Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 22:34
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved release of wages directly to the accounts of the workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2015, 20:09
A study by an autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Finance has claimed that "50 percent" of the MGNREGA beneficiaries "pay bribes" for payment of their wages.
Last Updated: Monday, March 23, 2015, 18:20
The first meeting of NITI Aayog's sub-group on Centrally Sponsored Schemes, scheduled for March 27, is likely to be pushed to next month as some Chief Ministers have expressed inability to attend it.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 28, 2015, 15:14
Arun Jaitely while presenting the Union Budget 2015-16, here today, said that government is committed to supporting employment through MGNREGA and ensure that no one who is poor is left without employment.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:18
With villagers opposing her return, the tribal girl allegedly gangraped on the order of a kangaroo court in Birbhum district would be provided a job under MGNREGA and a house by the state government near her village.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:15
Expressing concern over reported delay in payment of wages to the workers under MGNREGA, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Odisha government to clear the backlog immediately.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 17:51
Coming down heavily on the Odisha government over the recent palm-chopping of two labourers in Kalahandi district, the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) on Tuesday said the unfortunate incident was an outcome of the state`s failure to implement the MGNREGA Act.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 12:35
The month-long deadlock between the district authorities and panchayat members of Bandhugaon block of Odisha`s Koraput district is on despite the administration`s steps to break it.
Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 22:15
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday suggested taking more MGNREGA schemes to private farmland, contending it will help farmers who have been suffering due to weather-triggered crop failure.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:13
Asking the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure effective implementation of central schemes, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said complaints were being received regarding the MGNREGA in the state.
Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 15:20
Puducherry government is keen on ensuring full and absolute implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, welfare minister P Rajavelu said Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 13:49
Over 3,000 works have been completed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Budgam district of Kashmir, generating 4,67,122 man-days of employment under the scheme.
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