MGNREGA lapse: 22 Khargone employees face salary deduction
According to official information, collector Bhavya Mittal instructed to deduct the salary of 17 village employment assistants and five panchayat secretaries for seven days, due to negligence in providing employment to MGNREGA card holders.
Akash Singh, chief executive officer of the district panchayat, said that these village employment assistants and panchayat secretaries did not provide employment to even a single job card holder in their panchayat in April 2025. Their labour budget for April was zero, due to which this action was taken against them, he added.
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