lakhs)
2014-15	103530.00
2015-16	147941.05
2016-17	189526.84
2017-18	219834.66
2018-19	221821.01
2019-20	248821.94
2020-21	443690.00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 7.3.21