Nagpur: The state govt has cleared a payment of Rs67 crore towards pending wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) for unskilled workers in tribal areas such as Melghat and Palghar ahead of the Holi festival.A press note said the funds would be deposited into the workers’ accounts.Under the MNREGS scheme — now replaced by the Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission–Gramin (G-RAM-G) — the central government pays wages for the first 100 man-days of work, while the state bears the cost for work beyond this limit. Under G-RAM-G, the permissible work limit has been increased to 125 days.At the same time, the Centre has approved an increase in the labour budget to 16 crore man-days from 13 crore man-days, in line with the transition to G-RAM-G, which has replaced MNREGA.
