The Nitish Kumar government has decided to constitute a Bihar Rural Development Society (BRDS) comprising 32 experts drawn from the open market to help guide the implementation of rural development

The 12th five year plan will address the farmers concern regarding UPA’s flagship job guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

New Delhi: Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said states should invoke the penalty clause against government officials for not doing their work under the job scheme.

NEW DELHI, 1 SEPT: In order to achieve the targeted goals of the UPA’s flagship scheme, Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, the government has decided on a series of “reforms” to make it a truly “demand-driven a

The government will recast the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, to give it a welfare edge, following criticism that it was disconnected from people’s concern over corrupti

Taking note of rising cases of financial irregularities in several works done under its flagship rural employment scheme MNREGA, the Centre has sent more than 230 special investigation teams to var

A Parliamentary standing committee has found discrepancies in MGNREGA wage distribution system and feels that reported number of corruption cases related to it is a just tip of the iceberg.

There are two broad governance issues that concern every citizen in this country today: corruption at different levels in the government, and grievances arising from the government’s poor functioni

Faced with a surge in demand for MGNREGS jobs from farm workers due to poor monsoon this year, Maharashtra, Assam and Jharkhand have sought additional funds from the Centre for the scheme.