Rural development schemes likely to drive `green agenda`

Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 16:10

Realising their "immense potential", Government is planning to use rural development schemes like MGNREGA as a vehicle to promote green agenda.

Govt to dole out Rs 99,000 cr for flagship schemes this fiscal

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 18:06

States failed to utilise nearly Rs 30,000 crore meant for various flagship programmes like MGNREGA, even as the government promised to dole out Rs 99,000 crore for such schemes in the current fiscal.

Ramesh for CBI probe into MGNREGA irregularities in UP

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 18:20

Ramesh Tuesday said he will request UP CM Akhilesh Yadav to recommend a CBI probe into irregularities in MGNREGA scheme.

Bihar to pay MGNREGA wages through banks

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 12:34

Bihar govt has decided to pay wages to workers under rural jobs scheme through public sector banks instead of post offices to check irregularities.

Advani praises UPA`s MGNREGA at the UN

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 12:52

The UPA government that has been facing brickbats from the opposition parties has got a compliment from BJP leader LK Advani for MGNREGA.

Govt announces relief measures for drought-hit areas

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 22:16

The relief includes increasing the number of guaranteed work days under MGNREGA to 150 days from 100 days and reducing interest rates on rescheduled crop loans to 7 percent for this fiscal.

No of MGNREGA work days up to 150, only 7% rate on crop loans

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 18:50

These decisions were approved by the EGoM on drought headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, they said.

Ensure one a/c per family among urban poor: Govt to banks

Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 11:41

The directive comes at a time when the government has been "emphasising the need" for transferring all benefits including Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) wages and various cash subsidies to beneficiaries by direct credit to their bank accounts.

Jaya sets up audit society to monitor MGNREGA disbursals

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 18:38

Seeking to ensure transparency in disbursal of wages to workers employed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, Jayalalithaa announced formation of an audit society to oversee the process.

Raj CM for contingency plans as monsoon delayed

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 21:17

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot directed officials to prepare contingency plans for departments of water and power, agriculture, animal husbandry and rural development.