Rajasthan is under the grip of severe food insecurity with 22 of its 32 districts being labeled as ‘most food insecure’ in this study released by Institute for Human Development & World Food Programme.  

Faridkot Deputy Commissioner Dr S Karuna Raju has expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in the district.

WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee came down heavily on the Centre on Tuesday for not releasing funds to his government to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the state and said that the state had to suffer a lot for this.

The chief minister also described the alleged nexus between the Trinamool Congress and Maoists as a dangerous force and vowed to

NREGS is a massive rights-based social protection programme of the country. It evolved tremendously over the past five years, demonstrating the relevance in as well impact on the rural landscape. In spite of being a nationally designed programme, it demonstrated varying performance across states, and several local innovations, improvisations, and adjustments can be seen at the field level.

The basic purpose of National Rural Livelihoods Mission is to put in place a dedicated and sensitive support structure from the national level to the sub-district level which will
focus on the poor, build and sustain their organizations at different levels.

AGARTALA, Aug 30: The Tripura Government has initiated a new project of tea cultivation by creating man-days under the NREGA scheme.

Corrective Action Needed In Min Wage Violation Cases: Aruna Roy
Anindo Dey | TNN

Jaipur: Taking a strong exception to payment of wages less than the prevailing minimum wage in the state for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers, Magsaysay awardee and member of the Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) Aruna Roy has appealed to members of the council

China has sought information on India

The NAC suggests steps to ensure food security, but its recommendation for

District administration says the workers were paid wages according to the work they did
Jaipur: Around 100 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) workers, engaged in digging a stretch of land for the past 13 days were paid a paltry Re1 per day as wages with the district administration, justifying the payment saying it was a small area collectively dug by workers.
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