NREGA funding may be stopped if no redressal: Jairam RameshCentre has issued guidelines for better implementation of the NREGA scheme, which include stopping of funds.
07 Sep, 2012, 09.07 AM IST
NREGA 2.0: Does it have what it takes to be the poor's portal to a brighter future?From a backstopping social safety net, NREGA aspires to be the poor's portal to a brighter future. For a scheme that continues to polarise ...
10 Jun, 2012, 06.05 PM IST
- Jharkhand uses only Rs 1500 crore from MGNREGA funds: Jairam Ramesh
Dismissing charges of any sort of unfair treatment, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Jharkhand spent only Rs 1558 ...
09 Oct, 2011, 06.01 PM IST
- 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...
22 Jul, 2011, 09.56 AM IST
- NREGA funds: SC to make Orissa an example
Livid at the allegation of diversion of funds sent by the Centre to states for NREGA-mandated schemes, the Supreme Court on Monday warned t...
14 Dec, 2010, 05.20 AM IST
- 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.
14 Dec, 2010, 04.19 AM IST
- Govt orders inquiry into NREGA scam in Gujarat
The government today ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in wage payments under NREGA in Kotda village in Gujarat's Kotiyana...
19 Nov, 2010, 03.47 AM IST
- Centre witholding NREGA funds to West Bengal: CM
The Centre was not releasing Rs 1,700 crore in NREGA funds to West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed today.
28 Sep, 2010, 04.13 PM IST
- NREGA without social audit not good news for govt
The UPA govt is unable to implement well NREGA and NRHM.
27 May, 2010, 04.25 AM IST
- Panel set up to look into fudging of muster rolls in NREGA
NREGA, the UPA's flagship employment scheme for which the government has spent over Rs 90,000 crore, is facing complaints of fudging of att...
16 May, 2010, 10.24 AM IST
- Govt allows states to appoint engineers for NREGA works
Centre has permitted states to deploy two engineers per 6,000 people of rural households to meet the shortage of key technical staff.
10 May, 2010, 07.24 PM IST
- Assam, banks tie up for NREGA scheme
The Assam government has tied up with banks for issuance of biometric cards to beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee ...
01 Dec, 2009, 10.36 PM IST
- Centre has NREGA to counter drought onslaught
Govt plans to fall back on NREGA to provide relief in affected areas.
20 Aug, 2009, 03.38 AM IST
- 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...
18 Aug, 2009, 01.48 AM IST
- Govt fund disbursal to get IT empowered
e-Panchayati Raj institutions project plans to computerise NREGA & Health Ministry subsidy schemes
04 Aug, 2009, 12.27 PM IST
'We will make social audit compulsory for NREGA scheme'Minister for rural development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh speaks on new Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2008.
30 Dec, 2008, 02.03 AM IST
- Bangladeshi immigrants corner NE funds
Funds earmarked for rural jobs scheme in NE states being cornered by Bangladeshi immigrants.
16 May, 2008, 02.52 AM IST