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Govt to rename MGNREGA to 'Poojya Bapu Grameen Rozgar Yojna'

The Union cabinet on Friday approved a Bill to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and increase the number of work days, sources said. IMAGE: Migrant's labours......

Nationwide Stir Against Scrapping MGNREGA

IMAGE: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and other Opposition MPs protest over the MGNREGA issue at Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament premises, December 16, 2025. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI......

'G-RAM-G Is A Work Guarantee Without Any Guarantee'

'A work guarantee that can be switched off at will is no guarantee at all.' IMAGE: TMC MPs protest over the MGNREGA issue outside Parliament, December 19, 2025. All photographs: ANI Photo The......

'Insult to Bapu': Oppn MPs protest against G RAM G bill

Several opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that has become a new flashpoint with the government, as they accused the Bharatiya Janata......

Nationwide strike over labour reforms, MSP may hit key sectors

Banking, postal and other services are likely to face disruption on Wednesday as more than 25 crore workers affiliated with central and sectoral trade unions have announced to go on strike across......

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,......

Union Budget 2025: Key numbers to be watched

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th straight Budget and all eyes will be on the much-expected tax relief for the middle class. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

MGNREGA participation dipped in first 6 months this FY compared to last

Fewer people participated in MGNREGA during the first six months of this financial year (April-September) compared to the same period last year, a recent analysis of the scheme’s performance......

Government hikes Nrega wages

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has decided to enhance the daily wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Nrega) to Rs 121 from the existing Rs 100.The job card holders who have......

Half full, half empty: 10 years of NREGA

At its peak five years ago, it was a lifeline for 5.5 crore, or one in every three rural homes The fruits of a people’s movement and the world’s largest anti-poverty public works, the......

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Govt to rename MGNREGA to 'Poojya Bapu Grameen Rozgar Yojna'

Nationwide Stir Against Scrapping MGNREGA

'G-RAM-G Is A Work Guarantee Without Any Guarantee'

'Insult to Bapu': Oppn MPs protest against G RAM G bill

Nationwide strike over labour reforms, MSP may hit key sectors

Centre restarts MGNREGA in West Bengal, but conditions apply

Union Budget 2025: Key numbers to be watched

MGNREGA participation dipped in first 6 months this FY compared to last

Government hikes Nrega wages

Half full, half empty: 10 years of NREGA

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