New Delhi: As MGNREGA completes ten years tomorrow, Narendra Modi govermment, which earlier appeared critical of the UPA's flagship rural job scheme, today hailed the measure saying the achievements of a decade are a "cause of
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today slammed the Gujarat government for not implementing the National Food Security Act, asking if it was not part of India or wanted to break away.The apex court bench headed
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel today expressed dissatisfaction over lack of grievance redressal mechanism in a number of states for MGNREGA and pitched for strong monitoring for successful implementation of the flagship rural job scheme.The
Ghaziabad: Congress will bounce back to its glorious past within a short span of time as the grassroots workers of the party are striving hard relentlessly, party MP and former Union minister Kamal Nath said.
New Delhi: Sushil Kumar, winner of the fifth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) in 2011, now lives in poverty, struggling to make ends meet. He was the first person to win Rs 5 crore
New Delhi: Civil society activists as well as economists on Monday decried the "budget cuts" being made by the government for the rural employment guarantee act.The government seems to have decided to ignore its legal
Burdwan (WB): To bring people engaged in illegal extraction of coal from abandoned coal pits into mainstream, the district authorities have launched a number of schemes under the MGNREGA in Burdwan district. Burdwan District Magistrate
Patna: Legislators of JD(U), RJD and Congress today united to stage a dharna here to protest the “discriminatory attitude” of the NDA government at the Centre towards Bihar.The legislators accused the Central government of slashing
Jamui: Lashing out at the Centre for discriminating against Bihar by slashing funds under various Central schemes, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said he will hit the streets from January 15 next to galvanise
New Delhi: To plug leakages in implementation of MGNREGA, the Centre is planning to introduce Mobile Monitoring System for effective execution of works under the rural job scheme.Union Rural Development Ministry officials said the system
New Delhi: Government today insisted in Lok Sabha that it was committed to MGNREGA but noted that there are certain aspects, including the need of enhancing asset quality, which require “revisit of the scheme”.Rural Development
Asansol: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today criticised the central government for its reported move to dilute provisions of the rural work guarantee programme MGNREGA and threatened to launch a movement against it.“I reiterate
New Delhi: Opposition parties today termed Narendra Modi government's maiden budget a “disappointment” and an “anti-poor” exercise which can “benefit only the rich”. Despite raising expectations, the budget has turned out to be a “missed
Agartala: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA to help millionaires, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleged Tuesday.The scheme under the
New Delhi: Under persistent opposition for suggesting converting Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) into a job guarantee scheme, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has spelled out that she did not argue against
New Delhi, Jul 30: In a pre-election freebie, one member of every rural households who has completed 100 days of work under MGNREGA may get free mobile device under a new programme aimed at empowerment.Under
Shimla, July 30: All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Ambika Soni Monday said that like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) the central government's food security scheme would also empower people."The Congress
United Nations, Oct 10: The UPA government that has been facing brickbats from the opposition parties has got a compliment from BJP leader L K Advani for its flagship programme, MGNREGA, which he said has
New Delhi, July 11: Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed shock and disgust over “deliberate distortion” of his statement in the media about middle class attitude towards price rise, saying he did not “mock or
Rampur(UP), Oct 30: Alleging huge embezzlement of funds in implementation of MGNREGA scheme in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today dared Chief Minister Mayawati to recommend a CBI probe into the issue.“MGNREGA's implementation in
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