[ad_1] SRINAGAR: During a review of the Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj schemes in the UT of J&K, it was revealed that the region is making significant progress towards finishing approximately 200,000 projects under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this fiscal year. The meeting wasContinue Reading
[ad_1] JAMMU: In a historic achievement J&K is well on target to complete around 2 lakh works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this financial year. This information was given out in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta to review the performanceContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: Alleging that the NDA government is on its way to gradually doing away with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), many civil society groups and labour organisations have appealed to opposition parties to support their demands for an increase in budgetary allocation for theContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Two employees have been suspended and an enquiry has been initiated for releasing excess payment under MGNREGA in block SK Pora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official said that two employees identified as Musadiq Nazir (VLW) and Ilyas Ahmad Wani (In-charge Junior Assistant) of block Snoor Kali-PoraContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: As MGNREGA workers continue their 100-day protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the recently introduced app-based attendance system, social activist Aruna Roy on Friday said the new system is weakening the law. Roy, who played a key role in the stir for the rural employment guarantee law,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Jahangir Lolabi Kupwara, Feb 18 (GNS): Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Kupwara has ordered for immediate suspension of a Village Level Worker (VLW) and a Gram Rojgar Sevak (GRS) over alleged fraudulent withdrawal of MGNREGA funds in Lolab. “During the inspection of Development works of Block Sogam on 14-02-2023, aContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: Dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s charges related to MGNREGA, Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Saturday that both allocations for the scheme and asset creations under it during the Narendra Modi government were more than the previous UPA dispensation. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of SarasContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Kupwara has ordered for immediate suspension of a Village Level Worker (VLW) and a Gram Rojgar Sevak (GRS) over alleged fraudulent withdrawal of MGNREGA funds in Lolab. “During the inspection of Development works of Block Sogam on 14-02-2023, a fraudulent drawl in respect ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: The fund allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGA) has not gone down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Friday, adding it is a demand driven scheme and as and when the demand increases, the Centre provides money. Addressing a post-budget press conference here, Sitharaman said:Continue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP-led government on Friday for reducing the MGNREGA budget and alleged that the scheme, which was the foundation of India’s rural economy, is becoming a victim of the Centre’s repressive policies. He also accused the government of misusing Aadhaar against theContinue Reading