A delegation of Suchna Evam Rozgar Adhikar Abhiyan today handed over a representation to the MGNREGA Commissioner demanding increase of work days from 100 to 150 in drought affected areas.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today demanded change in the work timings under MGNREGA
and alleged that the state government's 'negligence' was taking a toll on the labourers.
Rural employment and income are adversely affected by natural calamities like droughts and floods, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said today.
A CAG report regarding social audit in the rural job flagship scheme MGNREGA has found a number of loopholes including non-setting up of social audit units in eight states and shortage of resource persons to carry out the sam
West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu — states that are currently in assembly elections mode — have registered huge spurt in job numbers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act (MGNREGA).
As far as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is concerned, three northeastern states lead the table in providing rural jobs while another two are at the very bottom of the table, official fig
The data for 10 drought-hit states show that a total of 1.52 crore people got employment under MGNREGA in the financial year ending March 31, 2015. But of this, just 2.80 lakh i.e. 1.8 per cent were employed for 150 days.
The Narendra Modi government today released its share of funds to the tune of Rs 12,230 crore to the states for the rural job flagship scheme MGNREGA...
The Rural Development Ministry will carry out a pilot study on environmental benefits and green outcomes of rural flagship scheme MGNREGA in seven states with the help of United Nations Development Programme.
