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Facing the job problem

Rajasthan's urban job programme might be difficult to implement

In Budget, Rajasthan promises urban MGNREGA, but devil lies in detail

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said that new scheme, titled Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, has been allocated Rs 800 crore and will offer 100 days of employment to those in urban areas

Government to tighten MGNREGA scheme to plug 'tremendous leakages'

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for 2022-23, which is 25 per cent lower than the Rs 98,000 crore provided in the revised estimate (RE) for the current fiscal

Budget's MGNREGA spend cut perplexing, says India Ratings

Cutting rural employment guarantee commitments in the Budget despite a build-up of distress was termed as 'perplexing' by India Ratings

MGNREGA was infested with ghost accounts, became source of corruption: FM

Slamming the Opposition, she further said: 'We are now working towards creating it and using it properly with transparency,'

MGNREGA allocation: Provision and demand not in sync, say experts

FM had allocated Rs 73,000 crore towards MGNREGA in last year's Budget, which has been revised to Rs 98,000 crore on account of higher demand for the work

MGNREGA: Is the govt expecting unemployment levels to change soon?

Inflation adjusted, the Integrated Child Development Scheme figure is 36 per cent lower for 2021-22 than it had been the year PM Narendra Modi took over

MGNREGA unpaid dues may be around Rs 21,000 cr by FY22-end, says PAEG

So far, less than 5 per cent of households employed have completed 100 days of work in the current fiscal year

At current pace, MGNREGA will need minimum Rs 1 trillion budget next fiscal

Work demand has been unusually high the past two years and front-loading expenditure helped in generating adequate demand while installing confidence in the system

Only 25% workers found working at MGNREGA sites in Jharkhand: Report

There were also instances where people whose names were not on the muster roll but were found working at the sites

Palghar stands first in Maha for providing work to tribals under MGNREGS

Palghar district has bagged the first place in Maharashtra for providing employment to tribals under the MGNREGS in 2021-22, an official said on Wednesday. At least 59,770 families have been provided work for a total of 16,46,211 man-days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), district collector Manik Gursal said. In 2020-2021, the district was placed third in the state for achieving 177 per cent of the target and generating 49,72,811 man-days of work despite the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. As of Tuesday (November 30), a total of 27,244 labourers were employed in 877 works, while there were 8,856 works in the offing, which have a capacity to generate 16,48,574 man-days of work, the official added.

Extra Rs 10,000 cr allocated for MGNREGA inadequate: Civil society

Civil society activists claim that the extra Rs 10,000 crore won't go far as already pending payments are in excess of Rs 10,000 crore

Message from MGNREGA

Low-skill manufacturing jobs needed to sustain economic growth

MGNREGS ensured work for a year, now states are running out funds for it

States are running out of money to pay wages to workers even as demand for the rural employment guarantee programme has risen because of the Covid-19 pandemic

MGNREGS will need Rs 32K-crore more aid to meet demand: Experts

But a supplementary budgetary support of Rs 50,000 cr would be appropriate to fulfil all requirements of this year: Activists

71% MGNREGA wages not paid on time, 14% delayed beyond 30 days, study shows

The study done on 1.8 mn transactions between April and September, by LibTech India and the People's Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG)

Urban safety net

Govt needs new ideas to address distress in cities

Workers seek timely payments, more workdays under rural jobs scheme

The demand for work under MGNREGS was the highest ever in 2020 after migrants returned to villages following the national lockdown

MGNREGA work demand up: 77% of budget used up in five months

Of the budgeted Rs 73,000 crore for the Centre's flagship scheme, around Rs 55,915.31 crore has already been exhausted in the first five months of FY22

New portal launched to facilitate geospatial planning of MGNREGA assets

The government on Monday launched a new geospatial planning portal, 'Yuktdhara', which Union Minister Jitendra Singh said will help in facilitating new MGNREGA assets