The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Union government to immediately resume work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in West Bengal, The Indian Express reported.

In March 2022 , the Union rural development ministry had suspended MNREGS funding to West Bengal, citing widespread irregularities and alleged violations of the scheme’s implementation rules by the state government.

West Bengal received Rs 7,507.8 crore in the financial year 2021-’22 under MNREGS but has received no funds in the following three financial years.

During the hearing, senior state counsel Kalyan Bandhopadhyay submitted that the pending wages of the workers must also be released by the Union government.

“The [Centre] is to pay the wages, but the state government h

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