Once touted as the best state for implementation of NREGA, this flagship programme of the UPA government is fast moving out of the state government's grip into the hands of the 'NREGA mafia'. But ...

With the central government reducing the budget for the National Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme, the Himachal government is worried about an impending shortage of manpower throughout the ...

An anomaly: Villagers of Govindpura in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan build a road under NREGA project. Ministry officials say wage rates vary nationwide, and are often below Rs100 as payments are ta ...

Activists supporting the cause of villagers working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) feel that the Centre’s decision to increase the wage rate for workers in ...

Labourers in Jharkhand seem to have got some relief this election season as the Centre has hiked their NREGA wages by Rs 3 JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said Modi in his initial public ...

The passage of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, called the VB-G RAM G Bill, marks a decisive break from one of India’s most consequential pieces of ...

A picture showing children purportedly working in a MGNREGA project at Latehar district in Jharkhand. The picture was shared by NREGA Watch Jharkhand Sourced by The Telegraph A civil society ...

NREGA, today celebrating its 10th anniversary, has received a hostile reception from the current political dispensation. The Rajasthan Chief Minister questioning the need for a law, the then Rural ...

The Centre has asked State governments to ensure that NREGA job cards are “complete in all respect” and verified before being issued as it will now be a valid document for opening a bank account.

Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has hit back at Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh following the latter's note to Chief Minister Mayawati. In the note - the second he has sent to Mayawati - ...