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Bihar Polls: Non-Stop Contest For Sops

Both NDA and INDIA are racing to woo marginalised groups with assembly polls fast approaching. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meets Jeevika Didis in Darbhanga, September 26, 2025.......

Bihar govt sacks 110 MNREGS officials for corruption

The Bihar government has sacked 110 officials of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme from service for corruption.Bihar Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra on Thursday......

Bihar govt to use GPS phones to monitor MNREGA progress

Bihar government has decided to use high-tech GPS enabled Android phones to monitor progress of the rural jobs scheme and keep a watch on the officials involved in the implementation of the......

Bihar govt to probe in misuse of Rs 5,900-cr NREGA funds

Bihar Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra on Monday ordered an inquiry into the allegations that nearly 73 per cent of the funds allotted for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National......

PM launches employment scheme for migrant workers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore for migrant workers who returned to their home states during the coronavirus-induced......

India's very popular rural employment scheme faces tough times

Under the MGNREGA, employment has to be provided for a minimum 100 days and unemployment allowance if work is not made available. Labourers work on a dried lake to try and revive it under the......

In India, it's a rural 'WAGELESS' job scheme

If a worker has put in 15 days work, he gets paid for 10 days and he keeps waiting for the balance. But on paper, he worked only for 10 days and hence, there is no balance on official records,......

Poor implementation of MGNREGA in Bihar: CAG

MGNREGA has not gained momentum in Bihar as the percentage of household provided 100 days employment ranged from one to seven per cent during 2007-12, according to a CAG report submitted to the......

Sign of rising rural distress: MGNREGS demand up in poorest states

India’s post-pandemic recovery appears to be shaping up like the letter K, widening the inequality among states. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The last part of the series captures the......

Sharpest-ever fund cut for rural job scheme

Between April and September 2014, the central govt released Rs 13,618 cr to states, against Rs 24,676 cr in the same period last year. The Union government has severely cut the funds for Mahatma......

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