The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), envisaged to give a minimum of 100 days of employment every year to unskilled rural labourers, is no longer attractive in rural

MGNREGS wages paid to non-beneficiaries, before their names were deleted

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday hinted at large-scale irregularities while implementing projects taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between 2007 and 2012.

Only 9.03 per cent of the registered households in Assam were provided with 100 days employment from 2007 to 2012

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found several discrepancies and irregularities in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the Congress-ruled North-Eastern state of Assam.

“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said.

The state government would organise street plays and musical skits to spread awareness against open defecation and to encourage ruralfolk to construct toilets in their homes.

Giving a pat on the back to the government’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a recent study by the Asian Development Bank has said it is a very effecti

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year.