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Congress to launch ‘MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan’ across the country from January 5: Mallikarjun Kharge after CWC meetingThe Indian National Congress will launch the 'MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan' on January 5, 2026. This nationwide campaign protests the Centre's mo...27 Dec, 2025, 03.33 PM IST- Budget must increase MGNREGA wages: CongressThe Congress has demanded the Union Budget increase MGNREGA wages to Rs 400 per day and to abandon mandatory Aadhar-based payments. They al...27 Jan, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
- Modi government systematically throttling MGNREGA: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh criticizes the Modi government for reducing budget allocations and not increasing wage rates for MGNREGA. He attributes the d...26 Oct, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
- Wages under MGNREGA inadequate, says parliamentary panelThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, in a report tabled in Lok Sabha, pointed out the high range o...08 Feb, 2024, 07.35 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
- MGNREGA payments lower than minimum agricultural wages in some states: ReportLakhs of migrant workers have made arduous journeys back home on foot, bicycles, and crowded trucks, while the more luckier ones have been ...10 Jun, 2020, 09.59 PM IST
- Centre’s cash transfer and welfare schemes may miss their markRural India was already under stress with delayed wage payments and lower incomes, while budgetary allocations for the country’s flagship M...09 Apr, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
- IIT-Mandi, NIRDPR to jointly conduct study on MGNREGA implementation in Himachal PradeshThe study sought to identify and delineate the practices and processes responsible for the successful implementation of MGNREGA in the stat...12 Sep, 2018, 06.27 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
- MGNREGA has not contributed to food inflation: ReportReserve Bank of India was among the first to blame the wage spiral caused by MGNREGA for rising food inflation, which has persisted for ove...22 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Agri labour cost rose 20%/yr in last 3 years: Sharad PawarLabour cost in the agriculture sector has increased by 20 per cent per annum in the last three years due to shortage of workforce, the gove...13 Aug, 2013, 10.12 PM IST
- Temporary labour shortage reported due to MGNREGA: GovernmentTemporary shortage of labour has been reported during the peak agriculture season because of the employment guarantee scheme under MGNREGA.03 May, 2013, 04.07 PM IST
- Ramesh contradicts FM, says NREGA has positive impactsRural development minister Jairam Ramesh writes to PM explaining positive impact of the rural employment guarantee programme on agricultura...14 Feb, 2013, 07.20 AM IST
- Government's rural employment scheme MGNREGA leaves a lot to be desiredThe positive impact on agricultural wages & distress migration from rural areas not withstanding, MGNREGA leaves a lot to be desired for.14 Jul, 2012, 11.26 AM IST
- Farm wages have risen due to MGNREGA: Harish RawatFarm wages have increased in recent years due to the rising demand for labour in rural areas under the MGNREGA scheme, the government said ...22 May, 2012, 07.04 PM IST
- Jairam Ramesh unhappy over Odisha performance on MGNREGARamesh asked the state govt to sincerely utilise about Rs 5,000 crore central fund proposed for various rural schemes this year instead of ...05 May, 2012, 10.16 PM IST
- Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh opposes idea of suspending MGNREGAShooting down a suggestion from Sharad Pawar, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that there should not be any dilution in th...12 Aug, 2011, 03.47 AM IST
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