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Centre approves 153 lakh person-Days under MGNREGS for West Bengal; New rural employment framework to roll out from July 11The Centre has approved a substantial labour budget of 153 lakh person-days for West Bengal under the MGNREGS for June 2026. This initiativ...
Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impactThe Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...
VB-G RAM G & PMAY-G account for 63 pc of Dept of Rural Development Budget: ReportThe VB-G RAM G scheme, set to replace MGNREGA, has received the largest share of the Budget for the Department of Rural Development, accoun...
'G Ram G will curb disparity in inter-state fund flows', say officialsA new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G, will soon replace the current program. It guarantees 125 days of work, an increase from 100 days. F...
Parliamentary panel questions rationale behind not increasing MGNREGS allocationA parliamentary panel has raised concerns about the unchanged funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Th...
Over Rs 44 cr released under MGNREGS so far: Centre tells Lok SabhaThe central government has disbursed Rs 44,323 crore to states and union territories under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gua...
Rural Development budget slightly up; MGNREGS allocation unchanged at Rs 86,000 croreThe Rural Development Ministry in India received a budget allocation of Rs 1.88 lakh crore for 2025-26, marking a 5.75% increase from the p...
Demand under rural jobs scheme seen 27% lower in FY25The rural development ministry has pegged the 2024-25 person-day generation target (called labour budget) at 2.21 billion under the Mahatma...
Budget 2024: Rural jobs scheme may get 47% higher outlay of Rs 88,000 croreIn the upcoming interim budget for FY25, the Indian government is expected to allocate around ₹88,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National...
Finance ministry gave Rs 10,000 crore advance for MGNREGS from contingency fund: GovtIn reply to a question on the MGNREGS funds being exhausted, Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said the Union g...
PMAY drives up MGNREGS wage costsMGNREGS wages of about ₹35,000-40,000 crore are estimated to have gone into the construction of houses under the PMAY (Gramin) since the sc...
Finance ministry releases Rs 10,000 crore in urgent aid for NREGSThe unusual move came after 95% of the FY24 budgetary outlay of ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sc...
Finance ministry may grant NREGS Rs 28,000 cr more, over and above budgeted Rs 60,000 crNearly 95% of the budgetary allocation for FY24 has already been released. The additional funds will be included in the first batch of supp...
Work demand under rural jobs scheme rises in H1Demand for work under India's rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), has increas...
Govt panel suggests sharp hike in NREGS wage rates, budgetary outlayA high-level government panel, tasked with recommending changes to make the rural job guarantee scheme more effective, has called for a sig...
Work demand under MGNREGS expected to decline 27% in FY24The government has budgeted ₹60,000 crore under the scheme for FY24, lower than the budget estimate of ₹73,000 crore and revised estimate o...
MGNREGS wages raised by up to 10.4% for FY24In absolute terms, the daily wages have been raised in the ₹7-26 range, according to a notification by the rural development ministry. The ...
Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of Rs 25,000 crore for MGNREGSIn the Union Budget for 2022-23, an amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sche...
Budget 2020: MGNREGA funds down by 13%, marginal dip in other rural development schemesUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 61,500 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guara...
States asked to complete NREGA FY17 audit by SeptemberDelay in the financial audit of MGNREGS, the government’s flagship rural job guarantee scheme, is the key reason why several states have no...