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Demand For Rural Job Programme Is Falling: Finance Minister
"In rural areas, the demand for MGNREGA in the recent past is coming down," said Nirmala Sitharaman, referring to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
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Government To Use Revenue Collections To Fund Welfare Schemes: Report
Government will use a big jump in revenue collection to fund welfare programmes instead of trying to beat its fiscal deficit target or lower borrowing
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Centre Allocates Rs 73,000 Crore To MGNREGA For Next Fiscal
The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the actual expenditure of Rs 1.11 lakh crore in the current fiscal which included an additional Rs 40,000 crore for the scheme given by the government in the wake of the pandemic's impact on the economy.
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Rural Income Not Supported By MNREGA: RBI In Monetary Policy Report
Lower agriculture prices, slowdown in construction sector and below-average performance of MGNREGA programme have affected the rural sector.
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MGNREGA In Doldrums Due To Centre's Neglect: P Chidambaram
Accusing the BJP-led government of neglecting the MGNREGA, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said in times of "rural distress", the one thing that staved off hunger was the employment programme and now that too was in the "doldrums".
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'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
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Government To Carry Out Pilot Study On Green Effects Of MGNREGA
The Rural Development Ministry will carry out a pilot study on environmental benefits and green outcomes of rural flagship scheme MGNREGA in seven states with the help of United Nations Development Programme.
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Rahul Gandhi Mocks PM Modi's 'Political Wisdom' On Job Guarantee Scheme
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter questioning his "political wisdom" on what he says is the government's turn around on the UPA government's flagship rural employment guarantee scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or MGNREGA.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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Government to Start Electronic Transfer of MGNREGA Wages From 2016
To prevent leakages in the MGNREGA programme, the government will introduce the system for electronic transfer of wages to the beneficiaries from January 1 next year in Kerala, Lok Sabha was informed today.
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MGNREGA bank accounts will help cash transfer scheme: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA - UPA's flagship scheme - has accelerated the pace of financial inclusion in villages, and accounts opened under the programme would help in the direct cash benefit transfer scheme of the government.
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Demand For Rural Job Programme Is Falling: Finance Minister
"In rural areas, the demand for MGNREGA in the recent past is coming down," said Nirmala Sitharaman, referring to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
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Government To Use Revenue Collections To Fund Welfare Schemes: Report
Government will use a big jump in revenue collection to fund welfare programmes instead of trying to beat its fiscal deficit target or lower borrowing
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Centre Allocates Rs 73,000 Crore To MGNREGA For Next Fiscal
The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the actual expenditure of Rs 1.11 lakh crore in the current fiscal which included an additional Rs 40,000 crore for the scheme given by the government in the wake of the pandemic's impact on the economy.
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Rural Income Not Supported By MNREGA: RBI In Monetary Policy Report
Lower agriculture prices, slowdown in construction sector and below-average performance of MGNREGA programme have affected the rural sector.
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MGNREGA In Doldrums Due To Centre's Neglect: P Chidambaram
Accusing the BJP-led government of neglecting the MGNREGA, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said in times of "rural distress", the one thing that staved off hunger was the employment programme and now that too was in the "doldrums".
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'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
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Government To Carry Out Pilot Study On Green Effects Of MGNREGA
The Rural Development Ministry will carry out a pilot study on environmental benefits and green outcomes of rural flagship scheme MGNREGA in seven states with the help of United Nations Development Programme.
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Rahul Gandhi Mocks PM Modi's 'Political Wisdom' On Job Guarantee Scheme
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter questioning his "political wisdom" on what he says is the government's turn around on the UPA government's flagship rural employment guarantee scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or MGNREGA.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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Government to Start Electronic Transfer of MGNREGA Wages From 2016
To prevent leakages in the MGNREGA programme, the government will introduce the system for electronic transfer of wages to the beneficiaries from January 1 next year in Kerala, Lok Sabha was informed today.
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MGNREGA bank accounts will help cash transfer scheme: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA - UPA's flagship scheme - has accelerated the pace of financial inclusion in villages, and accounts opened under the programme would help in the direct cash benefit transfer scheme of the government.
