Ahmedabad, Oct 19 (PTI) The Congress on Monday accused the BJP government in Gujarat of withholding the payment to labourers under the rural employment guarantee scheme since June 20 this year ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called the replacement of MGNREGA with the new VB-G RAM G Act a 'surgical strike' on the rural ...

From being the lifeline of the country’s rural economy whenever it went into distress and subject of political claims and ...

Jairam Ramesh cites a media report that claimed that while thousands were working under the VB-G RAM G scheme on paper in ...

The Centre has raised permissible works under VB-G RAM G to 375 from 266 under MGNREGA, adding a dedicated category for extreme weather and disaster preparedness ...

Millions of workers enrolled under the rural job scheme are staring at an uncertain future, with the government failing to revise the wage rate for 2026-27 under the MGNREGA or offer clarity on when ...

The globally acclaimed MGNREGA, enacted when the Congress party was in power, has been replaced by a law that puts in place a discretionary scheme. MGNREGA workers protest outside a government office ...

Karnataka generated a record 2.04 crore person-days under VB-G RAM G from July 1 to October 13, up from 1.71 crore a year ...

The Supreme Court on Friday heaped praise on India’s former national employment guarantee law, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it a “salutary scheme” which ...

The high court had directed that MGNREGA scheme be implemented prospectively with effect from August 1. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court ...

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday alleged that MGNREGA has been “chronically underfunded” by the Modi government, making a “mockery” of the scheme’s demand-driven vision, and reiterated its demand of ...

New Delhi, Feb 1 : As MGNREGA completes ten years tomorrow, Narendra Modi govermment, which earlier appeared critical of the UPA’s flagship rural job scheme, today hailed the measure saying the ...