Changes to MGNREGA to shift power from villagers to officials: Salman Khurshid
Published on: Dec. 21, 2025, 4:15 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Dec 20: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid today said that recent changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) would place an additional financial burden on states and dilute grassroots decision-making by shifting powers from villages to officials. Addressing a press conference here, Khurshid, flanked by JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra, said the revised funding pattern would require states to bear 40 per cent of the scheme’s expenditure, while the […]
