Rural Development Ministry

As part of the scheme, the government will provide financial assistance for the construction of 62,500 kms road

Lawyers write to Rural Development Ministry to pay MGNREGA dues to West Bengal

The Union government has stopped funding the scheme in West Bengal since March 9, 2022, based on allegations of corruption in the implementation process.

Rural development ministry signs pact with SBI to facilitate loans for SHGs

The MoU was signed by Additional Secretary Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Charanjit Singh and Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Corporate office Mumbai, Shantanu Pendsey.

Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of Rs 25,000 crore for MGNREGA

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).

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.

MGNREGA works will resume in non-containment zones in efficient manner: Narendra Singh Tomar

The Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) guarantees 100 days of wage employment to every household in rural areas in a financial year, whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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).

Govt repeals UPA's decision to set up Concurrent Evaluation

In March 2013, then Cabinet had approved the proposal to set up CEO to critically assess the government programmes and find out whether they were reaching to the people or not.

Rural Development Ministry to focus on social media

With Modi government focusing on social media presence in a big way, Rural Development Ministry has decided to go the whole hog on community websites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram to highlight its initiatives for rural India, and hire an agency for it.

Parl panel for bridging MGNREGA gap

Underlining the persistent gap between employment demand and the work provided under the government's flagship scheme MGNREGA in most of the big states, a parliamentary panel today asked the Rural Development Ministry to play a proactive role to bridge it.

Unspent central funds could mitigate crisis in drought-hit

With some states reeling under severe drought, Union Minister Birender Singh today rued that over Rs 1,500 crore central funds are lying unspent in states which could have been used to mitigate the drinking water crisis in the parched areas.

Land bill kept Rural Development Ministry in focus in 2015

Land bill kept Rural Development Ministry in spotlight in 2015

Govt to promulgate land ordinance for third time

The earlier ordinance brought into force in March would lapse on June 4, six weeks after the Rajya Sabha was convened on April 23 after being prorogued to enable government bring the executive order.

NREGA now includes 7 new categories: Rural Development Min

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said that the government is duty-bound to fulfill and fund the requirements for the scheme.

Draft Land Acquisition Norms: Consent procedure in 6 mths

According to the draft rules, consent procedures of land owners for public private partnership (PPP) and private projects will have to be completed within six months.

Rescue operation reaches last leg in Uttarakhand

IAF starts de-induction of its aircraft as rescue operations are set to wind up soon. There are nearly 2000 people still stranded in the uppser reaches of the state. The weather conditions have improved and the focus will be to evacuate those 2000 people by the end of today.

Union Cabinet clears Land Acquisition Bill

The controversial Land Acquisition Bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet, making mandatory the consent of 80 per cent of people whose land is taken for private projects.

Rural Dev Min, PlanComm mull Rs 40Kcr flexi-fund for states

Rural Development Ministry along with the Planning Commission is mulling a flexi-fund of Rs 40,000 crore, which could be used for various rural development programmes designed by the states according to their needs.

What are the 5 changes in the draft Land Acquisition Bill?

The new land acquisition bill may just get cleared this parliament session. The rural development ministry, that had put the controversial bill in the public domain on July 29 has now revised the draft bill and sent it for inter-ministerial consultation reports CNBC-TV18’s Mehak Kasbekar.

Rural Ministry to suspend MGNREGA during peak agri season

The Rural Development Ministry has turned down a request from the Agriculture ministry to suspend MGNREGA projects during peak farming seasons because of labour shortage.