NPCI, CSC eGov launch Aadhaar enabled payment systemThis system is based on demographic and biometric/iris information of an individual, which eliminates the threat of any fraud and non-genui...
11 Jan, 2016, 11.31 AM IST
NREGA is in need of reform: Jean Dreze, economist-cum-activist"While there’s no need to ‘capitulate’ to corporate interests, the NREGA could do with simplification, besides a perk-up in transparency."
12 Nov, 2014, 04.46 AM IST
Vodafone India to implement making NREGA payments through its M-Pesa serviceVodafone India soon plans to enable making NREGA payments through its newly launched M-Pesa , the mobile money transfer and payment service.
22 Apr, 2014, 07.11 PM IST
Centre amends rules to prevent delay in payment for NREGA workersAt present, 25% of the payments amounting to Rs 2,700 crore are delayed beyond the stipulated 15 days.
02 Oct, 2013, 10.44 AM IST
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.
25 Jul, 2013, 05.19 AM IST
- Must resolve problem of delayed payment under NREGA: Manmohan Singh
The PM sought concurrent audit of rural development schemes even as he termed NREGA as a 'story worth telling'.
14 Jul, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- E-payment facility for NREGA beneficiaries in Odisha unveiled
The Reserve Bank today launched the facility to make payments to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Ac...
29 Jun, 2012, 10.30 PM 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
- 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
- Rajasthan to set up mini banks
Rajasthan government is planning to set up mini cooperative banks at Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra to reach out to small and margi...
16 Jun, 2011, 01.14 PM IST
- India Post's gadgets to streamline NREGA payment
India Post will provide gadgets such as biometric fingerprint scanners, magnetic strip readers and thermal printers to its 1,30,000 rural o...
30 Nov, 2010, 06.16 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
- Smart cards to check NREGA financial irregularities
The department of posts plans to introduce electronic cards for payment to beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Sche...
29 Jun, 2010, 02.13 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
- 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
- No free lunches even under NREGA
Work executed under the NREGA and rural development generally call for a much greater degree of professionalisation, for which we must be w...
18 Dec, 2008, 04.22 AM IST
- 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...
11 Jun, 2007, 08.50 PM IST