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 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
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
The government is unlikely to roll back a mobile app-based mandatory attendance system for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) despite ongoing protests. “The new system will continue. There is no plan to withdraw it,” a senior official from the rural development ministry told ET. Capturing workers’ attendance through a … Read more
Ahead of the general elections in 2024, the government will merge two of its flagship beneficiary identification schemes to complete an asset-based classification of the poor for targeted social and economic benefits delivery. The Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) will be rolled into the Social Registry being jointly developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information … Read more
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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to entrust Dharmendra Pradhan, Mansukh Mandaviya and Bhupender Yadav — all three considered confidants of the BJP top brass –with key portfolios of education, health and labour is aimed at bolstering his government’s social development agenda and ensuring effective delivery of policy benefits to the ground level, sources said on … Read more
Despite the second coronavirus wave entering rural areas and lockdown in several states, the demand for work under rural employment scheme MGNREGA is on the rise, according to the data released by Rural Development Ministry on Monday. In the wake of the pandemic, there have been casualties in operating staff for implementation of rural development … Read more
Demand for work by households under the rural employment guarantee scheme increased by 89% to 2.54 crore households in April so far, against 1.34 crore a year earlier. The demand during the month has been the highest in any April since compilation of the data started in 2013, suggesting the pressure on hinterlands, after several … Read more