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Lower NREGA outlay to ensure cartels don’t usurp funds

For FY23, the government has enhanced the outlay for the rural job guarantee programme from Rs 73,000 crore in the…

February 4, 2023 02:35 IST

Water conservation: PM Modi says govt efforts alone cannot be successful, people’s participation required

In his virtual address at the first national conference of water ministers from states, Modi said water should be a…

Updated: January 5, 2023 13:27 IST

India’s employment gaining momentum, shows FinMin’s Oct economic review; hiring sentiment strongest globally

A slowdown in demand for work under MGNREGS surfaced as a sign of healthy recovery in the rural economy and…

November 25, 2022 09:52 IST

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Women’s share in jobs under MG-NREGS rises

The MG-NREGS is a demand-driven scheme for the enhancement of livelihood security of households in rural areas, by providing at…

September 15, 2022 01:15 IST

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Demand for MG-NREGS works falls to 34-month low in August

Trend signals economic recovery, Govt also seems to curb spending on the scheme

September 3, 2022 03:30 IST

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Modi govt spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA in 8 years, fixed UPA loopholes, implemented DBT: FM Sitharaman

“During the past eight years, Telangana received Rs 20,000 crore under MGNREGA. During the same period all over the country…

September 2, 2022 11:23 IST

Demand for MGNREGS work falls in July, signals rise in economic activities

Person days of work generation in the current year were higher in May and June at around 435 million and…

August 1, 2022 02:20 IST

The MG-NREGS dashboard, maintained by the rural development ministry, showed nearly 31.7 million households and 43.2 million persons were looking for work in June this year, higher from 25.4 million and 35.3 million respectively, over the same month in 2019-20, the year before the pandemic hit the country.

Rural livelihoods: Demand for MG-NREGS jobs still elevated

During the same month in FY21 and FY22, there were higher demand for work from both households and individuals compared…

July 2, 2022 02:15 IST

At the household level also, demand for work was lower compared with the previous month as well as in the same month last year by 3% and 11%, respectively.

Work under rural job scheme falls to two-year low in April

Work generated in April was down 30% from the previous month and 50% from the year-ago period, according to the…

May 4, 2022 04:45 IST

Strategic subsidising: Desperately needing subsidy reforms

The growing per capita subsidy outgo shows that there is a need to target it better, and perhaps move to…

April 6, 2022 03:50 IST

A parliamentary standing committee recently recommended hiking guaranteed days of work under the MG-NREGS to at least 150 days.

Rural jobs scheme: Only half of targeted work created in FY22

The FY22 achievement is only one-third of the recommendation.

April 5, 2022 06:15 IST

The committee also expressed its anguish to note that the scheme is getting riddled with malpractices ranging from fake job cards, irregularities of funds, unfair practices in usage of machines to name a few. (Representative image)

MG-NREGS: Caste-based wage payment angers House panel

Wage payment on the basis of caste started earlier this fiscal. Earlier, there were no provision for any category-wise prioritisation…

March 19, 2022 01:45 IST

MG-NREGS: Demand for work under rural scheme at six-month high in February

The MG-NREGS dashboard showed 30.58 million rural youth demanded work under the scheme in February. In August FY22, a higher…

March 17, 2022 02:45 IST

The situation is similar in Haryana and Punjab. Both have 22 districts each under the scheme, but only four such districts in Haryana and seven in Punjab have ombudspersons, as per data available with the ministry.

States that don’t appoint MGNREGA ombudsperson in at least 80 pc districts won’t get funds

The minister also requested all states and union territories to cooperate with the central government in making MGNREGA more transparent…

February 27, 2022 18:25 IST

Budget 2022: Need to get realistic on MGNREGA allocation

Panel right on gap between budgeted and actual MGNREGA spend; no need for 150 days of work, though.

February 16, 2022 04:15 IST

MG-NREGS: ‘Funds allocated for FY23 just enough for up to 21 days of work for a rural household’

People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) estimated that FY22 would end with pending liabilities of over `21,000 crore under MG-NREGS.

February 11, 2022 06:15 IST

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Open to more funds for NREGS, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Replying to the general discussion on the Budget for FY23 in the Lok Sabha, the finance minister also asserted that…

February 11, 2022 04:45 IST

Guaranteed work under MG-NREGS must be for 150 days in a year: House panel

The committee said the ambit of permissible works under MGNREGA require a much more frequent revision.

February 10, 2022 06:30 IST

This goal has never been met, but the achievement this year could be closer to the threshold.

Odisha’s Ganjam district generates 1 crore person days of work under MGNREGA in 2 months

The district has an annual target of 3.29 crore person days in the 2021-22 fiscal, sources said. Around 54 per…

June 12, 2021 12:46 IST

Similarly, Barmani in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, DTE reports, was virtually abandoned because of distress migration in 2006, but by 2021, it had 7 big ponds and 39 wells that had perennial water availability.

MGNREGS: Spend on rural jobs schemes crosses Rs 1 lakh crore; Rajasthan top gainer

The Congress-ruled Rajasthan stood at the first slot, as it created 43 crore person days as on Monday; West Bengal…

March 16, 2021 03:00 IST

While the services sector is picking up -- the February composite PMI was up at 57.3 from 55.8 in January — the loss of momentum elsewhere is a concern at a time when there is fresh surge of infections especially in key states like Maharashtra.

Economy: Recovery continues but losing tempo; labour-intensive sectors still remain sluggish

The performance of the core sector, for instance, continued to improve in January but at a slower pace; the increase…

March 15, 2021 05:30 IST

Govt may increase MGNREGA spend if need arises: Anurag Thakur

He said many parameters indicate that the economy is on the path of strong rebound and the Budget has also…

February 7, 2021 16:52 IST

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Budget 2016 and poverty in India: A booster shot for MGNREGA? All you want to know in 10 points

Arun Jaitley’s Budget 2016 and poverty in India: With a 14-percent rise in funding for the programme run under the…

March 2, 2016 21:14 IST

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RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday left the key policy rate unchanged but indicated at accommodative stance saying with “inflation…

February 3, 2016 14:30 IST

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MGNREGA scheme completes 10 years: All you wanted to know in 5 points

The MGNREGA scheme has completed 10 years of implementation on Tuesday. Here is all you wanted to know about the…

February 2, 2016 12:14 IST

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