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NITI Aayog to launch evaluation of MGNREGS in 8 Punjab districts amid protests against VB-G RAM G
January 19, 2026 12:17 pm
MGNREGS workers in Punjab’s villages fear the proposed VB-G-RAM-G scheme may dilute or replace the current employment guarantee framework. The Congress and AAP in Punjab have also hardened their stance against it.
Salaries of 2,100 MGNREGS staff in Punjab remain unpaid for months amid protests against VB-G RAM G Act
January 12, 2026 1:01 pm
Tarsem Peter, president of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, said that while 226 technical assistants have not received salaries for the last six months, many others have been unpaid for three months.
Famine relief to job scheme: a forgotten history of public works
December 28, 2025 7:10 pm
When India enacted the MGNREGS in 2005, it was a proxy for genuine unemployment insurance. Job guarantees as a concept are not recent inventions nor ideological indulgences. They have existed from the pre-colonial era as famine works.
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.
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?
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
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
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).
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