MGNREGS wages of about ₹35,000-40,000 crore are estimated to have gone into the construction of houses under the PMAY (Gramin) since the sc...

The deadline for implementing the Aadhaar-based payment system as the only mode of payment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employme...

Overall the per capita women deposits increased by Rs 4,618 in the last five years, the report said quoting official data, and added that r...

National Payments Corporation of India data shows that there is a higher success percentage to the extent of 99.55 per cent or above where ...

The ministry has asserted that workers will not be refused work if they do not have an Aadhaar number. So far, around 74.9 per cent active ...

As MGNREGS beneficiaries protest against non-payment and delayed payment of wages across states and at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the stan...

Timely payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been a major concern for the governme...

A senior government official said that record Aadhaar seeding done in MGNREGS accounts in the last fiscal led to scrapping of nearly one cr...

People registered under the scheme will be required to give proof of possession of Aadhaar or undergo the enrolment process till March 31, ...

PM Modi is not likely to be content with the Rs 36,500 crore savings figure cited by him on Saturday at the event to celebrate the governme...

This comes even as the passage of the Aadhaar Act as a money bill has been challenged before the SC by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

Direct Benefit Transfer scheme has also resulted in weeding out of duplicate beneficiaries, the meeting was told last night, according to t...

A programme for payment of MGNREGS wages through mobile phones was launched at Rampa gram panchayat in Odisha's Ganjam district.

Prime Minister Modi has backed the UPA’s Aadhaar programme for now, but that may not be the final word on whether it will be retained.

Currently, only toilets can be made under MGNREGS while the beneficiary has to hire labour for construction of the house under the Indira A...

"This will help us assess the coverage of the Aadhar scheme and help us link MGNREGA with the number," a rural development officer told ET.

The govt is exploring whether it can use the biometric smart cards issued for its flagship health insurance scheme to stop misappropriation...