Government starts mega drive to link NREGS accounts with AadhaarThe rural development ministry will organise camps in villages to seek consent of the beneficiaries for seeding their bank accounts to thei...
8 states declared drought affected, Centre allows them to offer 50 days of extra work under NREGSKerala, Rajasthan, MP, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, UP, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu would be eligible to provide 150 days of manual work per h...
Enough funds for NREGS, says Rural Development Secretary Amarjeet SinhaThe ministry has also turned down the Mahendra Dev Committee’s recommendation for revision of wage calculation method of NREGS, which would...
NREGS workers in 10 more states to get daily wages directly in bank accountsThe government will start paying wages to NREG scheme workers in 10 more states directly into their bank accounts on a daily basis from thi...
FM Arun Jaitley pledges more funds for MGNREGAThis would be the first year when there would not be any cut in the allocation in NREGS or any other social sector scheme. We will in fact ...
How NREGS' very essence has become its biggest challengeGround reports from across the country show NREGS is facing a plethora of problems. Primary among these is a sharp cut in central funds to ...
CID files charge sheet in NREGS case, suspects state-wide scamPolice believe that embezzlement of NREGS funds across the state could add up to about Rs 757 crore.
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- NREGA disbursal for unskilled workers up 78%
The drought and failed rains in July 2009 has increased the disbursement of wages to unskilled workers by around 78% to Rs 1,600 crore in J...
- Now, rural job money to go via state govts
The Centre is planning to route funds intended for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) through state governments instead...
- JNNURM may get Rs 20k-cr boost ahead of elections
Ahead of general elections, the government may enhance fund allocations for two-flagship programmes; the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mis...
- More than one lakh job cards distributed in MP under NREGS
More than one lakh job cards have been distributed to the eligible beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREG...
- Blue-collar corporate A/Cs to plug leakages
The employment guarantee scheme may soon leave the swindlers jobless. Banks, PSU and private, will soon host the salary accounts for the Na...
- CAG finds funds leak in UPA flagship NREGS
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the popular poverty alleviation programme of the UPA government, is under the scanner.
- Centre asks states to sharpen tech edge for rural employment scheme
The UPA government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) programme would soon receive a technological facelift.
- Centre asks states to sharpen tech edge for rural employment scheme
The UPA government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) programme would soon receive a technological facelift.
- Rural job scheme to be launched on Nov 14
The much-awaited National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is tentatively slated to be launched on November 14, Pandit Nehru’s bir...