Giriraj Singh

Morning Digest | States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister; IOC contradicts Adani over port use agreement, and more

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Morning Digest | States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister; IOC contradicts Adani over port use agreement, and more

Representational image of villagers from Odisha’s Kalahandi district under the MGNREGS | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to … Read more

Govt. close to achieve target of 10 crore women members in Self Help Groups, says Minister

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Govt. close to achieve target of 10 crore women members in Self Help Groups, says Minister

The government is well on its way to reach the target of 10 crore Self Help Group members by 2024, Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh said on Thursday. Mr. Singh said the number of members, which was just 2.35 crore when the BJP government came to power in May 2014, has now touched … Read more

States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh

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States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh

Workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at a tribal settlement in Tamil Nadu. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to make them more proactive … Read more

BJP brass to activate machinery in states due for elections in 2 years

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BJP brass to activate machinery in states due for elections in 2 years

Senior BJP leaders such as home minister Amit Shah and party’s national president JP Nadda have taken charge of preparing the BJP’s election machinery in states which are scheduled to go to the polls in the next two years. Shah will tour six states in April over 14 days, according to party functionaries, including Karnataka, … Read more

Soon, states to be ranked on ability to acquire land for infrastructural development

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The rural development ministry will soon rank states on their ability to quickly acquire land for infrastructural development, a move it hopes will reduce delay in project implementation and cost-overrun. The rural development ministry, on Thursday, launched the MIS portal or the Vikas Portal for rankings of states and union territories in land acquisition projects … Read more

J&K would have become site for political tourism if victims of terrorists were not from Hindu community: Giriraj Singh

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Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday slammed the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and said had the civilian killings in Jammu and Kashmir been of people belonging to any community other than “Hindu”, the area would have become a site for political tourism. “Despite being from the scheduled tribe/scheduled castes, those who … Read more