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  Mallikarjun Kharge on VB-G RAM G Act: 'This law will crush the poor, we will fight against it'

  India | December 27, 2025 15:56 IST

  Mallikarjun Kharge on VB-G RAM G Act said states will have additional expenditure burden and this is a one-sided decision without consultation.

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  Manmohan Singh legacy: From economic advisor to becoming PM, here are his achievements including RTI

  India | December 27, 2024 13:27 IST

  Manmohan Singh, India’s 13th Prime Minister, is remembered for his pivotal role in the country’s economic transformation. From launching the RTI Act to implementing the MNREGA and Aadhaar initiatives, his legacy includes landmark policies that reshaped India.

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  Rahul Gandhi takes dig at Centre in message to MNREGA workers: 'PM increased your salary by Rs 7'

  India | March 28, 2024 16:08 IST

  Rahul Gandhi vowed to "increase the wages of every labourer to Rs 400 per day on the first day" if voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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  Bihar government asks 81,000 farmers to return ineligible PM-Kisan benefits

  Bihar | September 10, 2023 23:48 IST

  The ineligible farmers in Bihar were found to be income tax payees since 2020. The other reasons for ineligibility include being government employees, pensioners, and beneficiaries of other government schemes such as MNREGA.

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  MGNREGA protest against new app-based attendance enters day 40, Oppn MPs extend support

  India | April 03, 2023 23:45 IST

  MGNREGA workers are protesting the new app-based attendance system. However, the government supports the new system asserting it will do away with the corruption inflicted upon the scheme.

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  Haryana to spend Rs 1,000 crore under MGNREGA this year: Dy CM Dushyant

  India | May 19, 2020 20:33 IST

  Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said that the works under MGNREGA will be encouraged and the state has targeted to spend Rs 1,000 crore this year under the scheme, which is more than double over the previous year.

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  Assam to provide work to returning migrant labourers under MGNREGA

  India | May 18, 2020 0:31 IST

  Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday ordered issuing job cards to migrant workers returning to the state from different parts of the country due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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  Over 33 cr people get Rs 31,235 cr assistance under PM Garib Kalyan package

  India | April 23, 2020 16:37 IST

  As part of the Rs 1.70 lakh crore relief package, the government announced free foodgrains and cash doles to women and poor senior citizens and farmers to mitigate the hardships during the lockdown.

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  MGNREGA works will resume in non-containment zones in efficient manner: Tomar

  India | April 16, 2020 23:16 IST

  Works under MGNREGA will resume in non-containment areas in an efficient manner with a focus on social distancing and use of protective face cover, Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Thursday.

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  Inquiry ordered into alleged violation of PRA guidelines by panchayat members in J & K's Kishtwar

  India | December 21, 2019 16:37 IST

  Kishtwar District Development Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana took cognizance of the matter and launched the inquiry, the officials said. The additional district development commissioner of Kishtwar, Mohammad Hanief Malik, has been designated as the inquiry officer, they said.

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  Election Commission likely to clear revised MNREGA wage rates from April 1

  India | March 27, 2019 7:40 IST

  The government in this year's interim budget had proposed to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for rural employment scheme under MGNREGA for the year 2019-20.

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  Gujarat: Tribals in Ahmedabad demand implementation of FRA, MNREGA; launch protest

  India | February 12, 2019 10:28 IST

  The protesters also demanded their rights under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA) and Food Security Act (FSA).

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  Release funds for MNREGA, pay damages to farmers: SC to Centre

  India | May 13, 2016 14:04 IST

  The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to release all the outstanding and necessary funds for MNREGA scheme to the States and directed it to pay compensation for delayed wages to the farmers in drought- affected areas.

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  Govt releases Rs 9,367 cr under MGNREGA to drought-hit states

  May 06, 2016 16:44 IST

  The Centre has released Rs 9,367 crore to drought-hit states under MGNREGA in 2016-17, Parliament was informed today.

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  Don’t need Rs 5 wage hike: Jharkhand MNREGA workers return money to PM Modi with ‘achche din’ reminder

  India | May 02, 2016 12:38 IST

  MGNREGA workers from Latehar district of Jharkhand have in separate envelopes returned their Rs 5 ‘meagre’ wage hike to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May Day. Shouting slogans like 'panch rupaiye mein kaise ayenge achhe din', the workers also took

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  2015-16 worst year for MGNREGA, 23 percent drop in assets created

  India | April 29, 2016 13:56 IST

  After spending about Rs.3.5 lakh crore ($51 billion) - almost equal to IndiaÂ’s subsidy and pensions budget for 2015-16 - over 10 years on the worldÂ’s largest rural jobs programme, it has provided less than

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  PM Modi reviews infra projects, wants early completion of Hyderabad Metro

  National | December 30, 2015 19:27 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pushed for early completion of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project as he reviewed the progress of vital infrastructure projects in road, railway, metro rail, power and food processing

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  Additional 50 days under MNREGA in drought hit areas: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  National | September 16, 2015 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi government has green signalled additional employment of 50 days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MNREGA) in drought hit areas of the country. This would in addition to the already

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  Shocking: Unable to feed her 5 kids, woman farmer burns herself to death

  India | September 07, 2015 12:44 IST

  New Delhi: In yet another shocking incident that highlights the plight of farmers, a mother who was unable to feed her five children any more burnt herself to death in the drought hit Marathwada region.According

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  Parliament panel questions govt silence over CAG audit of 'fake' MGNREGA job cards

  National | August 12, 2015 22:42 IST

  New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel today questioned the "silence" of the government over resolving the issue of "fake" job cards in MGNREGA and pitched for conducting random inspection and getting them audited under the Comptroller