Too early to make Aadhaar based system mandatory for MGNREGS payments: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel has advised against mandating the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS, citing potential worker exclusion. They a...
17 Dec, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
Parliamentary panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wagesA parliamentary panel has criticized the low wages under MGNREGS, questioning the lack of inflation indexing and urging the rural developme...
13 Dec, 2024, 02.02 PM IST
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...
01 Apr, 2024, 01.20 AM IST
MGNREGS wage hike just, based on Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour: Govt sourceMGNREGS wage hike based on CPI-AL at 7.7%. New rates announced by Rural Development Ministry. Gujarat, MP, Andhra Pradesh see higher increa...
29 Mar, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Wages for rural jobs guarantee scheme increased by 4-10%The wage revision was notified by the Union rural development ministry on Wednesday after clearance from the Election Commission as the Mod...
29 Mar, 2024, 12.21 AM IST
Low hike in MGNREGS wages brazen display of BJP's hatred for Bengal: TMC's Saket GokhaleReferring to the wage notification for the flagship rural employment scheme issued by the Union rural development ministry, Gokhale said th...
28 Mar, 2024, 04.03 PM IST
Govt revises MNREGS wages for FY25, Jairam Ramesh says Congress will give higherThe Congress criticized the Modi government for notifying revised MGNREGS wages for 2024-25, alleging that the daily rates fall short of th...
28 Mar, 2024, 12.14 PM IST
PMAY drives up MGNREGS wage costsMGNREGS 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...
13 Nov, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
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...
04 Aug, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
MGNREGS wages raised by up to 10.4% for FY24In absolute terms, the daily wages have been raised in the ₹7-26 range, according to a notification by the rural development ministry. The ...
26 Mar, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
Rs 3,358.14 crore wages under MGNREGS pending till January 27: MoS rural developmentIn a written reply, Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti shared the details of state-wise pending liabilities for ...
09 Feb, 2022, 10.45 PM IST
Wages under national rural jobs scheme may be revisedLast time the two wages were aligned in 2009 after which there has been a divergence because several states have arbitrarily increased thei...
22 Aug, 2018, 11.29 PM IST
Government moves to end disparity in NREGS schedule of ratesThe government has found such large disparities in the schedule of rates for its flagship rural jobs programme which lead to a huge differe...
16 Jun, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
Centre revises wages under MGNREGSThe Centre has revised wages under its flagship rural jobs scheme -- MGNREGS -- from April 1 to factor in inflation.
14 May, 2013, 11.21 PM IST
Giving part of MGNREGS wages as foodgrains not practical: GovtThomas had written to the Rural Development Minister to consider the option of payment of part of MGNREG Act wage in terms of foodgrains.
30 Apr, 2013, 05.01 PM IST
Govt trying to settle NREGA wage issue7,000 crore in arrears to states that have higher minimum wages.
09 Apr, 2012, 08.56 AM IST
Legal changes to enable separate NREGA wagesThe central government is considering changes in the law to specify a separate wage norms for its flagship rural employment guarantee schem...
14 Feb, 2012, 09.09 AM IST