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PM can criticise Cong as much as he wants but should not 'take away' rights of poor: KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "hiding his failures" by criticizing the Congress in poll...
Parliamentary panel slams government over MGNREGA fund cutsMGNREGA witnessed a slash in its budget this year, with Rs 60,000 crore allocated for FY 2023-24. In the previous financial year, the gover...
Modi govt 'killing off' MGNREGA by 'cutting budgets', 'delaying payments', alleges CongressChairman All-India Unorganized Workers and Employees Congress Udit Raj said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 200...
BJP MLAs walk out amid Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose's addressAnother BJP legislator who requested not to be named said, "The governor read whatever was written by the state government... We expected s...
Budget allocation for MGNREGA scheme sees a sharp decline in Union Budget 2023Mgnrega is a demand driven scheme and the government is committed to provide funds as the utilization progresses. “The government has ratio...
States' NREGS under lens over possible misuse of fundsSome states have been using more than permitted Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds to build rural infra...
POKE ME: The social security measure seems doomed with budgetary cutbacks and frequent wage hikesProportion of households participating in MGNREGA plumetted from 32.5% in 2012/13 to 11.80% in 2014/15, a reduction of about 64%.
BJP now promoting MGNREGA with new names: CongressNarendra Modi-led government is popularising these schemes with new names and by branding them afresh in order to save its 'declining image...
MGNREGA spending at record high, no cut in allocation: Arun JaitleyJaitley said that while in previous years there has always been lower spending, this fiscal the government has not cut Plan Expenditure as ...
CPI demands government to increase allocation for social sectorNoting that IMF too has recommended increasing spending on social sector, CPI stated that the Centre hikes allocations for education, healt...
SECC data: Congress accuses Narendra Modi of having 'contempt for poor'Congress mounted an attack on PM Modi accusing him of having "contempt for the poor" and alleging that the "suit book ki sarkar" is only fo...
Bihar flays Centre for substantive cut in MGNREGA,Indira Awas allocationRural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar said in a press statement that against a sum of Rs 2200 crore for MGNREGA for fiscal 2014-15.
Bihar alleges 20 per cent cut in fund under MGNREGAIt said inadequate availability of fund was impacting implementation of the guarantee scheme and also causing problem in payment of wages.
- Tarun Gogoi urges Centre not to cut budgetary provisions of MGNREGA
Reduction in the labour budget has sent a negative message among the stakeholders and would adversely affect the rural areas, he added.
Narendra Modi govt trying to dilute MGNREGA: CPI(M)CPI(M) accused the govt of seeking to dilute or do away with social security issues, saying the dreams of "good days" have been converted i...
- 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...
- Budget 2012: Job guarantee scheme, MGNREGA, to stabilize
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced Rs 33,000 crore as MGNREGA allocation, down from 40,000 crore earmarked last year.