Overview

• On June 7, the Kacharigaon Phevima Village Council exposed a pattern of mandatory ‘commissions’ deducted from MGNREGA payments by state Rural Development officials.
• The NPCC condemned the alleged practice as an “insidious extortion” rooted in a deep-seated culture of corruption within Nagaland’s bureaucracy.
• Lawmakers accused the RD department of presiding over a “deplorable abuse of power” that deprived marginalized communities of guaranteed employment support.
• The Congress committee has urged the minister in charge and the state government to take immediate and decisive steps to identify and penalize those involved.
• MGNREGA funds are essential for grassroots infrastructure and social security in rural Nagaland, intensifying concerns over their reported misappropriation.