Announcing a significant investment of over Rs 95,000 crore, the Centre is launching the VB-G RAM G scheme, effectively taking the place of...

According to the data tabled in the House, Uttar Pradesh had the highest pending liabilities at Rs 1,158.71 crore, followed by Andhra Prade...

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

A parliamentary panel has advised against mandating the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS, citing potential worker exclusion. They a...

The rural development ministry has pegged the 2024-25 person-day generation target (called labour budget) at 2.21 billion under the Mahatma...

Gandhi recalls the UPA government's initiative of guaranteeing the right to work and highlights the importance of MGNREGS as a safety net a...

In the upcoming interim budget for FY25, the Indian government is expected to allocate around ₹88,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National...

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 unusual move came after 95% of the FY24 budgetary outlay of ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sc...

Nearly 95% of the budgetary allocation for FY24 has already been released. The additional funds will be included in the first batch of supp...

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

Depriving the poor of their dues is tantamount to forced labour and a violation of constitutional norms, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said. The BJP ...

The Economic Survey has called for regular review and amendment to the definition of ‘work’.

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.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the centre to immediately release Rs 1195.40 crore to the state to resume rural job programme MGN...

AP asked the Centre to increase the number of wage days under the MGNREGS from 150 to 200 to benefit non-farm labour and marginalised secti...

Workers enrolled under MGNREGS are entitled to unemployment allowance if they are not provided a job within 15 days of applying for it.