Wages under MGNREGA inadequate, says parliamentary panelThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, in a report tabled in Lok Sabha, pointed out the high range o...
08 Feb, 2024, 07.35 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi, ministers engage in MGNREGA matchIn her Zero Hour submission, Gandhi began by taking an indirect jibe at PM Modi: "Despite some people in the past mocking Mgnrega", the rur...
01 Apr, 2022, 12.48 AM IST
Seven out of 10 workers lost employment during lockdown in Karnataka: SurveyThe survey covered self-employed, casual, and regular wage and salaried workers and it released the findings for Karnataka on Thursday. Sev...
28 May, 2020, 06.08 PM IST
6.5 lakh new workers push up NREGA demand, cut farm wages in UPAccording to the state’s rural development department data accessed by ET, on April 21, when economic activity was allowed to resume in sel...
05 May, 2020, 11.40 PM IST
Rate cut on small savings will add to people’s woes: CongressThe rate cut came after the Reserve Bank of India recently reduced its key lending rate by 75 basis points to counter any economic fallout ...
02 Apr, 2020, 07.27 AM IST
Government to take up exercise of geo-tagging on a mission mode under MNREGSNarendra Modi asked for online recording and monitoring of assets to check leakages and for effective mapping of terrain for future develop...
24 Jun, 2016, 10.25 PM IST
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%.
29 Apr, 2016, 08.01 PM IST
Mission for Green India, MGNREGA will converge to facilitate afforestation on 10 million hectares of landConvergence of the UPA scheme with Green Mission will provide livelihood to three million households through afforestation.
09 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
No dilution of NREGA, revisit to enhance assets: GovernmentSingh said payments were getting delayed because many State Governments failed to submit the proper audit report in time for release of fun...
20 Dec, 2014, 04.14 PM IST
No dilution of MGNREGA, revisit scheme to enhance asset quality: GovernmentSingh said payments were getting delayed because many State Governments failed to submit the proper audit report in time for release of fun...
20 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Wage-material ratio to remain same in MGNREGA: Birender Singh“We will ensure that there is no change in the wage material ratio at the gram panchayat level and the material component does not exceed 4...
28 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar urges PM Narendra Modi to increase MGNREGA allocationTripura CM Manik Sarkar has sought intervention of the PM on the issue of reduction of money allocation for implementing MGNREGA in the sta...
04 Nov, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar urges PM Narendra Modi to increase MGNREGA allocationSarkar said the state government had expected that the wages in the MGNREGA would be increased for creating assets in the rural areas.
04 Nov, 2014, 02.54 PM IST
Temporary labour shortage reported due to MGNREGA: GovernmentTemporary shortage of labour has been reported during the peak agriculture season because of the employment guarantee scheme under MGNREGA.
03 May, 2013, 04.07 PM IST
Ramesh contradicts FM, says NREGA has positive impactsRural development minister Jairam Ramesh writes to PM explaining positive impact of the rural employment guarantee programme on agricultura...
14 Feb, 2013, 07.20 AM IST
Higher NREGA payouts stoking inflation fearsWages under MNREGA have risen following adjustments for price rise, creating apprehension that this may add to the inflationary pressures.
27 Mar, 2012, 10.35 AM IST
- Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh opposes idea of suspending MGNREGA
Shooting down a suggestion from Sharad Pawar, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that there should not be any dilution in th...
12 Aug, 2011, 03.47 AM IST