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Finance Ministry sets spending limit for MGNREGS for the first time ever, says report

Ministry of Rural Development has argued that such spending limits won't work for the scheme as it is a demand-driven programme, the report says.

MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10% for different states

Haryana has the highest wage rate for unskilled workers under the scheme at Rs 374 a day, while Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have the lowest at Rs 234, according to a notification.

Centre likely to notify MGNREGS wage revision, calls it 'routine' exercise

According to a source, the changes in rates are to be notified for the upcoming financial year starting April 1.

High demand under rural jobs scheme bodes ill for national well being

The El Nino effect appears to have hurt agricultural output and therefore demand for farm labour

Include more women under MGNREGS to get them into formal banking system: SBI Economists

The SBI economists said southern states were better-performing ones on women participation under MGNREGS in FY23, and also women's percentage in the beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

Union Budget 2023: Many surprises on rural development front

Allocation for the largest centrally sponsored scheme, the MGNREGS, has been slashed. There has been a substantial increase in the budgetary allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana. The budgetary allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana has been retained at Rs 19,000 crore.

Chart of the Day | Is rural distress getting worse?

The number of households demanding work under MGNREGS in May 2022 is much higher than in May last year

No unemployment allowance, delayed payments, paucity of work: Parliamentary panel decries state of MGNREGS

Expressing concern over poor implementation of the government’s flagship rural employment scheme, the panel said it is high time MGNREGS was revamped, keeping in view changing times and new challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Union Budget 2022 | Employment generation a recurring theme; capex push may create jobs but few misses too

Budget 2022, however, did not hike MGNREGS allocations despite the Economic Survey 2021-22 raising expectations; stayed silent on an urban employment guarantee programme, and did not announce to expand the wage subsidy scheme through EPFO

Demand for work under MGNREGS remains elevated; rural housing target missed

The budgetary allocation for MGNREGS in FY22 increased to Rs 73,000 crore from Rs 61,500 crore in FY21 and further to Rs 98,000 crore (so far). Since the allocation has not even reached the Rs 1 lakh crore mark, it is unlikely that the outlay will be tripled in FY23, as sought by activists.

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

Q3 GDP data: Government consumption spending growth in FY21 likely to be slower than FY20, show advance estimates

During the first quarter of the current financial year, GFCE was 16.4 percent of the GDP, pushed by a rise in government spending.

Parliamentary panel on labour backs expansion of MGNREGS to migrant workers

The committee urged the Centre to put in place a credible database of unorganised workers, especially migrant labourers, to ensure seamless delivery of relief packages to them at the time of distress.

Budget 2021: India Ratings hopes government will focus on demand-side measures

The absence of adequate demand may jeopardise the recovery and may even lead to a second-round impact, Ind-Ra said in a report.

Centre, NDB sign $1,000 million loan pact to support India's economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic

The loan amount will be used to fund expenditures on rural infrastructure and rural employment generation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), in order to revive rural economy

Centre makes record payments under rural employment in FY21

Record payments to workers enrolled in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the first eight months of FY21 has left the Centre with just 10 percent of the budgetary allocation for it to spend in the last four months.

India needs to review its treatment of migrant labour

The root of the migrant labour crisis lay in the lack of employment opportunities in rural India, which must be restructured with vastly diversified productive activities to absorb local labour

'Railways generated 1.6 lakh mandays of work in 4 weeks under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan'

Inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 20, the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is in operation in 116 identified districts of six states - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand.

Railways to generate 8 lakh mandays of work for migrants in rail projects; identifies work under MGNREGS

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Wednesday held a meeting through video conference with General Managers (GMs), Divisional Railway Mangers (DRMs) and Managing Directors (MDs) of PSUs regarding the progress of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan.