Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

In the Union budget for 2022-23, an amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

What demand for work under MGNREGA tells us about consumption demand

Demand for work under the scheme is still much higher than pre-pandemic levels, indicating a lack of job opportunities elsewhere

Rural job scheme demand drops to 17-month low in September

With the decline in Covid-19 cases and the revival of the economy, workers from rural areas are returning to take up jobs in the cities

Centre allows TN to increase job days under MGNREGA scheme

The Centre has given its approval for increasing the number of days of employment given to rural household workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Tamil Nadu from the existing 100 days to 150 days benefitting 1.23 crore workers.

Wages under MNREGA likely to increase: Rural Development Min

The baseline for annual revision of wages paid under MNREGA "can be changed" from Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labour (CPI-AL) to Consumer Price Index for Rural (CPI-Rural).

It's not a big negative if there are no rate cuts: SBI Chairman

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI, said it it won‘t be a big negative, if there are no rate cuts. But she did say that a rate cut brings in more confidence. A whole of experts, and industry experts also spoke on the RBI's latest report.

Rural Dev Ministry official calls for timely MGNREGA payments

Sarangi asked the states to remove bottlenecks for ensuring timely payment to beneficiaries to fulfil the basic intent of the scheme.

Centre has released Rs 28,022 cr under MGNREGA this year

Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), funds are released to the states on the basis of agreed to labour budget and performance of the states.

Union Budget 2016-17: FM allots Rs 87765cr for rural, ups MGNREGA fund to Rs 38500cr

In a step towards development, government aims to develop 300 rurban clusters under the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission and announces 100 percent village electrification by 1st May, 2018.

Budget 2016: Financial inclusion, MGNREGA to aid growth, says Rama Bijapurkar

Rama Bijapurkar, Market Research Consultant believes urban space is performing better than rural and eCommerce will be the key driver to meet consumer demand.

Budget 2016 Caravan: Is MNREGA a failure in Bihar?

It's been a decade since the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MNREGA, came into force. Budget 2016 is also widely expected to provide a further boost to such social welfare schemes.

SC asks states to respond Centre on MGNREGA

It also asked them to elaborate the current status of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

West Bengal seeks World Bk loan to finish projs before 2016

The loan would help the TMC government complete projects in around 3,500 villages, quite a few of which lie in the tribal Jangalmahal districts of Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore, he added. The minister, however, refused to comment on whether the loan appeal to World Bank had been lined up keeping in mind next year's Assembly elections.

50 days addl work under MGNREGA in drought-hit areas: Govt

At present, 100 days of work is provided to rural job card holders under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The decision has been taken after monsoon deficit today reached 16 across the country, which could affect kharif crops and rural income.

IPE Global to cut bottlenecks in policy implementation

Policies in India are high on intent but low on implementation. Ashwajit Singh‘s advisory firm set out to correct that