Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impactThe Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.09 AM IST
Make Aadhaar-Based Payment System optional under MGNREGS: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel has urged the government to offer choices for wage payments under the rural employment scheme. The Aadhaar-Based Paym...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
MGNREGS work demand not directly correlated to rural distress: Economic SurveyKerala and Tamil Nadu utilize more MGNREGS funds despite having fewer poor, unlike Bihar and UP. No link with unemployment rates. Instituti...
22 Jul, 2024, 10.15 PM IST
Demand under MGNREGS is not a true indicator of rural distress: Eco SurveyThe Economic Survey 2023-24 indicates that MGNREGS demand is not a true indicator of rural distress. Despite high rural unemployment, state...
22 Jul, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
MGNREGS: Tamil Nadu, Bihar — two strange stories from book of jobTamil Nadu and Bihar are a study in contrast, admit senior government officials and experts. Over the past five years, Tamil Nadu accounted...
24 Apr, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Rahul writes to PM over 'plight' of MGNREGS workers in WB, urges Centre to release fundsGandhi recalls the UPA government's initiative of guaranteeing the right to work and highlights the importance of MGNREGS as a safety net a...
12 Feb, 2024, 09.35 PM IST
Finance ministry gave Rs 10,000 crore advance for MGNREGS from contingency fund: GovtIn reply to a question on the MGNREGS funds being exhausted, Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said the Union g...
05 Dec, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
PMAY drives up MGNREGS wage costsMGNREGS wages of about ₹35,000-40,000 crore are estimated to have gone into the construction of houses under the PMAY (Gramin) since the sc...
13 Nov, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
Finance ministry may grant NREGS Rs 28,000 cr more, over and above budgeted Rs 60,000 crNearly 95% of the budgetary allocation for FY24 has already been released. The additional funds will be included in the first batch of supp...
23 Oct, 2023, 12.08 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
Work demand under MGNREGS expected to decline 27% in FY24The government has budgeted ₹60,000 crore under the scheme for FY24, lower than the budget estimate of ₹73,000 crore and revised estimate o...
18 Apr, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
Parliamentary standing panel questions new attendance and payment systems for MGNREGS workersAs MGNREGS beneficiaries protest against non-payment and delayed payment of wages across states and at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the stan...
18 Apr, 2023, 12.37 AM IST
TMC asks Amit Shah to clarify Centre's stand on withholding MGNREGS funds for Bengal, BJP hits backDepriving the poor of their dues is tantamount to forced labour and a violation of constitutional norms, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said. The BJP ...
13 Apr, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of Rs 25,000 crore for MGNREGSIn the Union Budget for 2022-23, an amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sche...
01 Nov, 2022, 01.39 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
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
- Congress accuses West Bengal government of misusing MGNREGS funds
The state Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya today said that the Bengal govt is misusing NREGA funds.
26 Mar, 2013, 07.30 PM IST