ITANAGAR, July 12: The three-day Orientation cum Awareness Programme on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA 2005) for members of the Media, Bar Council and Government Lawyers began today at the conference hall of SIRD here.

In a remote village of district Chamoli, Uttarakhand, farmer Hari Singh no longer needs to travel to the distant bank branch.

BHUBANESWAR: In every 100, 57 are poor in Orissa. It accounts for six per cent of the total poor in the country. However, this in no way has come in the way of the State to be counted as one among the fastest growing consumer electronic durables market in India.

States Float Sub-Schemes With Funds From Flagship Programme
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New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has a job at hand to save her imprimatur on the rural job scheme.

KOLKATA, 6 JULY: A day after the nationwide strike was observed by the Left parties to protest against the policies of the Centre, the CPI-M led state government has begun lobbying with the Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to ensure funds under NREGA after it failed to meet the criteria set by the Centre to get fresh allocation.

Suneeti Ahuja Kohli

The Government has proposed to launch an urban employment guarantee scheme on the lines of NREGA and give statutory sanctions to minimum wages.

The proposal, which focuses on generating employment and enhancing employability among less advantaged, is part of the short-term strategies and targets of the Government contained in the first 'Annual Report to the People on Employment'.

New Delhi: Government has proposed to launch an urban employment guarantee scheme on the lines of NREGA and give statutory sanctions to minimum wages.

The proposal, which focuses on generating employment and enhancing employability among less advantaged, is part of the shortterm strategies and targets of the government contained in the first Annual Report to the People on Employment.

KOKRAJHAR, June 30: Eminent citizen AK Jain, who has been deputed to strengthen the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MG-NREGA) in Kokrajhar district expressed satisfaction over the progress of the scheme in Kokrajhar district and rated it as one of the best in Assam.