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NREGS wages may rise after panel proposes new calculationSeveral other recommendations of Mahendra Dev Committee have been rejected by the new committee such as linking NREGS minimum wage to that ...
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...
- Government makes 86% timely payment under MGNREGA in April-June period
Rural development ministry had released Rs 23,443 crore -- half of the budgetary allocation under the scheme to states in April itself to e...
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...
Rural Ministry seeks Rs 6,000 crore more for NREGSThe additional funds sought by the ministry in the third supplementary budget will help in meeting pending payments to the tune of Rs 3,700...
Note ban delays National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme paymentsNREGS workers are paid daily in smaller denomination notes, which are in short supply even after the government put more focus to make cash...
Cash crash: NREGS promises jobs but wages are no guaranteeEight states raise serious concerns with the Centre on a “terrible cash crunch” post demonetisation leading to difficulty in payments which...
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...
Nationwide review of rural job scheme NREGS ordered by governmentGovt has received complaints of corruption and pilferage in NREGS; teams will be sent to all states to verify the work done and evaluate th...
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 ...
- NREGA's non-existent impact on migrant labourers
Everyone agrees that the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone , except the workers themselves.
Welfare payments: Why Jharkhand's initiatives are relevant for all of IndiaJharkhand is trying to use technology to retool the delivery of services so that every citizen can access them – easily, efficiently and co...
- PM rejects NAC's reco on minimum pay
The PM, in his Dec 31 letter to the UPA chairperson, clarified that the wage rate fixed by the central govt would be indexed to inflation b...
- Daily wages paid to NREGS workers to be hiked from May Day
Equal wages would be paid to both male and female workers without any discrimination, Vasant Kumar added.
- Orissa revises wages for NREGS job seekers
Orissa government on Thursday revised revised the rate for earth works under the national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS) in the ...
- 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...