Demand for MGNREGS work saw a significant drop in May compared to last year. This comes as a new program is slated to replace the current s...

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...

The dominant National Democratic Alliance constituent at the Centre has registered its maiden victory in West Bengal, retained Assam and Pu...

India’s rural economy faces pressure in 2026 from a likely El Niño-driven weak monsoon and rising input costs due to US-Iran tensions. Lowe...

The Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...

A parliamentary panel has urged the government to offer choices for wage payments under the rural employment scheme. The Aadhaar-Based Paym...

A Parliamentary panel has suggested a comprehensive survey to assess the effectiveness of MGNREGS, highlighting concerns over wage stagnati...

Kerala and Tamil Nadu utilize more MGNREGS funds despite having fewer poor, unlike Bihar and UP. No link with unemployment rates. Instituti...

The Economic Survey 2023-24 indicates that MGNREGS demand is not a true indicator of rural distress. Despite high rural unemployment, state...

In reply to a question on the MGNREGS funds being exhausted, Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said the Union g...

The government has budgeted ₹60,000 crore under the scheme for FY24, lower than the budget estimate of ₹73,000 crore and revised estimate o...

The MGNREGA ensures legal rights of wage employment to the adults (of rural households) willing to do unskilled manual labour for 100 days ...

The document stated that, as per quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, up to March 2021, employment in urban sector affected ...

While there was demand for work from 26.2 million households in January, only 18.4 million got employment, according to government data.

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.

However, pointing to the humongous nature of the MGNREGS, the report says, “Its (MGNREGS) size has no precedent nationally or international...

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