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Household demand for NREGS work up 14% in December"The employment generation capacity of rural India is committed. Till the time farm jobs pick up in February, the MGNREGA demand will be un...- The return of migrants: NREGS work dips, signals rise in demand for industrial labourHeavy rains and states’ spending constraints also played a part in lower employment in rural works programmes in August. Government data sh...
- Rural ministry plans to seek Rs 17,000 crore more for NREGSSo far in this financial year, 116 crore person days of work has been generated under the scheme with 84% timely payments made to the worke...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- FM Arun Jaitley pledges more funds for MGNREGAThis would be the first year when there would not be any cut in the allocation in NREGS or any other social sector scheme. We will in fact ...
- 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 ...
- Choose the right Nobel winnerForget tweaking NREGS, morph it into an apprenticeship programme to transform our labour market.
- NREGA's non-existent impact on migrant labourersEveryone agrees that the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone , except the workers themselves.
- Keep off the NREGSWhy it’s not a good idea to suspend the rural employment programme.
- PM wants NREGS facility extended to HIV+ peopleOn Monday, Dr Manmohan Singh officially called for linking the country's HIV programmes and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gu...
- When Politics HelpsPolitical parties must step in to protect whistleblowers and activists.
- NREG, PDS & nutritional deprivationThe effects of NREG wages on nutrient intake in many cases are larger than those of non-NREG income For some nutrients, PDS has larger effe...
- Small savings grace for India PostSome 31.2 million postal savings accounts were opened in 2008-09 to facilitate wage disbursal under the National Rural Employment Guarantee...
- NREGS may be tough on state farmersThe Union Budget has earmarked Rs 39,100 crore for the UPA government’s flagship programme for the current fiscal, which marks a 144% incre...
- Premature NREGS verdictWorld Bank argues that concentration of economic activity benefits poor.
- NREGS is an important cushion for poor: World BankThe World Bank said the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is an important safety net programme providing livelihood security to th...
- Blue-collar corporate A/Cs to plug leakagesThe employment guarantee scheme may soon leave the swindlers jobless. Banks, PSU and private, will soon host the salary accounts for the Na...
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