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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

Reworking modalities to resume NREGS in Bengal: Govt

December 03, 2025 6:32 am

The Centre had stopped release of the MGNREGS funds to West Bengal from March 9, 2022.

A two-day protest organised by the TMC against the Centre pausing MGNREGS funds in Kolkata in 2022.

Explained: How MGNREGS scheme could soon resume in West Bengal, and why it was paused

October 28, 2025 3:58 pm

Before the Centre suspended the MG-NREGS in 2022, West Bengal was among the top states — 51 to 80 lakh families in the state availed it annually between 2014-15 and 2021-22.

What does the story of India’s rural development say?

August 22, 2025 12:46 pm

How can rural development be assessed - as a package of policies for socio-economic development in rural areas, or in terms of social indicators like access to electricity, drinking water, health, and education?

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NITI Aayog conducting evaluation study of MGNREGS, minister tells LS

August 06, 2025 1:45 am

Evaluation is crucial for getting Expenditure Finance Committee’s approval

In an order on June 18, 2025, the Calcutta High Court directed that the “scheme be implemented prospectively with effect from August 1, 2025”.

Cloud over MGNREGS restart in Bengal as Centre yet to clear labour budget

August 05, 2025 8:15 am

Rural Development Minister says the state government ‘failed miserably’ in implementing scheme

The Trinamool Congress strongly opposes the Centre's proposed VB-G RAM G Bill, which aims to replace MGNREGA. (File)

MGNREGS: Central teams find 'financial misappropriation', 'procedural gaps' in several states

July 27, 2025 4:49 pm

The Ministry of Rural Development, the nodal ministry for the MGNREGS, during the first Performance Review Committee (PRC) meeting, said it has shared the findings with the states concerned, and over half of them have not sent any reply or action taken report (ATRs).

A MGNREGS work site in Gaurakala village in Varanasi district, UP in 2020. (Express photo by Anand Singh)

Explained: Centre’s rationale behind MGNREGS spending cap, the problems with it

June 15, 2025 12:59 pm

The 60% spending cap seeks to address long standing financial troubles plaguing the programme. But in doing so, it undermines the letter and spirit of the MGNREGA

The MGNREGS was launched in 200 most backward rural districts of the country in 2006-07 and was extended to an additional 130 districts during 2007-08; and to the entire country from financial year 2008-09.

In a first, Centre caps MGNREGS spend at 60% for first six months of FY 2025-26

June 10, 2025 11:50 pm

Although the Ministry of Rural Development initially resisted the Finance Ministry’s proposal to bring the rural jobs guarantee scheme under the Monthly/Quarterly Expenditure Plan (MEP/QEP)—a spending control mechanism from which it had been exempt so far—the latter eventually prevailed.

MGNREGS demand down from pandemic peak, but 85 lakh more families availed of scheme last fiscal than pre-Covid

April 12, 2025 1:29 am

While demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has ebbed in most states, Maharashtra, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura are seeing a surge.