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- Govt initiates recruitment for 1.83 lakh vacancies across sectors
  Central government has launched recruitment for over 1.83 lakh positions, with Railways accounting for the largest share. Parliamentary pan...
  23 Jun, 2026, 12.32 AM IST
- NEET re-exam: Karnataka Congress chief regrets hardship faced by students due to traffic disruption
  Congress president B.K. Hariprasad expressed regret over students facing traffic issues reaching NEET exam centres due to a party rally, wh...
  22 Jun, 2026, 05.05 PM IST
- Entire political science of data doctoring: Congress slams govt on rural wage figures
  The Congress party has accused the Modi government of artificially inflating rural wage growth figures. According to Congress general secre...
  22 Jun, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
- Forget the DOJ. For a Trump pardon, call "Bobby" and other influencers
  President Donald Trump's pardon system has shifted dramatically. Influence now hinges on personal networks and narratives of victimhood, by...
  11 Jun, 2026, 11.28 PM IST
- The Iran war is now changing your Social Security check; here's the new 2027 COLA number
  Social Security COLA update 2027: Gas prices in America have surged above $4.10 per gallon, up sharply from $3.17 last year, and the impact...
  18 May, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
- Murshidabad’s forgotten crisis: Beedi workers struggle amid charged political debates, SIR deletions
  In Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...
  20 Apr, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
- JD Vance's dodgy H-1B sleight of hand
  US policies are impacting foreign-trained doctors. Claims of widespread H-1B visa fraud are not fully supported by government data. Recent ...
  17 Apr, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
- Over Rs 44 cr released under MGNREGS so far: Centre tells Lok Sabha
  The central government has disbursed Rs 44,323 crore to states and union territories under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gua...
  22 Jul, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel recommends independent survey, revamp of MGNREGS
  A Parliamentary panel has suggested a comprehensive survey to assess the effectiveness of MGNREGS, highlighting concerns over wage stagnati...
  13 Apr, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
- Too early to make Aadhaar based system mandatory for MGNREGS payments: Parliamentary panel
  A parliamentary panel has advised against mandating the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS, citing potential worker exclusion. They a...
  17 Dec, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel pulls up department for less budgetary allocation to MGNREGA
  The committee, headed by Prataprao Jadhav, has suggested the department seek higher allocation from the ministry of finance while sprucing ...
  17 Mar, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
- Female scarcity in labour market is raising wages, reducing poverty
  A key aim of MNREGA was to increase female work participation. It improves their incentive to work more days per year. Yet, the opposite ha...
  20 Aug, 2014, 05.59 AM IST
- Nomura says slowing rural wages should bring inflation down
  "A moderation in real rural wages should cause rural demand to moderate, apart from moderating the medium-term inflationary pressures," Nom...
  25 Oct, 2013, 05.45 PM IST
- Assam sees drop in spending on MGNREGA in last four fiscals; down 13% in FY'13
  The total expenditure, including both the Centre and the state's shares, in Assam on MGNREGA during 2012-13 stood at Rs 651.55 crore.
  21 Jul, 2013, 10.34 AM IST
- Rural spending rises 18% in FY12; rural poverty likely to have dropped to around 26%
  Recent data show that poverty is coming down fast and that the rural-urban gap in income is narrowing, thanks to rapid economic recovery af...
  02 Aug, 2012, 04.05 AM IST
- NREGA's new avatar: Work later, take home cash now
  The government is likely to allow advance part payment of wages in a bid to restore faith of beneficiaries in its flagship rural jobs schem...
  05 Dec, 2011, 10.06 AM IST
- Does economic growth reduce fertility?
  The rapid economic growth enjoyed by India since 1999 has continued to alter the nature of economic relations.
  12 Aug, 2007, 12.42 PM IST
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