Link NREGA wages to a realistic CPIIt has been reported that the government is unhappy with the suggestion to link the wage payable under the MGNREGA to the CPI for rural lab...
Nitish Kumar writes to Prime Minister seeking higher wages under NREGANitish Kumar is leveraging his politically 'unattached' status to seek higher wages for his people under the Centre's NREGA scheme.
CAG might fault NREGA but not the carmakersNREGA, the world's biggest-ever employment guarantee scheme, captured the public imagination well before the first ditch was dug.
- Labour Freedom Won, Battle On Against Wage Delays:Reetika Khera
The Battle for Employment Guarantee, edited by IIT Delhi professor Reetika Khera, takes a look at the employment guarantee scheme's journey...
- Supreme Court to direct centre on NREGA probe
The Supreme Court has favoured a probe into diversion of funds in government’s flagship rural employment programme, NREGA, in Orissa.
Naxals backing rural job scheme?Maoists may be opposed to various development projects in their pockets of influence but they are not opposed to the National Rural Employm...
Debating in a knowledge vacuumNot a single evaluation of NREGA has been conducted that would throw light on implementation issues hobbling the programme.
After huge R&R setback, women's quota to rescueStanding out as an achievement is govt's decision to give 50% quota for women in panchayats.
- Minister to Rahul Gandhi: Will report to you
Joshi’s comment raises eyebrows at NREGA meet.
- Panchayats to monitor NREGA functioning
The UPA government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is set to get even bigger with the rural development ministry...
- Govt may freeze NREGA wage rate at Rs 100 per day
In a bid to limit the fiscal burden of Congress’s ‘aam aadmi’ poll promise, Centre is likely to ensure that NREGA wage rate is frozen at Rs...
- Thought for food in flagship jobs scheme
Cong seeks extra days in NREGA to soothe drought impact, price sting.
- Thought for food in flagship jobs scheme
Cong seeks extra days in NREGA to soothe drought impact, price sting.
- Few people get 100-day employment under NREGA
Even as the Centre is mulling to raise the number of job days under the NREGA scheme, none of the states have provided the guaranteed 100-d...
'We will make social audit compulsory for NREGA scheme'Minister for rural development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh speaks on new Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2008.
- Third party monitoring of NREGA needed: Minister
Calling for effective monitoring of the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 330 districts of the country w...
- Centre objects to states having different wages
The Centre on Monday strongly objected to some State Governments having different set of wages for schemes under the National Rural Employm...