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Protest over MGNREGA affect traffic movement between Manipur, Nagaland

Over 300 trucks, transporting essential items, were stranded for hours due to the economic blockade; all-important road was blocked near Mao Gate in Senapati district, throwing traffic out of gear

J'khand cabinet approves old pension scheme, 100 units free power for poor

Besides, the cabinet gave its approval to the proposal of giving additional Rs 27 as MGNREGS wage. With this, an MGNREGA worker in Jharkhand will get Rs 237 as minimum wage.

Union minister unaware of ground realities of MGNREGA: West Bengal BJP

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh claimed that Patil may not know about corruption in the implementation of MGNREGA as central government officers are not doing their jobs properly

Union minister rejects TMC's allegation of 'non-release' of MGNREGA funds

Union Minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil on Wednesday rubbished the TMC's allegation of 'non-release' of MGNREGA funds by the Centre to West Bengal and said there were complaints against some states

MGNREGA saviour for millions during Covid, PM didn't acknowledge it: Rahul

Criticising Modi for describing the MGNREGA as one of the "living monuments of the failures" of the Congress-led UPA, he said the PM had not understood the depth of the mass employment scheme

What is MGNREGA scheme?

Amid rising cost of living and decreasing job opportunities, people in rural India are falling back on MGNREGA to earn their daily bread. Our next report tells more about this flagship scheme of govt

TMS Ep190: RBI rate hike, four-day work week, impact of monsoons, MGNREGA

What should borrowers & depositors do amid rising interest rates? Can India have a four-day work week like UK? Can a good monsoon prevent more rate hikes? What is the MGNREGA scheme? All answers here

Making urban MNREGA workable: A question of getting the structure right

The urban population is more educated and generally has a different set of job preferences than the rural

Around 31 mn households demand work under MGNREGA in May, up 11% YoY

The figure is also much higher than the corresponding pre-Covid period, data shows

Yogi's new govt presents first budget, says UP set to become $1-trn economy

The Rs 6.15 lakh crore budget for 2022-23 -- up from Rs 5.5 lakh crore last year --- sets aside Rs 39,000 crore for welfare schemes, the government said.

Urban job scheme: How 6 states do it, what is needed to make it work

A council advising the Prime Minister recommends securing employment for the urban poor.

Mamata asks PM to release MGNREGA, Awas Yojana funds without any delay

'It was astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana; you are aware that MGNREGA forms an important part of livelihood of rural people'

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks release of MGNREGA, PMAY funds

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to release funds for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana (PMAY)

Top headlines: IMF on India's $5-trn economy aim, drop in MGNREGA demand

Here are the top headlines on Tuesday

11% fewer households demanded work under MGNREGA this April, shows data

In April 2021, 26.18 million households had sought work under the scheme while in April 2020, the number was 13.41 million

Odisha's Ganjam district tops the country in MGNREGA jobs during 2021-22

Odisha's Ganjam district has topped the country in providing 100 days work to rural households under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2021-22, a senior official said

MGNREGA ends FY22 with Rs 20,000 cr negative balance despite huge outlay

A large chunk of this amount is on account of unpaid material expenditure during the year and even earlier

Sonia voices concern over MGNREGA budget cut, Centre hits back

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday voiced concern over the budgetary cut for MGNREGA, contending that several states have negative balance in their accounts to the tune of Rs 5000 crore which has led to delays in payments to workers. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Gandhi urged the government to make adequate allocations to MGNREGA, a scheme that had helped the government during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ensure payments within 15 days. Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and I&B Minister Anurag Thakur hit back at Gandhi, accusing her of politicising the issue and claimed that her remarks were far from truth. The issue raised by the honourable member is far from the truth. The budgetary allocation for MGNREGA in 2013-14 (UPA years) was Rs 33,000 crore, whereas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi it had reached Rs 1.12 lakh crore. No need to show us the mirror, Singh said. Gandhi said MGNREGA, which was mocked by some persons, had provided timely help to crores

Legal backing a must to make urban employment schemes effective: Activists

Other features of an ideal scheme include adequate funding to boost Urban Local Bodies, minimum wages for workers, and exclusion of contractors from projects, among other things

States without MGNREGA ombudsperson in 80% districts won't get funds

From the next fiscal, the Centre will not give funds for employment guarantee scheme MGNREGS to states that do not appoint ombudspersons in 80 per cent of their districts