MGNREGA in doldrums due to BJP govt's neglect: Chidambaram
Politics | Jan 07, 2019, 10:46 AM IST"With funds not available, work has completely stopped in many panchayats," he claimed.
"With funds not available, work has completely stopped in many panchayats," he claimed.
Congress Communications Incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters here that rural wages were going down for the last four years and allocations have been delayed.
In the lowest ever hike in wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the flagship scheme launched by the erstwhile UPA dispensation, the Centre has effected a meagre 2.7 per cent increase this financial year.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the pace of construction of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads has accelerated to reach 133 km roads per day in 2016-17, as against an average
The huge cash crunch in the country following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise announcement to demonetise higher currency notes has led to a sharp downfall in guarantee scheme jobs. The number of households getting work
New Delhi: Often under attack over alleged poor execution of MGNREGA scheme, Government today claimed the average person days employment generated per household last fiscal was highest in eight years at 49 days even as
Ranchi: Jharkhand used the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to create one lakh small water bodies to conserve water and irrigate fields in a period of just 60 days, said an official
Three northeastern states lead the table in providing rural jobs while another two are at the very bottom of the table, official figures show.
New Delhi: In a severe reprimand for the central government over its failure to release adequate funds to states for the rural jobs guarantee scheme MGNREGA, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre to provide
The fruits of a people's movement and the world's largest anti-poverty public works, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) last year provided employment to 22% of all rural homes. At its peak five years ago,
New Delhi: The BJP-led government has boosted spending under the UPA's flagship rural jobs scheme MGNREGA to a record high and will for the first time ever provide funds over and above the budgeted amount,
New Delhi: The 10th anniversary of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ) has seen Narendra Modi-led NDA government taking a complete U-turn on the flagship rural job guarantee scheme introduced by Manmohan
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
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