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Telangana govt considering moving SC against VB G RAM G Act: MinisterTelangana's Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy revealed the state government is considering a Supreme Court challenge against the new ...- In a U-turn, Punjab govt notifies VB-G RAM G schemePunjab's AAP government has notified the Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) scheme, effective July 1, ...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- Indo-US trade deal may hurt Punjab's farmers: Congress leader Partap Singh BajwaPartap Singh Bajwa, leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly, has raised concerns. He stated that a proposed Indo-US trade agreement cou...
- BJP holds meeting with CMs, state chiefs to counter Congress stir against VB-G RAM G BillSenior BJP leaders met virtually to discuss the proposed Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill. The meeting...
- Punjab Congress to launch statewide movement over MGNREGA issue from January 8The Punjab Congress will initiate a statewide mass movement starting January 8 from Gurdaspur. This action aims to protect the MGNREGA sche...
- Mgnrega issues in Bengal & Punjab: Won't allow misappropriation, says govt in Lok SabhaThe government has assured that states will not be allowed to misappropriate or rebrand the MGNREGA. Addressing the Lok Sabha, Union Minist...
- West Bengal to pay 24.5 lakh MGNREGA workers by March 1West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced that 24.5 lakh MGNREGA workers will be paid their due wages by the state government from March 1 i...
- Farmer protests: Serious demands to modernise Indian agriculture are woefully missingFarmers in India, as in other parts of the world, are politically very powerful. Unions representing farmers in northern India have been em...
- States that don't appoint MGNREGA ombudsperson in at least 80 per cent districts won't get fundsMGNREGA is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed ...
- Punjab polls: Navjot Singh Sidhu promises urban employment guarantee missionNoting that urban poverty in Punjab was double the rural poverty, he said the employment guarantee scheme will also cover unskilled labour.
- View: Migration, not MGNREGA, is India’s most successful anti-poverty programmeCensus data shows that individuals migrating for work rose from 30 million in 2001 to 41 million in 2011. This was the very period when Ind...
- Labour migration likely to hurt Rabi, Kharif crop outputTo tackle acute shortage of labour, government procurement agencies in the cereal bowl states of Haryana and Punjab have employed local wor...
- 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%.
- New MGNREGA wages leave states in a quandaryThe revised MGNREGA wages have left various state governments in a quandary as they apprehend the new rates would not be able to attract la...
- Ludhiana to get green boost of 1 lakh treesFor making Ludhiana greener, Punjab government would be planting one lakh trees along all roads falling on zila parishad land in Ludhiana d...
- Address shortcomings in execution of MGNREGA: Minister to officialsQuoting a CAG report in reference of the MGNREGA, the minister highlighted that the scheme has brought a major improvement in socio-economi...
- Punjab government diverting MGNREGA funds: Manish TewariUnion Minister Manish Tewari today accused the "cash starved" SAD-BJP government in Punjab of diverting MGNREGA funds for "other purposes".
- CCEA approves enhanced allocation for sanitation; Sanitation Campaign rechristened as Nirmal Bharat AbhiyanAt present out of Rs.3400 allocated for individual toilets, Centre gives Rs. 2100, State’s share is Rs.1000 and Rs. 300 comes from the bene...
- Bank correspondent model for NREGA closer to realityThe Centre is likely to ask states to devote 2% of the funds allocated to them under its flagship scheme of NREGA for providing easy bankin...
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