New Delhi: The Centre is set to significantly expand the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which the Congress thinks played a key role in its electoral victory. The Rural Development Ministry is working towards increasing the number of days of guaranteed employment under the scheme from the existing 100 days per year.

RAMGOPAL, a resident of Hardoi, had been running from pillar to post with his complaint of being paid less than his due under the UPA's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

The Panchayat and Rural Development Ministry Department, West Bengal, in association with Pixel Informatics, plans to use mobile telephony to collect data of beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.

An earth-mover digs out soil at Lakarbag hamlet for a plantation drive under NREGS. (Mani Keshri)

Dumka, May 24: If the UPA government

As inequality within households, across households and in society as a whole has deepened in the post-Green Revolution era, there is an urgent need to revamp the rural economic and social development process in Punjab. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Satjeet Singh as a part of his doctorate degree.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)will coordinate with the state for improving and increasing irrigation potential. The water resources department has marked 800 new irrigation schemes. For implementation of these schemes, the NREGS will coordinate with the state government.

Mangalore, May 20 The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB), which has financed over 12,000 solar light units under its area of operation, is now planning to make 80 villages solar villages.

Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country

New Delhi: The government is in no mood to pare the wage rates under its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme despite the strain on the exchequer, due to substantial hikes in minimum wages by states during the last two years and concerns that higher wage rates led to ineffective targeting.

Sreelatha Menon & Rituparna Bhuyan / New Delhi May 18, 2009, 1:31 IST