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: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 20:00
Jairam Ramesh strongly pitched for bringing flexibility in UPA`s flagship NREGA, saying it has not achieved all the three objectives.
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: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 14:10
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a not a permanent solution for providing jobs in rural parts of the country, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 19:26
The government is planning to launch an awareness programme to highlight various aspects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), an official said here Sunday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 22:04
MNREGS, the UPA government's flagship rural employment guarantee scheme, has benefited women and unskilled labourers the most, an official said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 19:51
Bengal state Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya today said he will write to union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh apprising about the "misuse of NREGA funds in the state".
Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 12:56
The AP RD and PHE departments have agreed for convergence of MG-NREGA scheme works with Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan at gram panchayat level.
Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 18:42
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday strongly opposed Centre`s cash transfer scheme, saying the poor will not get the money as there is no mechanism to implement it.
Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:29
Jairam Ramesh also quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying that "your money in your hand is an effective instrument of Congress and the government to fight against corruption."
Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2012, 14:16
AIUDF has demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged anomalies and irregularities in job cards in NREGA in Assam`s Cachar district.
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