Referring to the fund-sharing pattern, the CM said the current guidelines mandate 60:40 ratio between the Union and State across the wage, material, and administrative components.
“As MGNREGS operated under a different structure for two decades, this abrupt shift places an unsustainable strain on the state exchequer, which may reduce available wage employment days or crowd out other essential welfare schemes,” he said.
“I therefore request that 100 per cent funding be maintained for the wage and administrative components, with the material component shared on a 75:25 basis between the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu,” he said.
