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: Work generated under the rural employment guarantee scheme bounced back in September after falling for three consecutive months, raising apprehensions over stability in the labour market. As per data from the website of the rural development ministry, 14.2 million households got work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in September, … Read more
New Delhi: Work generation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme fell sharply in April, suggesting improvement in the urban labour market and thus a dip in demand for work under the rural employment guarantee scheme. Data from the government website shows a 13.67% decline in household work generation last month at 18.5 … Read more
Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has gone up by 38.79% in the current fiscal as more and more people migrated to rural hinterland during the lockdown period and sought work under the rural employment guarantee scheme. “Total 22.49 crore sought work under the scheme in the current … Read more