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MGNREGA protest against new app-based attendance enters day 40, Oppn MPs extend support
India | Apr 03, 2023, 11:45 PM ISTMGNREGA 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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10 Years of MGNREGA: Half full, half empty
India | Feb 09, 2016, 01:14 PM ISTThe 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,
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Chinese civilians enter Ladakh, prevent work on irrigation project
India | Sep 16, 2014, 09:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Chinese civilians in government vehicles have entered Indian territory in Demchok in Ladakh and are preventing locals from working on an irrigation project there before President Xi Jinping's visit to India.The Indian government
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2 crore mandays generated under NREGA
India | Aug 02, 2014, 12:27 PM ISTBurdwan(WB): Burdwan district which has the distinction of the highest generator of persondays of NREGA work throughout the country has already generated more then two crore persondays' in just four months of this financial year,
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Govt to ensure timely payment of MNREGS funds: Munde
Jun 01, 2014, 07:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union rural development minister Gopinath Munde has said he would ensure effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in the country by preparing an integrated plan. He said he
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SC nod for CBI probe into alleged irregularities in NREGA
India | Mar 14, 2014, 03:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today gave a green signal for a CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of funds under the NREGA scheme in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh.A bench headed by Chief Justice P
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Ramesh writes to UP CM to implement HC order on NREGA funds
National | Feb 12, 2014, 04:02 PM ISTLucknow: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off another letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking early implementation of the Allahabad High Court order on CBI inquiry into misappropriation of funds under the
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Like to see more women at forefront of people's empowerment : Suu Kyi
World | Nov 17, 2012, 05:46 PM ISTKothalagutta, Nov 17: Nobel Peace Laureate and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said she would like to see more women at the forefront of people's empowerment in India.“When I arrived here
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PM, Sonia Admits To "Lapses" In Implementation Of NREGA
India | Feb 02, 2010, 09:34 PM ISTMarking completion of four years of UPA government's rural employment guarantee scheme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday admitted there were some "lapses" in its implementation, including the problem of payment of wages to workers.