MNREGA has gender advantages, but India’s soaring wages after 2008 were driven mainly by high agricultural prices and fast GDP growth.

Raje informed Panagariya about the state govt's initiative to convert 5,000 Fair Price Shops as Annapurna Bhandars to bring drastic changes...

The over 2 crore toilets will be constructed in select villages under MNREGA, a rural job scheme, said an official of the Rural Development...

"There was a need to conduct social audit to see if the physical assets which are created are commensurate with the money spent," Joshi sai...

Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said post offices are preferred in some states due to their better reach in the rural areas.

Targeting the govt over its reported move to bring changes in MNREGA, Opposition in Rajya Sabha said that it seems to be trying to wind up ...

The Union Minister, while talking to reporters here at the Dhanbad Circuit House, expressed concern over execution of MNREGA scheme in Biha...

Govt toughened its stand about bringing changes into UPA's flagship MNREGA scheme even as Congress hit out at the NDA regime for "weakening...

The govt is also planning to monitor the work under the scheme through the use of space technology and provide wages to labourers directly ...

Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari said govt proposes to modify MNREGA & use space technology to check pilferages & corruption.

NDA to bring broad changes in the rural job guarantee scheme launched by UPA by proposing at least Rs 25,000 cr investment into agriculture...

CBI will soon begin probe in the alleged swindling of funds under MNREGA scheme in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh during BSP's rule.

"If wages of a job card holder are delayed beyond 15 days, a compensation at 0.05% of wage per day of delay will be paid," Ramesh said.

Aruna Roy’s exit from NAC does not mean there is a problem with the govt or insularity of the administration. The problem is with politics.

Government has made changes in rules to allow benefits of schemes other than MNREGA to be deposited in post offices for beneficiaries.

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said the wages under MNREGA are revised every year and denied that allocation under MNREGA has bee...

Sources say the Congress party had sought the EC's approval for its advertisement campaigns on minority sub-quota.