VB-G RAM G enacted in backdrop of notable decline in work demand under MGNREGS: Economic SurveyIndia has replaced the MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Act 2025. This new law guarantees 125 days ...
29 Jan, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Karnataka: Governor refuses to address joint session on Thursday, plunging Congress regime into a crisisGovernor Thawar Chand Gehlot has refused to address the upcoming joint session of the Legislature, creating a crisis for the Congress gover...
21 Jan, 2026, 09.13 PM IST
Govt panel suggests sharp hike in NREGS wage rates, budgetary outlayA high-level government panel, tasked with recommending changes to make the rural job guarantee scheme more effective, has called for a sig...
04 Aug, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Odisha to support MGNREGS with additional 200 work daysThe MGNREGA ensures legal rights of wage employment to the adults (of rural households) willing to do unskilled manual labour for 100 days ...
20 Jul, 2022, 02.33 PM IST
Develop real-time rural distress indicator with MGNREGA data: Eco SurveyIt said that timely wage payment under MGNREGA is expected to increase work demand.
04 Jul, 2019, 04.31 PM IST
Wages under national rural jobs scheme may be revisedLast time the two wages were aligned in 2009 after which there has been a divergence because several states have arbitrarily increased thei...
22 Aug, 2018, 11.29 PM IST
States asked to complete NREGA FY17 audit by SeptemberDelay in the financial audit of MGNREGS, the government’s flagship rural job guarantee scheme, is the key reason why several states have no...
19 May, 2017, 11.45 PM IST
Aadhaar mandatory for MGNREGS work from AprilPeople registered under the scheme will be required to give proof of possession of Aadhaar or undergo the enrolment process till March 31, ...
08 Jan, 2017, 02.28 PM IST
Centre asks states to hold two month camps to achieve 100% Aadhaar linked NREGSThis comes even as the passage of the Aadhaar Act as a money bill has been challenged before the SC by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
18 May, 2016, 07.28 AM IST
Fund-starved states turning down MNREGS job pleas?Singh has written to Arun Jaitley seeking the release of more funds to “liquidate pending liabilities (of states) and for smooth implementa...
07 Jan, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
UNDP calls MGNREGS best job guarantee plan for rural poorHowever, pointing to the humongous nature of the MGNREGS, the report says, “Its (MGNREGS) size has no precedent nationally or international...
16 Dec, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Telangana to request Centre to implement MGNREGS in all rural blocksPanchayat Raj Minister K Taraka Rama Rao moved the resolution in the Assembly today and all parties supported it.
26 Nov, 2014, 04.37 PM IST
Government to combine MGNREGS and Indira Awas Yojana to save on costsCurrently, only toilets can be made under MGNREGS while the beneficiary has to hire labour for construction of the house under the Indira A...
09 Dec, 2013, 10.04 AM IST
Irregularities noticed under social audit for MGNREGS in MPThe audit was carried out in May and June by Madhya Pradesh State Social Audit Society, an autonomous body under the state government.
01 Sep, 2013, 11.06 AM IST
Giving part of MGNREGS wages as foodgrains not practical: GovtThomas had written to the Rural Development Minister to consider the option of payment of part of MGNREG Act wage in terms of foodgrains.
30 Apr, 2013, 05.01 PM IST
- Drought-hit states to get more help under MGNREG Act
Drought-hit states will get more money to meet increased demand for jobs from affected farmers under the MGNREG Act.
19 Sep, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
Govt trying to settle NREGA wage issue7,000 crore in arrears to states that have higher minimum wages.
09 Apr, 2012, 08.56 AM IST