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Almost a week aft the Supreme Court of India removed immoderate roadworthy blocks for resumption of MGNREGA by dismissing a peculiar permission petition by Union of India, respective unions of cultivation workers person threatened to protestation if the 100-day strategy is not resumed successful West Bengal by December 2025.
“The enactment of NREGA has been stopped successful Bengal due to the fact that of the amerciable actions of the Central Government successful stopping funds and the deficiency of governmental volition of the State Government to resume work. While some the Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court person passed orders for revival of the enactment from 1st August 2025, nary specified enactment seems to beryllium forthcoming from either Government. We volition not tolerate this defiance of instrumentality and tribunal orders,” a connection by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, West Bengal said connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025)
Prior to the Supreme Court order, the Calcutta High Court has directed the resumption of the strategy from August 1.
“Once enactment is started, we person besides resolved to proceed to enactment unneurotic to guarantee due implementation of MGNREGA, particularly to guarantee corruption escaped implementation, with progressive and antiauthoritarian information of the agrarian workers,” the connection by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha added.
The Trinamool Congress enactment including enactment wide caput Abhishek Banerjee has claimed recognition for the resumption of the strategy saying that the Union authorities had to bow to the unit of radical of West Bengal. This was contempt the information that the West Bengal authorities was lone a enactment to the petition which was filed by Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity.
There were astir 2.56 crore occupation cards successful West Bengal erstwhile the strategy came to a halt astir 3 years ago. The resumption of the 100-day strategy is an important governmental improvement up of Assembly elections scheduled adjacent year.
According to sources successful the State Panchayat and Rural Development Department, the enactment of gathering the indispensable infrastructure to instrumentality the apex court’s bid and resumption of the strategy has started. The territory medication has already been instructed to rapidly implicit the enactment of verifying the accusation of occupation paper holders and updating e-KYC for resumption of the scheme.
