MGNREGA
- India
App-based attendance weakening MGNREGA: Aruna Roy
New Delhi: As MGNREGA workers continue their 100-day protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the recently introduced app-based attendance system, social activist Aruna Roy on Friday said the new system is weakening…
- India
Kapil Sibal takes a jibe at ED, calls it Centre’s Valentine
New Delhi: Independent MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids in opposition-ruled states, its party leaders and described the probe agency as Centre’s valentine. “Enforcement Directorate (ED)– the…
- India
Giriraj challenges Rahul to a debate on MGNREGA, dismisses his ‘wild allegations’
New Delhi: Dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s charges related to MGNREGA, Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Saturday that both allocations for the scheme and asset creations under it during the Narendra…
- India
Fund allocation for MGNREGA has not gone down: Sitharaman
Bhubaneswar: The fund allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGA) has not gone down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Friday, adding it is a demand driven scheme and as…
- India
MGNREGA becoming victim of BJP-led govt’s repressive policies: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP-led government on Friday for reducing the MGNREGA budget and alleged that the scheme, which was the foundation of India’s rural economy, is becoming…
- India
Central dues to Bengal under MGNREGA still at Rs 7,000 crore: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the total central dues to the state government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) currently stands at…
- India
Rural Development Ministry allays fear over budget cut in MGNREGA
New Delhi: The Ministry of Rural Development said on Friday that the concern that lower allocation for the MGNREGA scheme for 2023-24 may affect the rural employment scheme is far from the…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: BRS to protest against Centre over MGNREGA delay for farmers
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and IT minister KT Rama Rao urged party members to hold protests on Friday in all district headquarters throughout the state in response to the…
- India
MGNREGA fraud worth Rs 3 crore unearthed in Gujarat, 4 booked
Amreli: Four officers working for the MGNREGA department have been booked for siphoning Rs 3.30 crore from the government’s treasury in Gujarat’s Amreli district. From 2015-2019, the accused created duplicate job cards,…
- India
WB: HC seeks affidavit from govt on PIL alleging MGNREGA irregularities
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday sought an affidavit from the West Bengal government in connection with a PIL filed by the leader of opposition in West Bengal…
- India
Will I have to touch feet of PM Modi to get MGNREGA funds: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned whether she will have to touch the feet of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the dues of the state government…
- India
Cobweb delaying MGNREGA payment needs to be surgically cleared
New Delhi: A Parliamentary standing committee in its report on MGNREG Act observed that the bureaucratic cobweb surrounding the factors for delay in payment need to be surgically cleared off. The Parliamentary…
- Telangana
Telangana: MGNREGS records a 7.6% drop in employment for 2021-22
Hyderabad: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) recorded a steep decrease in employment in Telangana in the year 2021-22. Employment in the state took a dip of 7.6% compared…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Nearly half of MGNREGS workers remain unemployed
Hyderabad: 44.8 lakh people eligible under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are currently unemployed in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The team at LibTech India, an organisation that…
