West Bengal elections: Mass deletions in Murshidabad spark identity and citizenship fearsIn Murshidabad district, the electoral landscape is shifting dramatically as thousands discover their names missing from voter rolls. Famil...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
West Bengal polls 2026: Amid voter row, Nadia’s Matua belt shows BJP leanings, minimal deletionsIn West Bengal’s Nadia district, Matua voters in border villages like Majhdia navigate a unique reality—crossing fenced borders daily to fa...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
E-KYC of over 56% active workers under MGNREGS completed: Rural Development MinistryThe Rural Development Ministry said on Friday that e-KYC has been completed for more than 56% of active MGNREGS workers, and added that job...
21 Nov, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
27 lakh MGNREGS workers deleted from Oct 10 to Nov 14: ReportNearly 27 lakh MGNREGS workers were removed from the scheme in just over a month. This deletion surge occurred as e-KYC became mandatory. T...
17 Nov, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
Parliamentary panel recommends independent survey, revamp of MGNREGSA Parliamentary panel has suggested a comprehensive survey to assess the effectiveness of MGNREGS, highlighting concerns over wage stagnati...
13 Apr, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
Over 1.55 crore MGNREGS workers' names deleted between 2022-2024: GovtThe government informed Parliament that over 1.55 crore active workers have been removed from the MGNREGS between 2022 and 2024 due to reas...
04 Feb, 2025, 07.19 PM IST
60 lakh new job cards issued under MGNREGS every year, govt tells Lok SabhaSixty lakh new job cards are issued every year under the MGNREGS. The government does not delete job cards, which is based on factors like ...
03 Dec, 2024, 02.23 PM IST
MGNREGS demand-driven scheme, not possible to fix enrolment targets: GovtThe rural development ministry clarified that despite reports of a drop in MGNREGS enrolment, targets cannot be set mid-year due to the dem...
27 Oct, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
MGNREGA 'living monument' of PM Modi's betrayal of rural India: KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge has criticized the Central Government for its handling of the MGNREGA scheme. He argued that the poor...
23 Aug, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
Will penalise states not MGNREGA workers if not linked with Aadhaar-based payment system: Minister Giriraj SinghSingh said while as per the earlier system, MGNREGA beneficiaries could receive payment through mixed route (National Automated Clearing Ho...
02 Jan, 2024, 08.19 PM IST
'Stop weaponising tech': Congress slams Central govt for making Aadhaar 'mandatory' for MGNREGA paymentsCongress has criticized the Modi government for implementing the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGA workers, claiming it is weaponizi...
01 Jan, 2024, 10.06 PM IST
Job cards of over 5.48 crore MGNREGA workers deleted in 2022-23, govt tells Lok SabhaIn Bihar, job cards of 83,30,633 workers were deleted, which is 315.84 per cent more than the previous fiscal. Uttar Pradesh saw the deleti...
12 Dec, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Over 7.43 lakh MGNREGA 'fake job cards' deleted in 2022-23, highest in UPUttar Pradesh accounted for the highest number of deletions on account of job cards being fake. As many as 67,937 fake job cards were delet...
09 Dec, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
No constraint of funds for MGNREGA, payment to Bengal stopped due to non-compliance: CentreThe Union Rural Development Ministry stated that there is no lack of funds for the rural job scheme MGNREGA, and the funds for West Bengal ...
05 Oct, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
Modi govt 'weaponizing' Aadhaar to deny most vulnerable citizens their social welfare benefits: CongressThe Congress party has accused the central government of using Aadhaar and technology to deny social welfare benefits to vulnerable citizen...
30 Aug, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
Over 5 crore MGNREGA job cards deleted in 2022-23: GovtMore than five crore job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) were cancelled in 2022-23, 247 pe...
25 Jul, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
- 10 lakh bogus job cards under MNREGA in Karnataka
According to reports, a sum of Rs 12.84 crore was the average amount spent in rural assembly segments in 2009-10 and it declined to Rs 9.11...
17 Jan, 2012, 07.48 PM IST