Imphal, Sept 13: Even though the government had claimed that at least 4,18,613 households were given employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) scheme in Manipur in 2009-10, some villagers of Imphal East district alleged they were given to work only for a few days instead of the designated 100 days.

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Back in 2005, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), now called Mahatma Gandhi NREGS or MGNREGS, was offered as a tool to liberate Dalits and weaker sections in rural India by giving them employment.

Five years down the line, a Union Ministry of Rural Development-sponsored investigation has found that the scheme has become

JAMMU, Sept 6: Minister of State for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Haj and Auquaf, Ajaz Ahmed Khan today held a meeting of Rural Development Department, Jammu division to review the physical and financial status of implementation of flagship scheme "MGNREGA"

The Minister directed the low performing districts to gear up their field functionaries to achieve the de

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Jaipur: Once lauded as a model state for implementation of MGNREGA

BHUBANESWAR: Use of machines in place of labourers in NREGS works was detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) at many places in the State during the last financial year.

Taking strong exception to the practice, the CAG maintained in its latest report that in Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts unauthorised use machines like excavators in execution of works, as alleged by the public, w

Faridkot Deputy Commissioner Dr S Karuna Raju has expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in the district.

WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee came down heavily on the Centre on Tuesday for not releasing funds to his government to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the state and said that the state had to suffer a lot for this.

The chief minister also described the alleged nexus between the Trinamool Congress and Maoists as a dangerous force and vowed to

AGARTALA, Aug 30: The Tripura Government has initiated a new project of tea cultivation by creating man-days under the NREGA scheme.