National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

When the scheme was first enacted in 2005 during the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, use of machines was not allowed under it.

Food Bill, NREGS crazy notions in current times: Jim Walker

India really need is a sensible, responsible fiscal policy to shore up government finances and economies, inflation rate in the economy to cool down, says Jim Walker of Asianomics.

ICRA revises India's growth forecast for 2012-13 to 5.7%

ICRA has come out with its release on GDP for 2012-13. The research firm expects the pace of growth of real GDP at factor cost eased to 5.1% in Q1FY13 from 5.3% in Q4FY12.

Purna Chandra Kishan: Saving children from a life of labour

Purna Chandra Kishan cracked the whip on labour contractors and saved thousands of children in Rajasthan from dying in the killing fields of Gujarat.

Act Two: A second chance for NREGS

The rural employment scheme, NREGS, was a success before its popularity fell. Here’s how it can make a comeback

Farm mechanisation is driven by lack of labour: VST Tillers

BC Iyengar, Executive Director of VST Tillers & Tractors tells CNBC-TV18 that the biggest problem today for agriculturalists is the lack of labour. “Nobody wants to work in farms. That is what is really driving the mechanization of agricultural practices,” he says

Banks may get aid if they take basic banking to rural areas

The government is working on ways to encourage commercial banks to offer rural lending, according to The Financial Express. As part of the financial inclusion project, the finance ministry is looking at ways in which banks can provide some form of financial support in areas which have no banking services.

Apparel industry keen to utilise NREGS

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has written to the Planning Commission, expressing its keenness to employ workers under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

NREGA completes 5 years: Nanded farmers reap benefits

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme completes five years this year. A week before the budget, CNBC TV18's Gopika Gopakumar travels to the interiors of Maharashtra to find out how the NREGA scheme is getting implemented.