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President gives assent to Rural Employment Bill

The ambitious legislation seeking to provide jobs in rural areas has received Presidential assent, paving the way for provision of at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a year to every......

Govt reduces MNREGA allocation to Rs 73,000 cr

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the......

NREGA to be expanded to cover rural artisans

Rural Development Minister C P Joshi's keen emphasis on the creation of "verifiable" permanent assets under the National Rural employment Guarantee Act programme to root out corruption in the......

Man killed in anti-Maoist op in MP a tribal; Cong seeks judicial probe

A man killed during a recent anti-Maoist operation in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district was a tribal and not a Maoist, an official said on Saturday. IMAGE: Security personnel during an anti-Maoist......

'There is a lot of scope for NREGA works'

Many regard the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the flagship welfare programme as the best scheme of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. The act aims at enhancing the......

Rural job guarantee scheme an eyewash?

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is neither national, nor does it guarantee anything: that, in sum, is the finding of a study conducted after the scheme, put in place by the National......

Economists urge Modi not to restrict rural employment scheme

A group of leading economists has said the future of India's biggest anti-poverty scheme, which has brought work to millions of impoverished villagers, is under threat and urged the government not......

Centre restarts MGNREGA in West Bengal, but conditions apply

After a gap of more than three years, the central government has agreed to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) works in West Bengal with immediate effect,......

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......

Can NGOs make govt's employment scheme a success?

Will handing over the management of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ensure the scheme works? The rural development......

Shami's sister, relatives implicated in alleged MNREGA fraud

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami's sister Shabina and her relatives were named in an alleged fraud involving MNREGA. Photograph: BCCI A district-level investigation into an alleged fraud involving Mahatma......

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

News for National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

President gives assent to Rural Employment Bill

Govt reduces MNREGA allocation to Rs 73,000 cr

NREGA to be expanded to cover rural artisans

Man killed in anti-Maoist op in MP a tribal; Cong seeks judicial probe

'There is a lot of scope for NREGA works'

Rural job guarantee scheme an eyewash?

Economists urge Modi not to restrict rural employment scheme

Centre restarts MGNREGA in West Bengal, but conditions apply

India's very popular rural employment scheme faces tough times

Can NGOs make govt's employment scheme a success?

Shami's sister, relatives implicated in alleged MNREGA fraud

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