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Centre announces Rs 95,692 crore interim allocation under VB-G RAM GAnnouncing a significant investment of over Rs 95,000 crore, the Centre is launching the VB-G RAM G scheme, effectively taking the place of...
Centre approves 153 lakh person-Days under MGNREGS for West Bengal; New rural employment framework to roll out from July 11The Centre has approved a substantial labour budget of 153 lakh person-days for West Bengal under the MGNREGS for June 2026. This initiativ...
Explained: What is the new VB-G RAM G Act and how will it replace MGNREGA?A new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G Act, will replace MGNREGA on July 1. It guarantees 125 days of work annually, focusing on infrastruc...
Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impactThe Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...
VB-G RAM G & PMAY-G account for 63 pc of Dept of Rural Development Budget: ReportThe VB-G RAM G scheme, set to replace MGNREGA, has received the largest share of the Budget for the Department of Rural Development, accoun...
'G Ram G will curb disparity in inter-state fund flows', say officialsA new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G, will soon replace the current program. It guarantees 125 days of work, an increase from 100 days. F...
Parliamentary panel questions rationale behind not increasing MGNREGS allocationA parliamentary panel has raised concerns about the unchanged funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Th...
NREGS may get extra funds to meet higher work demandThe finance ministry is considering releasing additional funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) ...
Rural Development budget slightly up; MGNREGS allocation unchanged at Rs 86,000 croreThe Rural Development Ministry in India received a budget allocation of Rs 1.88 lakh crore for 2025-26, marking a 5.75% increase from the p...
Demand under rural jobs scheme seen 27% lower in FY25The rural development ministry has pegged the 2024-25 person-day generation target (called labour budget) at 2.21 billion under the Mahatma...
Finance Ministry releases additional ₹3.4kcr for rural jobs guarantee schemeMGNREGS received additional ₹3,400 crore, raising total allocation to ₹89,400 crore. Person-days exceeded targets. 10% wage hike during 8.4...
Budget 2024: Rural jobs scheme may get 47% higher outlay of Rs 88,000 croreIn the upcoming interim budget for FY25, the Indian government is expected to allocate around ₹88,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National...
Finance ministry gave Rs 10,000 crore advance for MGNREGS from contingency fund: GovtIn reply to a question on the MGNREGS funds being exhausted, Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said the Union g...
Finance ministry may grant NREGS Rs 28,000 cr more, over and above budgeted Rs 60,000 crNearly 95% of the budgetary allocation for FY24 has already been released. The additional funds will be included in the first batch of supp...
Work demand under rural jobs scheme rises in H1Demand for work under India's rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), has increas...
Govt panel suggests sharp hike in NREGS wage rates, budgetary outlayA high-level government panel, tasked with recommending changes to make the rural job guarantee scheme more effective, has called for a sig...
Work demand under MGNREGS expected to decline 27% in FY24The government has budgeted ₹60,000 crore under the scheme for FY24, lower than the budget estimate of ₹73,000 crore and revised estimate o...
Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of Rs 25,000 crore for MGNREGSIn the Union Budget for 2022-23, an amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sche...
Different indicators on employment bounce back after dipping in April-June 2020: Economic SurveyThe document stated that, as per quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, up to March 2021, employment in urban sector affected ...
States asked to complete NREGA FY17 audit by SeptemberDelay in the financial audit of MGNREGS, the government’s flagship rural job guarantee scheme, is the key reason why several states have no...