A working group on NREGA asks for indexing wages to the farm wage index, besides reducing work hours

A working group on NREGA asks for indexing wages to the farm wage index, besides reducing work hours.

AMIT AGNIHOTR
NEW DELHI

Rural development May 28: Rural development minister C.P. Joshi has ordered a probe into the reported misuse of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds by the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government.

NEW DELHI, May 26: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant-in-aid worth Rs.93,91,000 as first installment of central share of funds for the implementation of centrally sponsored Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) to be spread over 8 districts of Mizoram during the current financial year 2010-11.

Aarthi Ramachandran NEW DELHI

PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh complimented his government on the progress of flagship programmes in his opening statement at the national press conference held recently, but was candid about challenges related to their implementation.

Anupam Chakravartty

Visakhapatnam, May 24: To keep a tab on irregularities and to implement Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme more effectively, e-musters and pay orders system was introduced across the district from Monday, said the collector, Mr J.

MADURAI: Tamil Nadu has been highly successful in implementing the concept of Industrial Facilitation Council, which helps small units address the problem of payment default by their clients and get back their dues, according to G. Sundaramurthi, Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce,

NARAYAN BARETH
JAIPUR

The Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) in Kota is all set to launch a six-month certificate course on MGNREGA that is touted to be the world's biggest employment providing scheme.

BHUBANESWAR: Poverty reduction and the growing activities of the Maoists have emerged as challenges before Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who will complete one year tomorrow as the Chief Minister in his third innings in power.

Shivpuri: More than Rs seven lakh will be collected from a gram panchayat secretary and a former sarpanch in connection with financial irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.