West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday held a closed-door meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and is believed to have raised the issue of ”non-release of funds” by the Centre for the 100-day work scheme in the last one year, an official said. The interaction that lasted for around 15-20 minutes at Banerjee’s chamber on the 14th floor of the state secretariat, ‘Nabanna’, was held after the Eastern Zonal Council meeting. After Shah referred to some problems related to the state’s rules and regulations that are responsible for the ”delay” in releasing the funds for the 100-day work scheme, Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi said these have been corrected. Banerjee also handed over copies of the letters sent to the Centre for the ”releasing of dues” under the MGNREGA programme to the Union home minister. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) is aimed at enhancing the livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year.
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