MGNREGS

IMF delegates participate in a news conference on the IMF release of the World Economic Outlook Update, at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Names of 5 crore MGNREGS workers deleted in 2022-23,…

Working under MGNREGS: Women workers begin desilting work as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Nidigattu village near Bheemunipatnam in Visakhapatnam district on April 23, 2020 | Photo…

The Congress general secretary for communications and former Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh also expressed dismay at the sharp cut. Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah In line with the recent…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, February 1, presented the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 general elections. The Minister announced a range of new initiatives, revised income tax slabs and…

Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot | Photo Credit: PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on February 1 criticised the Union Budget for neglecting the important areas of education, health and social justice…

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves after briefing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on the Union Budget 2023-24, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI BJP MPs on Friday interacted with Union…

The Centre has spent Rs 5 trillion on MGNREGA scheme during the past eight years, out of…

The demand for jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MG-NREGS), both at the household as well as the individual level, continued to remain elevated compared with the pre-pandemic days, indicating strain on rural…

Work generation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) fell 7.1% in 2021-22 compared to that in 2020-21, when the first wave of Covid-19 struck India, leading to stringent restrictions, but was 36.5%…