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Scores of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers from Haryana connected Friday (November 21, 2025) staged a protestation astatine Delhi's Jantar Mantar, claiming that they were incapable to get employment nether the flagship agrarian livelihood strategy and that respective works person been removed from the database of permissible works nether the scheme.
The workers said they person not been capable to get immoderate enactment nether MGNREGS for the past 4-5 months. Kishan Kumar, from Tohana successful Fatehabad territory of Haryana, claimed that section officials told them that an bid had travel from the Centre, altering the database of permissible works.
"We person not been capable to get immoderate enactment for the past 5 months. Officials accidental they person received orders from the centre, and definite works person been stopped," Mr. Kishan told PTI.
Activist Dheeraj Gabha alleged that works referred to arsenic "kachche kaam", which necessitate unskilled workers, specified arsenic h2o conservation, irrigation, pond renovation, drought-proofing, agrarian connectivity, and onshore development, person been taken retired of the database of permissible works.
"We person held protests successful each district. The section officials accidental it is the Centre's decision, truthful we person travel to Delhi," helium said.
The activistic said they would besides clasp meetings with Union Ministers implicit the issues, and warned of a larger protestation if the authorities does not instrumentality immoderate action. "If this contented is not resolved, 1 lakh MGNREGS workers volition signifier a protestation successful Delhi during the Budget league adjacent year," helium said.
Mr. Gabha besides said galore women who person taken loans from self-help groups are reeling nether the unit of repaying them, and demanded a indebtedness waiver.
In a associated statement, Rashtriya Mazdoor Kisan Manch, Krantikari Manrega Mazdoor Union, Manrega Mazdoor Ekta Manch and Manrega Mate Mazdoor Union raised concerns implicit issues regarding MGNREGS workers and demanded withdrawal of the bid limiting permissible works, and restoration of the works that were determination earlier.
They besides demanded wage extortion for workers denied employment, a transparent work-demand system, and the time-bound redressal of grievances, among different things.
