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Too early to make Aadhaar based system mandatory for MGNREGS payments: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel has advised against mandating the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS, citing potential worker exclusion. They a...17 Dec, 2024, 07.20 PM IST- Make MGNREGA an asset-creation toolThe review must serve to sharpen and make MGNREGA more effective, providing a safety net to those who require it while providing a pathway ...29 Nov, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
- Generation of work under NREGS dips in AugustPersonday work generated under the scheme was also 41.9% lower at 16.15 crore as against 27.82 crore in August 2021. The trend is in line w...17 Sep, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
- MGNREGA work generation grows in MayData from the MGNREGA website showed that work provided to households under the scheme was 9.9% higher in May, at 24.4 million, compared to...13 Jun, 2022, 12.58 AM IST
- Work under MGNREGS falls 7% in FY22However, it is 36.5% higher than pre-pandemic period, showing high dependence on the scheme for livelihood02 Apr, 2022, 01.02 AM IST
- Employment under MGNREGA in September falls to lowest since Covid outbreakDemand for work fell by 8.3% last month to touch its lowest at 2.86 crore persons in the last 17 months. But work provided under the scheme...14 Oct, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
- MGNREGS employment declines 36% in May amid rising infectionsExperts say penetration of Covid into rural India may have also impacted the availability of workers at the worksite. “The second wave of C...02 Jun, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
- Budget cues for MGNREGA, Modi govt's unlikely saviour in a pandemicThe lockdown proved to be a death knell for daily wage labourers mostly engaged in construction and other activities in urban areas.22 Jan, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
- FMCG companies in a faster lane in rural marketsHigher farm income, minimal retail disruption during lockdown, migrant workers returning home drive sales.29 Jun, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
- 6.5 lakh new workers push up NREGA demand, cut farm wages in UPAccording to the state’s rural development department data accessed by ET, on April 21, when economic activity was allowed to resume in sel...05 May, 2020, 11.40 PM IST
- Demonetisation hit informal sector: SurveyThe survey has found that demonetisation’s impact was stronger in “less developed states” topped by Bihar – with a 30% hike in demand for w...05 Sep, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
- India's unemployment rate sees sharp decline: ReportMoreover, the number of works completed under MGNREGA increased by a whopping 40 per cent to 50.5 lakh in 2016-17 compared to 36.0 lakh in ...05 Mar, 2017, 02.31 PM IST
- Monsoon failure and climate change may not be the only triggers for acute distress in rural IndiaThe policy approach to agriculture since the ’90s has been to secure increased production by subsidising inputs such as power, water and fe...10 Apr, 2016, 04.32 AM IST
- MGNREGA workdays to be increased in drought-affected areasThe law has been criticised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "living example of Congress's failure".17 Jun, 2015, 07.29 PM IST
- Poor implementation of MGNREGA in Bihar: CAGMGNREGA has not gained momentum in Bihar as the percentage of household provided 100 days employment ranged from one to seven per cent duri...01 Aug, 2013, 06.05 PM IST
- Weak monsoon may raise demand for NREGA workThe rural development ministry has asked all states to prepare contingency plans and review their estimates of work demand under MNREGA.30 Jun, 2012, 08.35 AM IST
- Government to include more farm works under MGNREGARice cultivation methods, vegetation activities for growing fodder, timber and bio-fuels included under rural employment guarantee scheme.24 Dec, 2011, 01.56 AM IST
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