Bhopal: Like every sphere, women are on the march ahead also in the labour sector in the state. This fact has come to the fore after an analysis of number of labourers engaged in the works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. This information has been given by Minister for Panchayats & Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava.

Gangtok, April 28: The Sikkim Government will utilize funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for construction of play grounds in the schools in the State, official sources said today.

Mandi: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Act (MNREGA) is all set to be linked to the consumer price index to determine its

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Coal being lifted from a pit in Salanpur, on the outskirts of Asansol town. The illegally mined coal being transported across the dry Ajoy river towards Birbhum. Pictures by Gour Sharma

Asansol, April 21: Looting of coal has become such a lucrative proposition for villagers in the Durgapur-Asansol coal belt that many of them have stopped taking up jobs under schemes for the poor.

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Chief Secretary Avani Vaish reviewed the progress of under-construction irrigation projects at a meeting at the Mantralaya here today. The Chief Secretary instructed the officers to complete those minor irrigation projects on priority basis whose 80 per cent work has been completed so that they can benefit ensuing crops.

Patiala: Farmers are in a fix over the massive labour shortage ahead of the paddy sowing and transplantation season. They are finding it difficult to find labourers not only to work in their fields, but also as domestic help.

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