Agartala, Nov 24: The Ministry of Rural Development has urged Northeastern states to promote collaboration with Social Research institutions to strengthen the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) effectively in the region.

BANGALORE: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran has called for widening the scope of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

He was chairing a session on

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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is incomplete as it has been framed without considering the schemes impact on agriculture activities in rural areas, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P Dinakaran said on Sunday.

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BANGALORE: Karnataka is lagging behind in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a flagship programme of the Union Government, when compared to the performance of the three other southern States where the programme has also been implemented. In fact, the scheme is yet to take off in 18 districts, some of which have been categorised as backward.

With lakhs of people losing their jobs, primarily in the country

Sreelatha Menon: As Assembly elections began in Naxal-hit areas in Chhattisgarh, a report of the Central Employment Guarantee Council in the Union rural development ministry has accused the state government of not making any attempt to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the Naxal-infested areas as well as areas which were not affected by the Naxal violence in Dante

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