The Ministry of Rural Development has emphasised upon the need to improve the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the state, both in terms of

The Sikkim government has launched a massive initiative to revive and restore dying natural springs to address the water problem, especially in the rural areas. It has led to a 15 per cent enhancement in spring discharges.

Through the initiative called Dhara Vikas, the government has sucessfully revived 50 springs and four lakes in 20 drought–prone Gram Panchayats, a senior Sikkim government official said.

The dying Mampuzha river flowing through the panchayats of Olavanna, Peruvayal and Perumanna is set to get a fresh lease of life thanks to the joint efforts of the Centre for Water Resources Develo

A pilot project, "Kaam Maango Abhiyan', under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) will be implemented in the district from Friday wherein demand for work will be no

New Delhi : At a time when Nitish Kumar and his party JD(U) are exploring their political options, with Kumar participating in Left convention on Wednesday, the Congress appears to be making all ef

Central report asks state government to initiate measures

Out of 12,925 gram panchayats in the state, 9,558 have shown nil expenditure under various programmes, including MGNREGA, sponsored by the Union Government during the current financial year till October 7.

Praise comes five years after it described the programme as a ‘policy barrier’ to economic development and poverty alleviation

For the beleaguered UPA government, here are some words of praise. The flagship rural employment guarantee scheme has comes in for praise from the World Bank, five years after it described the programme as “policy barrier” to economic development and poverty alleviation.

State govt plans to dig the land through MGNREGA scheme

Assam government today said it plans to give solar fencing in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to protect the wildlife from poachers.
"We want to give solar fencing to protect the wildlife. We are planning to dig the land through MGNREGA scheme and then the Forest department will do the solar fencing," Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said at an event to celebrate the wildlife week.