A new rural employment law, the VB-G RAM G Act, will replace MGNREGA on July 1. The government states it offers 125 days of guaranteed wage...

India is launching a new rural employment program, VB-G RAM G, replacing MGNREGA from July 1, 2026. This initiative guarantees 125 days of ...

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for 15 minutes after Congress, DMK, and TMC MPs protested delays in MGNREGA fund clearances for Tamil Nadu, Wes...

Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha protested over delayed MGNREGA payments, with Kerala and Tamil Nadu raising concerns on pending funds. Mini...

The Congress has highlighted the recommendations from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development. Key suggestions include re...

The Congress has demanded the Union Budget increase MGNREGA wages to Rs 400 per day and to abandon mandatory Aadhar-based payments. They al...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accuses the Modi government of weakening MGNREGA and not paying dues to Madhya Pradesh workers. The r...

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the fifth extension of the deadline set by the Ministry of Rural Dev...

The number of person days of work generated under MGNREGA in January and February 2023, following the implementation of the National Mobile...

Lakhs of migrant workers have made arduous journeys back home on foot, bicycles, and crowded trucks, while the more luckier ones have been ...

Centre said that delay compensation should be calculated for the duration of delay from the time a master roll is filled for payment in the...

The delay in payment of wages are due to various implementation issues in states including inadequate staff, non-timely recording and repor...

Timely payment under MGNREGA has been a major concern for the government, to resolve which the Rural development ministry partnered the sta...

After the state government's request, the ministry relaxed the norms for payment of wages and non-wages under MGNREGA through bank.

Many big states, especially those ruled by the opposition, are set to miss Centre’s July-end deadline of seeding all their MGNREGA workers ...

The government has made it mandatory for village panchayats to attach a Chartered Accountant's certificate on spendings incurred under MGNR...

The Centre is likely to ask states to devote 2% of the funds allocated to them under its flagship scheme of NREGA for providing easy bankin...