PM rejects Mulayam`s demand for scrapping MNREGA

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 22:20

PM said UPA`s ambitious flagship social sector programme "provides a safety net to a very large number of rural families in times of distress."

MNREGA workers to get more wages

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 20:28

MNREGA workers will now get more money with the Centre revising their wages from April 1 under which the maximum daily wage of Rs 214 has been fixed for Haryana while Bihar, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh will get the minimum of Rs 135.

Mulayam should first ask son if he wants NREGA scrapped: Ramesh

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 21:34

Taking on Mulayam Singh Yadav over his demand to scrap MNREGA, Jairam Ramesh said Akhilesh Yadav appears not to share his views.

Works connected with Rlys may be brought under MNREGA

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 20:28

The Rural Development Ministry may soon notify some works connected with the Railways like afforestation.

MNREGA will help implement direct benefit transfers: PM

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 15:55

The Prime Minister also asked the Rural Development Ministry to ensure that panchayats are provided full technical assistance.

MNREGA will help implement direct benefit transfers: PM

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 13:32

The use of information technology in MNREGA at many levels has helped making governance better and increase accountability and transparency in government work, he said.

Congress wants MP govt to account for MNREGA funds

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 23:45

Opposition Leader in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh demanded that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should come up with a detailed account of Rs 21,000 crore.

Congress wants Madhya Pradesh govt to account for MNREGA funds

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 22:20

Alleging corruption in MNREGA scheme, Madhya Pradesh Congress` Ajay Singh demanded Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should come up with account of Rs 21,000 crore received between 2005 and 2011.

`Centre has asked states to rehabilitate manual scavengers`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 18:50

Centre has directed all the states to provide alternate employment to those involved in manual scavenging so that they can leave the "dirty job", Union Minister Krishna Tirath said on Thursday.

Chhattisgarh district chosen for MNREGA award

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 14:27

Naxal-infested Kanker district in Chhattisgarh has been selected by Centre for the prestigious award for successful implementation of MGNREGA.

Sharad Pawar concerned over declining work culture

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 16:30

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday stressed on the implementation of centrally sponsored projects like Maharashtra Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Political interference, admin weakness ruined Jharkhand: Jairam Ramesh

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 16:25

Jharkhand has been ruined due to political interference and administrative weakness, which have rendered central schemes ineffective Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh has said.