Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RDPR) Jagadish Shettar said that the government will introduce a satellite-based monitoring system to check the implementation of schemes and development works in rural areas with the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

B Krishna Mohan / Chennai/ Hyderabad May 18, 2010, 0:31 IST

The Andhra Pradesh government has fixed a target to provide compulsory 100 days employment to 3 million households through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) during the financial year 2010-11. Last year, only 1.4 million households were provided with 100-day work in the state.

May 17: As MGNREGS, the UPA

Irrigation, horticulture and land development works have been undertaken in 62.5 lakh hectare private land of reserved and backward class people in the State under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREG).

All districts of the state will soon have a local resident as ombudsman (Lokpal) for disposal of complaints related to implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

The concept of eminent citizens monitoring MGNREGA was introduced after the government realised that independent supervision was necessary to resolve the difficul
In order to improve transparency in its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the rural development ministry is all set to involve eminent citizens in monitoring the job scheme.

Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has set an expenditure target of Rs.3,050 crores for implementing the 100 days' work programme for rural people under the Centre's flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

More days of work

Ongole, May 12: At a time when people were closeted indoors to avoid simmering temperatures, the labourers working under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), had to sweat it out without basic amenities at their work places in Prakasam district.

Ongole, May 10: The Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, demanded on Monday at Podili the inclusion of agricultural works in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to benefit farmers.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes (NREGS), introduced in Sattari taluka in 2008, has started showing positive results.
Sattari Taluka Programme Officer Shivdutta Munj has claimed that out of the 254 proposed works, 154 projects were sanctioned and they have completed 100 works under the scheme, while 15 were under execution.