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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).
Exclusive | Govt clips Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rural ministry, orders merger of 2 autonomous wings
February 25, 2025 9:17 am
Among the four autonomous bodies under MoRD, only Bharat Finance over-rules Rural, calls for merger, budget cuts in 3 units
Govt launches portal to monitor implementation of employment generation scheme GKRA
June 27, 2020 12:35 am
The programme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore will be implemented in 116 districts in six states on mission mode for the next four months, the Rural Development Ministry said in a statement.
Rural ministry to focus on 3-5 lakh women SHGs to scale up enterprises
July 29, 2019 7:13 am
Under the Aajeevika-National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), these SHGs groups will now be formalised so that they can avail higher loans and scale up their enterprise.
Rural development works now rely on geotagged verifications
November 23, 2018 2:25 am
Taking off two months ago, the Ministry of Rural Development now has public images of over one lakh assets, with everything from sewage drainage pipes and borewells to water tanks and streetlights.
Extra work days for drought-hit states
April 12, 2016 1:34 am
Gujarat, Haryana and Bihar will be added to the existing list of 10 drought-affected states
MGNREGA: Minister writes to Jaitley, seeks more funds for job scheme
January 07, 2016 12:23 am
Twelve states presently show a negative balance with long overdue unpaid wages, threatening the continuation of the scheme.
Rural Development to Home to Social Justice, no one wants to own undisclosed caste data
July 08, 2015 9:25 am
The Rural Development Ministry has washed its hands of the matter while the RGI too seems reluctant to claim ownership.
Despite Narendra Modi’s criticism of scheme, Rural Ministry lists NREGA’s ‘success stories’
May 10, 2015 2:54 am
The I&B Ministry has asked all ministries to furnish success stories from states over the last one year in the flagship schemes implemented by them.
Rural jobs: Less than 3 pc homes got 100 days of work this fiscal
February 05, 2015 2:23 am
Last fiscal year, 10 per cent households who worked under the scheme completed 100 days of work.
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT VIDEOS
PM Modi interacts with PMRD fellows
February 08, 2016 2:34 pm
New Delhi, Feb 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with over 230 youth, who have been working in rural areas under the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows (PMRDF) Scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development. Several participants shared their thoughts on themes such as development of the North-East, rural education, tribal development, organic farming, and welfare of the disabled with PM Modi. The PM appreciated the participants for working with dedication and devotion in rural and backward areas of the country, often withstanding peer and family pressures. The Prime Minister also released a book "Scripting Change", which visually demonstrates the essence of the work being done by PMRD Fellows across the country.
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