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Rural employment bill passed

 A landmark bill guaranteeing at least 100 days' employment per year to every rural household was on Tuesday approved by the Lok Sabha, ensuring fulfilment of a major promise of the United......

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......

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.......

Dead people 'working' under MGNREGA in UP; probe ordered

 An alleged fraud under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme has come to light in a village in Sambhal, with over a dozen individuals shown as labourers and wages......

Congress's 5 poll guarantees in Karnataka to have 'conditions apply' clause?

 Will the new Congress government implement the five 'guarantees' that helped it in part to wrest power from the Bharatiya Janata Party in toto or will they now add a "conditions apply" clause?......

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......

All about India's rural job guarantee scheme

 The United Progressive Alliance government is all set to pass the historic National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill 2004.Here's a primer on all you want to know about the government's rural job......

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......

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......

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