The state machinery has failed to act against corruption in at least 28 panchayats, one each in all districts, in utilisation of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
The recovery of over Rs6.18 crore is due towards the programme officers, sarpanches, village secretaries, engineers and other officials in these panchayats since the special teams conducted

Former Union Panchayat Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, lately in the news for denouncing the Commonwealth Games, is aiming his guns much closer to the UPA government

KOLKATA, 16 Aug: Keeping an eye on the crucial 2011 poll, the state government is likely to spend a handsome amount from its own coffer to keep the NREGA running, after it failed to ensure the required amount of money from the Centre under the project.

The Centre in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has invited a request for proposal for

The Centre

The KDP meeting held in Chamarajanagar on Wednesday directed the Secretaries of all taluks to complete the works pertaining to affixing photographs on job cards under Monitoring Information System (MIS) for the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, within this month.

Vadodara: As many as 48 people including government officials were booked in a scam of 4.18 crore in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) in Dahod district. Those booked are sarpanches of 20 villages including 11 women sarpanches.

Sandip Das

As the much-publicised Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes five years in operation, the time has come to assess its qualitative impact on rural economy.

The State Council of the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Scheme on Tuesday has resolved to extend the scheme to farmers, including vegetable growers in the state.
The meeting held under the Chairmanship of RDA Minister, Churchill Alemao reviewed the implementation of the NREG scheme in both North and South Goa districts.

    
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