J. Venkatesan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over misuse of funds allocated to States under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and indicated that it would ask the Centre to hold an inquiry in this regard.

Chief Justice S.H.

The Supreme Court today favoured a Central probe into the diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, in Orissa.

"We are treating this matter seriously. We will give direction to the Centre to hold an investigation into the allegation of diversion of funds. The report has to be submitted in a time-bound manner and then we will call the Chief Secretary.

NEW DELHI, 13 dec: The Supreme Court today favoured a Central probe into the diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, in Orissa. “We are treating this matter seriously. We will give direction to the Centre to hold investigation into the allegation of diversion of funds.

The government may be going all out to secure justice for the people in mining affected areas by asking companies to share 26 per cent of their net profits, but the ensuing methodology suggests that they will get only a small amount

The state government has made it mandatory that daily wagers, working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), should be apprised of the progress of their work and their earnings on day-to-day basis.
Sources said that fresh instructions have been issued after it was found that most of the workers were not being informed about their earnings by the supervisors and

LUCKNOW: Several

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has issued a series of directives to ensure timely and

Tiruvannamalai: Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) should be utilised properly to improve agriculture, K. Chellamuthu, Chairman, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers Welfare Board, has said.

He was speaking at a function held here on Tuesday to distribute welfare assistance to members of the board.