New Delhi: The Centre and states may vie to take credit for the MNREGS, but when it comes to footing the Bill for the job guarantee scheme, the story is different.

Asking the Centre to notify new, revised wage rates

JAIPUR: For the first time, the ongoing Mazdoor Satyagrah at Statue Circle here, brought together various nomadic and marginalised communities in the state on a common platform on Thursday.

Representatives from the Kalbeliya, Garia Lohar, Banjara, Kherua and other communities came together, sharing the platform with NREGS workers demanding minimum wages.

"These are communities that don't eve

KOLKATA, 18 OCT: The state health department has decided to provide bicycles under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) to reach remote areas in the blocks.

A team of officials from NRHM recently visited various block primary health care centres and primary health care centres and found that the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), who are

But Expresses Inability To Match Minimum Wages Due To Paucity Of Funds
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Jaipur: The stance of the ministry of rural development stands null and void.

When environmental campaigners began tracking a hi-tech South Korean trawler off the coast of West Africa, they were looking for proof of illegal fishing of dwindling African stocks.

The most important drinking water project for the state capital, Narmada Drinking Water Project, is going slow due to shortage of labourers. According to higher officers, even if the number of labourers has been increased, it will take at least 100 days more to complete the project. The construction agency, Kirloskar Ltd., had promised to complete the work by November 2010.

July 15: Seeking hike in wages, the Bhupalpally- based Singareni Collieries Employees