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39% MNREGA Card Holders Didn't Get Single Day's Work In Covid Year: Report
Around 39 per cent of all job card-holding households interested in working under the MNREGA scheme did not get a single day of work in the Covid pandemic year 2020-21, according to a survey.
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Kerala Labourer's Daughter Makes It To Top Delhi College. How You Can Help
The daughter of a woman working under the minimum wage guarantee scheme MNREGA in Kerala has secured a seat in Delhi's premium institute Lady Shri Ram College.
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"What Kind Of Acche Din": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre On MNREGA Wages
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that MGNREGA workers are not even getting their wages in some states and asked the government what kind of "achche din" (good days) are these.
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Budget 2021: Allocation For MGNREGA To Be Maintained At Rs 1 Lakh Crore, Says CII
Budget 2021: In October 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for work under MGNREGA was 88 per cent higher than in October 2019, and there was an unmet demand of around 8 million households
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Punjab Will Create School Infrastructure Through MGNREGA Workers: State Education Minister
Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday informed that the Punjab School Education Department will involve MNREGA workers for creating assets of elementary schools on mission mode.
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IIT Hyderabad COVID-19 Relief Campaign: Face Masks For MNREGA Workers And More
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad) started a COVID-19 relief campaign to support villages adopted under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
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Over Rs 600 Crore Deposited In Bank Accounts Of 27.15 Lakh UP Workers
In a big relief to workers under the rural employment scheme (MNREGA) in Uttar Pradesh during the nation-wide lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that Rs 611 crore has been deposited directly into the bank accounts of around 27.15 lakh beneficiaries of the scheme in the state.
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Coronavirus Updates: MNREGA Workers To Get Additional Income Of Rs. 2000, Says Finance Minister
More than a billion people locked themselves on Wednesday as governments stepped up their efforts against the coronavirus pandemic which has left 10 dead in the country. The world's largest shutdown was however yet to have an effect as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India went up to 606.
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MNREGA Worker's Son Becomes First To Crack JEE-Main In Rajasthan Village
"I did not know what an engineer is and could not even dream that my son would become a graduate. Now I'm at the top of the world as he is going to become the first engineer in our local Bheel community and in the village," the elated father said.
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10 Workers Buried Alive Under Mound Of Mud In Telangana
Ten people including some women labourers working under the MNREGA scheme were killed when a huge mound of mud fell on them at a worksite in Telangana's Narayanpet district on Wednesday, police said.
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For Refusing To Sign Inflated Bills, His Hands Were Nearly Chopped Off
A technical coordinator for the MNREGA scheme in Karnataka's Tumkuru district was allegedly attacked with a sickle by labour contractors for refusing to clear "inflated" bills.
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UPA's Job Scheme MNREGA Better Under Its Rule, Says Modi Government
Prem Dayamani, a villager living 30 km from Ranchi, had an average income of Rs 27 a day last year. That’s Rs 5 less than the minimum cost of living in rural areas, which, the Planning Commission said in 2014, was Rs 32 a day. Even so, part of the payment was only on paper. Last year, she got nothing. “I got last year’s money this year. Had I...
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Social Justice Has Been Thrown Out Of The Window By Centre: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window".
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Rs 5 In A letter: Jharkhand's Unpaid Workers Return PM Modi's Wage Hike
Over a hundred letters, Rs 5 enclosed in each of them, addressed to the Prime Minister's Office in Delhi. The senders are the villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar, who say they could do without the Rs 5 wage hike under MNREGA.
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Cabinet Clears 50 Extra Days' Work Under Rural Employment Scheme
The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved an extra 50 days of work for farmers/workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to help reduce rural distress in view of deficient monsoon.
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39% MNREGA Card Holders Didn't Get Single Day's Work In Covid Year: Report
Around 39 per cent of all job card-holding households interested in working under the MNREGA scheme did not get a single day of work in the Covid pandemic year 2020-21, according to a survey.
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Kerala Labourer's Daughter Makes It To Top Delhi College. How You Can Help
The daughter of a woman working under the minimum wage guarantee scheme MNREGA in Kerala has secured a seat in Delhi's premium institute Lady Shri Ram College.
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"What Kind Of Acche Din": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre On MNREGA Wages
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that MGNREGA workers are not even getting their wages in some states and asked the government what kind of "achche din" (good days) are these.
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Budget 2021: Allocation For MGNREGA To Be Maintained At Rs 1 Lakh Crore, Says CII
Budget 2021: In October 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for work under MGNREGA was 88 per cent higher than in October 2019, and there was an unmet demand of around 8 million households
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Punjab Will Create School Infrastructure Through MGNREGA Workers: State Education Minister
Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday informed that the Punjab School Education Department will involve MNREGA workers for creating assets of elementary schools on mission mode.
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IIT Hyderabad COVID-19 Relief Campaign: Face Masks For MNREGA Workers And More
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad) started a COVID-19 relief campaign to support villages adopted under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
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Over Rs 600 Crore Deposited In Bank Accounts Of 27.15 Lakh UP Workers
In a big relief to workers under the rural employment scheme (MNREGA) in Uttar Pradesh during the nation-wide lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that Rs 611 crore has been deposited directly into the bank accounts of around 27.15 lakh beneficiaries of the scheme in the state.
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Coronavirus Updates: MNREGA Workers To Get Additional Income Of Rs. 2000, Says Finance Minister
More than a billion people locked themselves on Wednesday as governments stepped up their efforts against the coronavirus pandemic which has left 10 dead in the country. The world's largest shutdown was however yet to have an effect as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India went up to 606.
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MNREGA Worker's Son Becomes First To Crack JEE-Main In Rajasthan Village
"I did not know what an engineer is and could not even dream that my son would become a graduate. Now I'm at the top of the world as he is going to become the first engineer in our local Bheel community and in the village," the elated father said.
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10 Workers Buried Alive Under Mound Of Mud In Telangana
Ten people including some women labourers working under the MNREGA scheme were killed when a huge mound of mud fell on them at a worksite in Telangana's Narayanpet district on Wednesday, police said.
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For Refusing To Sign Inflated Bills, His Hands Were Nearly Chopped Off
A technical coordinator for the MNREGA scheme in Karnataka's Tumkuru district was allegedly attacked with a sickle by labour contractors for refusing to clear "inflated" bills.
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UPA's Job Scheme MNREGA Better Under Its Rule, Says Modi Government
Prem Dayamani, a villager living 30 km from Ranchi, had an average income of Rs 27 a day last year. That’s Rs 5 less than the minimum cost of living in rural areas, which, the Planning Commission said in 2014, was Rs 32 a day. Even so, part of the payment was only on paper. Last year, she got nothing. “I got last year’s money this year. Had I...
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Social Justice Has Been Thrown Out Of The Window By Centre: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window".
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Rs 5 In A letter: Jharkhand's Unpaid Workers Return PM Modi's Wage Hike
Over a hundred letters, Rs 5 enclosed in each of them, addressed to the Prime Minister's Office in Delhi. The senders are the villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar, who say they could do without the Rs 5 wage hike under MNREGA.
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Cabinet Clears 50 Extra Days' Work Under Rural Employment Scheme
The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved an extra 50 days of work for farmers/workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to help reduce rural distress in view of deficient monsoon.
