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Indian govt to give additional funds for rural schemes to ease pain: Report

The additional funds will be used to bulk up job and affordable housing schemes in the fiscal year ending March 2023

Increasing responsibilities

Fiscal management will become more difficult

MGNREGS work demand slows but still higher than pre-pandemic months

Experts say unless non-farm activities grow in rural areas or demand rises in the urban, the informal sector might continue to struggle

Despite economic recovery, real rural wage growth remains flat in FY23

The growth in nominal terms has been steady but the sharp rise in inflation seems to have eaten into the increase

Centre will now define minimum work requirement under MGNREGA: Report

Earlier, state governments had the responsibility to define the minimum quantum of work required to earn a day's wages

MGNREGA improved earnings during Covid-19, but more funding needed: Report

According to the 'Employment Guarantee during Covid-19' report, the spending on the MGNREGA needs to go up by three times

Demand for work under MGNREGA rises marginally in September: Report

Experts have said that with a dip in farm jobs, the demand for MGNREGA jobs may rise further

States' MGNREGA under probe for potential financial misappropriation

Some states have been using more than permitted MGNREGA funds to build rural infrastructure instead of generating livelihood opportunities for rural needy, says Central government

Healthy revenue buoyancy expected for rest of the year: Finance Ministry

The Monthly Economic Report states that India is in a better position to calibrate liquidity levels without stalling growth

Congress' Rahul Gandhi talks of nextgen MGNREGA during Bharat Jodo Yatra

As the country gets more urbanised there is a need to evolve a modern social welfare scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Tuesday. Gandhi, while interacting with MGNREGA workers during the break between the two phases of the day's Bharat Jodo Yatra, said a large part of the population now live in urban areas and therefore, we need to think "what is the urban MGNREGA idea". "As India gets more urbanised, what's the next step for MGNREGA? There is a need to evolve a modern social welfare scheme. Met with MGNREGA workers and listened to their issues. These are the conversations that will lead to a new inclusive vision for India," he tweeted after the interaction. Sharing a video-clip of the discussion he held with the MGNREGA workers, Gandhi said the idea of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was to create a minimum wage in the country below which nobody had to work. "Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) was the idea that we will create a minimum income

Identifying works and funding key to national urban job scheme

The financial burden depends on the design of the scheme.

Rajasthan CM launches employment scheme for families in urban areas

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched a scheme on the lines of the MGNREGA to provide 100 days of employment to families in urban areas. Calling the launching of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme historic, Gehlot said any family that wants to increase their income at a time of high inflation could seek jobs under it. The scheme has been prepared after studying similar such programmes in other states, he added after launching the programme during a state-level event at Ambedkar Bhawan here. Ten women beneficiaries were presented job cards during the function. Under the scheme, projects on environment protection, water conservation, heritage conservation, maintenance of gardens, removal of encroachment, illegal sign boards, hoardings and banners, and sanitation will be undertaken. People in the 18 to 60 age group are eligible for the scheme, under which at least 50 people in each ward of urban local bodies will be given employment. To register for it, a .

Rajasthan CM Gehlot to launch 100 days' employment scheme in urban areas

The Rajasthan government is going to launch on Friday its ambitious scheme to provide 100 days of employment to needy families in urban areas on the lines of the MGNREGA. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is scheduled launch the "Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme" in the presence of Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi, Agriculture Minister Lal Chand Kataria and Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corporation Mayor Munesh Gurjar. Local MLAs will also be present on the occasion. The state-level programme will be held near a tunnel on Agra Road, an official said. Ministers in-charge of districts will launch the scheme in their respective districts. More than 2.25 lakh families have already registered for the scheme announced by the chief minister in the state budget this year. Projects on environment protection, water conservation, heritage conservation, maintenance of gardens, removal of

Centre spent Rs 5 trillion on MGNREGA scheme in 8 years: FM Sitharaman

The Centre has spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme during the past eight years, out of which 20 per cent was spent during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking to reports in Kamareddy district of Telangana on Thursday, she said the state was given Rs 20,000 crore under the the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the past eight years. "During the past eight years, Telangana received Rs 20,000 crore under MGNREGA. During the same period all over the country Rs 5 lakh crore has been spent, out of which more than 20 per cent was spent in 2020-21 during COVID-19 pandemic," she said replying to a query. The important issue in this is survey teams will come (to any state) if there are any complaints that the money was not spent accordingly or there are any remarks in the audit report. Referring to the allegations that survey teams are being sent to curtail the scheme, she said the survey teams will come to correc

Increasing work on individual land under MGNREGA a boon to rural income?

In total, around 6.41 million works under individual land has been undertaken in 2021-22 financial year, of which Bihar leads the pack.

Odisha CM urges PM Modi to add default provision for funds in NREGASoft

Seeking the addition of a default provision in e-governance system NREGASoft, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Demand for MGNREGA work drops in monsoon deficit states by 35% in July

In the eastern states where monsoon is in deficit, work demand has also fallen barring Jharkhand, which has seen a 12.38% spike in households demanding work under MGNREGA in July

MGNREGA work demand dips in July on heavy monsoon rains, sowing progress

In June, India received almost 8 per cent below-normal rains. This jumped to 17 per cent above normal in July

New restriction in MGNREGA a 'setback to rural economy': Kerala to Centre

Kerala has urged Centre to revoke its decision to limit simultaneous works under the MGNREGA scheme, saying it would create huge setback in the rural economy which was trying to recover from pandemic.

Inflation eats into India's rural demand while green shoots become visible

After a pandemic slump, consumer goods makers are banking on a good monsoon but erratic rain patterns make a sustained recovery open to question