Only ₹90,000 released as ‘unemployment allowance’ in FY 24 under MGNREGS 

The clause to pay unemployment allowance if work is not provided within 15 days of demand raised by a beneficiary was to hold the States accountable in providing work. But it is a clause that has been chronically underused because of a variety of reasons

​The clause to pay unemployment allowance if work is not provided within 15 days of demand raised by a beneficiary was to hold the States accountable in providing work. But it is a clause that has been chronically underused because of a variety of reasons