Shri Chouhan announced the disbursement of ₹4,384 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ...

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma met to discuss rural and ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is setting new standards in rural development through the implementation of various flagship schemes, ...

Dr Reddy strongly urged the minister to take immediate and concrete steps to employ all MGNREGA field assistants ...

Over several financial years, the data shows that Tamil Nadu has received and utilised more funds than many larger and poorer ...

Giddalur, Prakasam Dist: Prakasamdistrict collector A Thameem Ansariya emphasised that farmers can significantly enhance ...

Space-based inputs are being used to support the government’s several flagship initiatives, including Digital India, Smart ...

Lucknow: Yogi govt is set to plant over 12.5 crore saplings across UP under MGNREGA scheme, not only to enhance greenery, but also to generate large-scale rural employment, under ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2 ...

Amidst a decade-long crisis of stagnant wages, an increase in MGNREGA wages as envisioned in the Congress Nyay Patra for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections -- assumes renewed importance, he said.

MGNREGA was envisaged as a provider of rural employment to casual workers at government-mandated minimum wages set above market wages. This was the case at its 2006 launch.

The MGNREGA, launched in 2006, guarantees at least 100 days of work per year to rural households. The program also prioritizes women—for the past five years, women have made up more than half of ...

This week, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes a decade of existence. The Act came into force on 2 February 2006 covering only the 200 poorest districts ...