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The Bihar authorities connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) urged the Centre to instantly merchandise ₹7,748.49 crore pending nether the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Gramin (PMAY-G) and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Bihar Rural Development Minister Shrawon Kumar met Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan successful New Delhi and requested the merchandise of the 2nd portion of the archetypal instalment and the full 2nd instalment of PMAY-G funds amounting to ₹4,491 crore for the completion of the pucca-houses for mediocre successful the agrarian areas.
He besides sought the contiguous merchandise of ₹3,257.49 crore for the outgo of labourers engaged nether MGNREGA.
According to a connection issued by the authorities Rural Development Department, the Ministers discussed respective cardinal schemes being implemented successful Bihar, including PMAY-G, MGNREGA and the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM).
It said the implementation of these schemes was being hindered owed to the non-release of funds arsenic per the Ministry’s procedures.
The advancement of each strategy and the presumption of pending dues were reviewed during the meeting.
Regarding PMAY-G, the connection said successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, lone the archetypal portion of the archetypal instalment amounting to ₹1,497 crore had been released truthful far. The 2nd portion of the archetypal instalment and the full 2nd instalment—together estimated astatine ₹4,491 crore—remain pending.
"So far, 11,35,799 families person received the archetypal installment, 7,46,992 families person received the 2nd installment, and 3,26,770 families person received the third. Currently, 2nd installment payments to 3,88,807 beneficiaries and 3rd installment payments to 4,20,222 beneficiaries are pending", the connection added.
Under the worldly caput of MGNREGA, liabilities totalling ₹3,257.49 crore (including dues for FY 2025-26) stay unpaid. These see ₹623.57 crore from 2023-24 and earlier years, ₹2,119.86 crore from 2024-25, and ₹514.05 crore from 2025-26, it said. An further cardinal stock of ₹1,577.99 crore is required to wide these worldly liabilities, it added.
For DAY-NRLM, the Ministry has approved an yearly enactment program of ₹4,221 crore for 2025-26. "However, against the approved amount, lone ₹1,407 crore has been released truthful far, portion the remainder is pending," the Minister conveyed to the Union Minister, according to the statement.
Shrawon Kumar, who besides holds the portfolio of the transport department, besides met Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari successful the nationalist capital.
