AS VILLAGE pramukh Madhuben Shiayal finished addressing the meeting, a dozen koli men and a handful of women who had taken off time from weeding the bajri fields got up to go.

Madhya Pradesh is the only State in the country, which has linked MGNREGA, Treasury, Food Coupon, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the like with Unique Identity Number (UID) card.

The proposed Lokpal Bill, notwithstanding all the drama and protest surrounding it in recent days, is just a piece of a much larger agenda of reform of our existing institutions, infrastructure and processes to democratise information, enhance accountability and deliver development to all parts of the country.

Today, the country needs adequate information systems as much as it needs civil socie

Jammu, Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that State and Divisional level monitoring cells would be set up to ensure speedy and transparent implementation of MGNREGA.

The Minister was addressing the 3rd State Employment Guarantee Council meeting here today.

Calling for effective monitoring of the scheme at all levels, Mr.

The government has finally notified the draft rules empowering the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to audit the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Under the rules, the director, local fund audit or a chartered accountant empanelled with the CAG, shall audit the schemes under the MGNREGA.

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