A Central team which found glaring examples of MGNREGA violations in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, has asked the state administration to conduct a detailed probe in all the worksites in the district.

The financial misappropriation in this case could be to the tune of several hundred crores of rupees, according to sources who
said successful implementation of the MGNREGA is important to push develo

The revised daily wage for NREGS workers is still lower than the minimum wages paid in several States.

A CONTROVERSY seems to have surfaced between the Prime Minister's Office and the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the issue of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Opening Balance Of . 10,000 Cr May Lead To Marginal Hike In Employment Scheme

Ranchi, Feb.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said workers employed under the government's flagship rural jobs scheme, Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, would get higher wages to offset inflation.

"We have decided to hike the wages as per the rise in consumer price index.

Jaipur: Five years after it came into being, hundreds of NGOs and activists would come together to recount the success and failure of MGNREGA at Udyog Maidan near Statue Circle on Wednesday.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act had come into effect on February 2, 2006.
According to Nikhil Dey of the Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan,

Rural Development Ministry In Consultation With CAG To Remove Lacuna From Scheme
THE Manmohan Singh government has moved in to restore the role of civil society groups in conducting the social audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in an attempt to weed out corruption from various levels.

The Rural Development Ministry is in consultation with the Comptroller and Au