Our Times of India (October 23 2014) critique of 28 economists’ letter defending NREGA (October 13 2014) has elicited a further response by only six of them in the Sunday Times (November 9 2014). This ...

The scheme encourages a sense of community and collective responsibility by strengthening Panchayat Raj institutions. Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment scheme that provides for ...

Jaipur district administration's "NREGA Akhar Campaign" is changing the lives of thousands of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) labourers. Under the campaign, the administration is ...

Women work at a dry pond under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Vastara village on the outskirts of Kolkata in February, 2014. | Ahmad Masood/Reuters The impact of the ...

Jaipur: The Budget's handling of MGNREGA and the newly enacted VB-G RAM G Act raised concerns over pending dues, state-wise ...

According to official data, about 102.5 million people demanded work under the scheme in FY23 as against 123.4 million in FY24. In an indication that the labour market is now recovering post the ...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is no stranger to reform. In fact, the zeal with which reforms are introduced often outpaces the capacity to adapt. Every time the ...

Congress party members in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district protested the Centre's decision to rename the MGNREGA scheme and ...

The Union ministry of rural development is deceiving the public by claiming that the allocations made for the rural jobs scheme in the Union budget are adequate, a national platform of workers’ ...

Activists protesting an “ongoing attack” on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act alleged on Friday that the Delhi Police stopped a peaceful demonstration that was being held outside the Delhi ...