VIJAYAWADA, April 20: Over 600 workers laid a siege to the mandal development office in Jaggaiahpet on Tuesday demanding full payment of wages for the works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge would present a briefing on the country's highly successful National Rural Employment Generation Scheme at the first ever meet of G-20 labour ministers here on Tuesday.

In an effort to empower poor women, Andhra Pradesh will give land to 69,500 women from landless families under its land distribution programme.

These women in 23 districts will get 2.5 acres of wet land or 5 acres of dry land, which ever they chose. And to help them kickstart cultivation, the state will also provide them monetary help.

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As per MNREGS Act, each worker should work at least seven hours a day and finish the work allotted to them

Working hard:Braving heat, women work to desilt Kurumba Eri under the National Rural

Reveals survey by Centre for Environment and Food Security in 50 villages of Bundelkhand

The State government has received nearly Rs 17,700 crore from the Centre under various schemes in 2009-10 financial year.

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A random survey carried by Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) in Uttar Pradesh has revealed misuse of funds through spending a hefty amount of allocated money on goods against norms under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREG).

KORAPUT: The District Administration in Koraput seems to have geared up towards performing remarkably in NREGA in the coming days. Involving credible NGOs, the district is going for social audit of NREGA in the district.

In a bid to push the National Food Security Act, the government on Thursday started a process to bring the states on board over the issue of identification of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.