AGARTALA, Feb 14 (TIWN): Even the Verma Committee report published by the BJP Govt in October-2018 for Tripura Pay Matrix announcement, pointed a fact that since 2014 the funding for Tripura downed massively and under the present condition of the State Finance, as it is 7th Pay Commission can not be given by the BJP Govt. In similar way, the Modi Govt has been slashing MGNREGA funds for Tripura even though everytime in budget data claim that Northeast budget has been hiked. Holding a press conference at Congress Bhawan, Tripura Congress President Birjit Sinha comparing both UPA and NDA Govts’ era said, “In UPA Govt’s time the then CPI-M Govt couldn’t utilize the full fund came for MGNREGA and in many places 100 days works couldn’t be thus given, but today MGNREGA mandays has downed at around 30%. Across the state an unpleasant situation is going on. People are depressed. Govt must take initiative to develop the situation”.Noteworthy, from 94% MGNREGA mandays, Tripura is now suffering from acute crisis of work, affecting the economy overall the state including hitting the business.

Tripura had topped in 2015-2016, 2016-17 by creating on an average 94.66 mandays of work for MGNREGA. The State was  followed by Mizoram, which has created 68.55 mandays of work while Sikkim had achieved the third position by creating 66.97 mandays of work.In Tripura (2016-17) Active workers and Persons provided employment were 10.73 lakhs and 8.5 lakhs respectively, during the same time period under MGNREGA.

In July 26, 2018 the national data said, MGNREGA works are facing sharp down under the BJP govt as Tripura has dropped from No-1 to No-27.

Earlier, Tripura continuously was in top position in MGNREGA works, but this year following the election session and minimum mandays per month since four months, the MGNREGA performance report has slipped Tripura’s name from No-1 to No-27.

Telangana is in the top position in MGNREGA works in 2018.

However, the performance also covered 6 months of CPI-M Govt’s performance of 2017, whereas since last four months poor people in Tripura are suffering due to no rega works.

It has been revealed that poor people in border areas are illegally going to Bangladesh in search of work as Tripura hills, deep rural areas’ economy has been deteriorating since the pre-election season and worsen after the new Govt came.