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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...- 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...
- Make Aadhaar-Based Payment System optional under MGNREGS: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel has urged the government to offer choices for wage payments under the rural employment scheme. The Aadhaar-Based Paym...
- 27 lakh MGNREGS workers deleted from Oct 10 to Nov 14: ReportNearly 27 lakh MGNREGS workers were removed from the scheme in just over a month. This deletion surge occurred as e-KYC became mandatory. T...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rahul writes to PM over 'plight' of MGNREGS workers in WB, urges Centre to release fundsGandhi recalls the UPA government's initiative of guaranteeing the right to work and highlights the importance of MGNREGS as a safety net a...
- 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...
- Deadline for mandatory use of Aadhaar-based payment for MGNREGA workers not to be extended beyond Aug 31The deadline for implementing the Aadhaar-based payment system as the only mode of payment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employme...
- Up to 90 per cent MGNREGS workers expected to be ABPS eligible by June-end: OfficialsThe 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 ...
- In a first, Kerala launches welfare fund for workers under employment guarantee schemeChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 27 lakh people in the State depend on the MGNREGS and the Left government intends to make use of the s...
- Centre asks states to link Aadhaar with bank accounts of workers by May end, identify 'laggard areas'In a letter to states, the ministry of rural development has asked them to try and ensure that this exercise is over by May end, a senior o...
- Parliamentary standing panel questions new attendance and payment systems for MGNREGS workersAs MGNREGS beneficiaries protest against non-payment and delayed payment of wages across states and at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the stan...
- TMC asks Amit Shah to clarify Centre's stand on withholding MGNREGS funds for Bengal, BJP hits backDepriving the poor of their dues is tantamount to forced labour and a violation of constitutional norms, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said. The BJP ...
- Odisha to support MGNREGS with additional 200 work daysThe MGNREGA ensures legal rights of wage employment to the adults (of rural households) willing to do unskilled manual labour for 100 days ...
- Develop real-time rural distress indicator with MGNREGA data: Eco SurveyIt said that timely wage payment under MGNREGA is expected to increase work demand.
- 86 per cent wages of 1 crore workers paid within 15 days: GovernmentTimely payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been a major concern for the governme...
- Centre asks states to hold two month camps to achieve 100% Aadhaar linked NREGSThis comes even as the passage of the Aadhaar Act as a money bill has been challenged before the SC by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
- CM Naveen Patnaik shoots off letter to PM on MGNRES funding"To reduce the suffering of farmers, adequate fund flow under MGNRES may be ensured by the Centre to the state government," Patnaik said in...
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