Rural job demand rises 23.8% in August under new VB-G RAM G schemeDemand for jobs under the new rural employment scheme increased in August. Work sought by households rose significantly from the previous m...
Modi govt destroyed 'lifeline of poor' - MGNREGA; conspired to snatch employment guarantee: CongressCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has accused the Modi government of weakening rural employment after MGNREGA was replaced by the VB-G RAM G Ac...
Rains Raksha in India may not be enough to fight $250 billion heat billExtreme heat poses a significant economic threat to India's workforce and GDP. Lost labor hours and reduced productivity impact both worker...
Supreme Court: Should right to work be a fundamental right?The SC was hearing a plea concerning payment of minimum wages and compensation for delayed wages for rural employment guarantee workers. Ad...
CAG report: Green India Mission falls short by 98% in forest cover targets, citing mismanagementThe CAG highlighted the Green India Mission's significant failure to achieve forest cover targets. Observed forest cover increase fell shor...
History will indeed remember Manmohan Singh kindly as most consequential PM: Sonia GandhiCongress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday defended former prime minister Manmohan Singh after the Supreme Court cleared him in the coal block...
VB-G RAM G is 'rozgar chori': Congress slams Modi govtIn a pointed critique, the Congress party has slammed the VB-G RAM G Act for its severe impact on rural employment generation, claiming it ...
Rozgar Adhikar chori: Congress slams govt on VB G RAM GCongress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized the new VB G RAM G Act. He called it "Rozgar Adhikar chori" and a centralised scheme. This new law...
New rural job scheme VB-G RAM-G pays 10% more than MGNREGAThe government has boosted rural employment wages by over 10% with the new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin, ...
MGNREGA repeal will take India back to ‘Maharajas’ era, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi criticizes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged plan to dismantle MGNREGA. Gandhi claims this move seeks to remove workers' ...
Congress to hold dialogue on MGNREGA issue; workers from across country to participateThe Congress is organizing a national conference on Thursday to protest the alleged dismantling of MGNREGA, claiming people's rights are be...
Govt bulldozed MGNREGA, Congress says; struggle on to restore work rightsThe Congress party has initiated a nationwide campaign called 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram'. This movement aims to restore constitutional rights...
Mgnrega issues in Bengal & Punjab: Won't allow misappropriation, says govt in Lok SabhaThe government has assured that states will not be allowed to misappropriate or rebrand the MGNREGA. Addressing the Lok Sabha, Union Minist...
PM Modi govt owes MGNREGA wages to 18 states, UTs: CongressCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday claimed that the Modi government still owes Rs 6,366 crore in MGNREGA wages to 18 states...
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi talks of nextgen MGNREGA during 'yatra'Rahul Gandhi, while interacting with MGNREGA workers during the break between the two phases of the day's Bharat Jodo Yatra, said a large p...
MGNREGA employees stage sit-in demanding job securityThe employees staged the protest under the banner of Nagaland MGNREGA Employees Association with placards outside State Civil Secretariat d...
North East MGNREGA Employees' Association to stage dharna across North East statesAround 12,500 employees under the MGNREGA in the North East will stage a dharna in all sister states of the region on July 15.