Murmuria (Jorhat), Sept.

Deepa Jainani

Lucknow: In order to reach out to the poorest and the most marginalised section among among the poor, the Uttar Pradesh government has launched a scheme that would identify those sections of the under priveleged society which have hitherto not been covered under the Centre

AMIT AGNIHOTRI
NEW DELHI

In a major decision, the government has decided to factor in high inflation, which has hit the poor hard, in the MGNREGA wages by linking them to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

NAC member Jean Dreze, who also happens to be one of the architects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), had suggested to the rural development min istry

KOLKATA, 20 SEPT: After a charge was levelled against the state government stating that it has failed to utilise Central funds allotted under NREGA, the state panchayats and rural development department has decided to use the meeting called by the Centre to discuss the future policies of panchayats as a platform to counter the allegation.
Congress general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi and the Union m

The implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is going on at snail

jowai:The Rangbah Shnong of Nongjngi- Khliehshnong, Jaintia Hills lodged a complaint against the Village Employment Committee (VEC) Chairman and Secretary for alleged misappropriation and improper implementation of NREGA funds and projects.

Earlier, a group of villagers under the leadership of the Rangbah Shnong, Oren War sought the details on the implementation of NREGA within the village unde

In Saraiyahat block of Dumka district in Jharkhand, a state administration board announces completion of a dam and pond for Janardan Yadav of Pagwara village under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 190,364. The project — code 3411002011 is mentioned on the board — was approved on March 30 this year and completed on June 30.

THE Centre has approved a proposal for recruitment of 10 lakh technically-qualified personnel for execution of rural development programmes of gram panchayats.

A brainchild of rural development minister C P Joshi, who also holds the reins of the panchayati raj ministry, the move is expected to strengthen panchayati raj institutions, while creating a back-up machinery for various rural devel

Jaipur: In what threatens to be an agitation similar to the type that had gripped the state before the RTI Act came into being, activists of Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan will be launching a