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HC directs Centre to resume MGNREGA in Bengal

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June 19, 2025

Three years after the Centre stopped payment of wages for MGNREGA workers in West Bengal following detection of widespread irregularities, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to restart the scheme from August 1.

- SUPROTIM MUKHERJEE

The court said that the Central Government can impose any special condition to prevent the recurrence of past irregularities.

The order was passed by the Division Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) after a series of hearings on a petition the Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity, a farmers' body, filed last year against the Union Government, challenging the non-payment of dues to daily wage labourers over allegations of embezzlement of funds.

The decision is expected to benefit 25 million workers across West Bengal, said advocate Purbayan Chakraborty who represented the farmers' body that has highlighted the plight of MGNREGA workers in the State.

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