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Parliamentary panel discusses MGNREGA shortcomings, ways to adopt VB-G RAM G Act smoothlyA parliamentary panel is reviewing the shift from the MGNREGA rural job scheme to the new VB-G RAM G Act. Discussions focus on the next six...
No new anti-graft measures in VB-G RAM G; tech not a cure-all for accountability: LibTech IndiaA new rural jobs act, the VB-G RAM G Act, has replaced MGNREGA. LibTech India states the new law lacks anti-corruption measures. They argue...
2 decades of progress reversed by bypassing all parliamentary conventions: Cong on MGNREGA repealThe Congress party has accused the Modi government of undermining the MGNREGA law in Parliament. They claim two decades of progress have be...
TMC MPs sit on overnight dharna against G RAM G BillTrinamool Congress MPs staged an overnight protest in Parliament. They opposed the passage of the VB-G RAM G Bill. This new legislation rep...
Parliamentary panel recommends independent survey, revamp of MGNREGSA Parliamentary panel has suggested a comprehensive survey to assess the effectiveness of MGNREGS, highlighting concerns over wage stagnati...
In UP, Congress trains workers to battle ‘myths’ about Nehru, party’s historyAs part of its campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is training its office-bearers to counter the “misinformation against the...
Empowerment doctrine departure from UPA's rights-based approachThe PM retained his recent conciliatory approach to political rivals as seen in Parliament even as he referred to 10% inflation under UPA.
Reforms being made in MGNREGA: Manohar Lal KhattarHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the reforms are being introduced in the MGNREGA to provide greater benefits to a larg...
- Address shortcomings in execution of MGNREGA: Minister to officials
Quoting a CAG report in reference of the MGNREGA, the minister highlighted that the scheme has brought a major improvement in socio-economi...
Government should revamp green clearance processes: CSECSE has also urged the government to strengthen the process of public hearings and public participation in green clearances.
Jairam Ramesh writes to Akhilesh Yadav on 'loopholes' in MNREGA in Uttar PradeshRural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to give personal attention towards the MNREGA issues.
Government set to make changes to rural employment guarantee schemeThe government acknowledged that its flagship rural employment scheme is not a permanent solution for providing jobs and that it is necessa...
Food security bill: Is it right or fight to food?Sonia says Congress has always stood for the rights of a common man while the opposition pooh-poohs the bill as another handout to secure v...
- Poor implementation mars growth in maoist-hit areas, says rural development minister Jairam Ramesh
Ramesh has pointed to "operational" shortcomings in the government's efforts to tackle the decades-old Maoist insurgency through developmen...
- Panchayats overhaul soon to smoothen rural schemes
With a huge amount of funds riding on various rural development programmes, the Manmohan Singh government has now turned its sights on refo...
- UPA gearing up to roll out NREGA-II
Rural ministry is planning to take UPA's flagship project to a new level.
- Plan panel peeved at poor project completion rate under Nrega
More than half the projects taken up under the UPA government’s flagship employment guarantee programme have not been completed so far, cre...