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Did MGNREGS lead to farm labour shortage? What the numbers show
December 17, 2025 10:18 am
VB-G RAM G Bill provides for a 60-day pause during the 'peak agriculture seasons' of sowing and harvesting. But there isn’t enough evidence that NREGS reduced availability of farm labour
VB-G Ram G Bill marks a departure from spirit of MGNREGA
December 16, 2025 1:44 pm
The proposed law promises more workdays, but tighter timelines and higher state costs may weaken the core social security function of India’s flagship rural jobs programme
VB-G RAM G Bill annihilates MGNREGA and undermines rural India’s right to work
December 17, 2025 7:31 am
This Bill must be comprehensively rejected. MGNREGA has had many problems, but it has served rural India well and served India extremely well in times of economic distress. Much could have been strengthened within its own framework
Rajasthan to file case if photos of NREG worker numbers not same in records
November 09, 2024 8:23 am
In the current financial year till November 8, as many as 64.92 lakh persons availed work under NREGS.
Digging rainwater pit, MGNREGA workers stumble upon coins dating back to 1826, gold ornaments
July 18, 2024 8:27 am
On Wednesday, the state archeology department examined the items and said they were of archeological value
Bengal’s tribal belt sees rise of a new outfit as absence of MGNREGA, jobs adds to woes
May 24, 2024 1:05 am
The Kudmi outfit has fielded its faces from Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia, hoping to consolidate its vote bank, with the community long seeking ST status
Starting from bottom
January 04, 2021 8:48 am
Election of a large number of MGNREGS workers to local bodies in Kerala is a hopeful sign of political renewal.
Punjab: They lost jobs to pandemic, find hope, livelihood in 100-day MGNREGA scheme
July 05, 2020 11:32 pm
Currently, 1.65 lakh workers are on job daily under the scheme as on date and the government plans to take this figure to 2.10 lakh daily across the state.
Maharashtra: In Dahanu, villagers struggle to find work under NREGA
May 13, 2020 5:07 am
Activist Brian Lobo of the Kashtakari Sanghatana on Monday wrote to Palghar Collector Dr Kailash Shinde saying the administration has made only feeble efforts to provide employment despite the state and Central governments instructing local agencies to implement provisions of the MGNREGA.
Congress, AAP object to delay in payments to MGNREGA workers
January 14, 2015 4:53 am
The issue came up at a district-level vigilance monitoring committee meeting.
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