New Delhi: Amid criticism over low rate of hike in MGNREGS wages, sources on Friday said the increase was calculated on the basis of Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour, which rose by around 7.7 per cent since last year. The Rural Development Ministry had notified new wage rates under the MGNREGS on Wednesday, with … Read more
New Delhi: The rural development ministry has sought ₹1.1 lakh crore for the rural employment guarantee scheme for the next fiscal, almost double the ₹60,000 crore budgeted for the current financial year, a person aware of the details told ET. Relatively strong work demand, wage hikes and inflation could push up expenditure under the Mahatma … Read more
New Delhi: The finance ministry has released ₹10,000 crore in urgent assistance to meet unexpected enhanced expenditure under the rural job guarantee scheme until the first batch of supplementary demands for grants is approved by parliament at its next session, a senior official said. The unusual move came after 95% of the FY24 budgetary outlay … Read more
Women empowerment has been realised by the MGNREGS, CM M.K. Stalin said in his letter. File photograph Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Giriraj Singh, on Friday, requesting him to release funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that is being … Read more
Demand for work under the government’s flagship rural employment scheme rose in the first half of FY24 from a year before, belying expectations of a moderation and casting doubts about the depth of an industrial recovery. About 93% of the FY24 budgetary allocation of ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme … Read more
Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) eased a tad in the key June quarter from a year before despite monthly variations, reflecting the tentative nature of an industrial recovery. Person-days generated under the scheme totalled 1.11 billion during the first quarter of this fiscal year, against about 1.14 … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma One of the basic objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was to minimise distress migration but excessive reliance on technology was reversing the trend, Congress general secretary and former Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said. He … Read more
Congress leader Udit Raj. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The sharp Budget cut for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has left the State governments paralysed, senior Congress leader and chairman of the party’s “unorganised workers and employee” wing Udit Raj said on Tuesday, while protesting against what he called a … Read more
Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases … Read more
New Delhi: The government has raised the daily wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) by up to 10.4% for FY24 from a year before. The increase assumes significance, as the MGNREGS rates serve as the benchmark for rural wages and influence the rise in industrial wages as well. The … Read more