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Jairam writes again to Mayawati about alleged scam in NREGA
Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Mayawati, alleging a scam in the implementation of the national rural employment scheme in Uttar Pradesh.
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Jairam Ramesh's letter on NREGS politically motivated: UP Govt
The Uttar Pradesh government has hit back at the Central government saying that Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's letter citing a huge scam in National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the state is politically motivated.
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Orissa NREGA scam: Supreme Court pulls up Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has to probe into the alleged misappropriation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) funds in Orissa. The Centre had earlier told the Supreme Court that it is considering CBI probe into the issue but apparently had done little to address the Co...
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Activist beaten to death for exposing NREGA scam in Jharkhand
In yet another instance of how whistleblowers are targeted in the country, an activist, Niyamat Ansari, who worked for the implementation of the NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), was beaten to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district.It all started after Ansari and his friends, on February 20, exposed a case of brazen embezzlement of...
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Madhya Pradesh's Rs 9 crore NREGA scam
NREGA has always been touted as the UPAs flagship scheme but there have been a number of instances when the scheme has been misused by those who are dispensing funds. IAS officers Sukhveer Singh and Chandrashekar Borkar both posted in Seedhi district in Madhya Pradesh, between 2006 and 2007, were charged with misappropriating nine crore rupee...
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Activism, powered by Google, in this Gujarat village
A poor shopkeeper's search on Google helped him blow the lid off the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scam in his village in Gujarat, after he found several doctors and teachers listed for his area all fictitious. Thirty-seven-year old Aslam Khokhar is a paan shop owner in Kotada Village of Gujarat and a Class X dropout. Few yea...
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Jairam writes again to Mayawati about alleged scam in NREGA
Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Mayawati, alleging a scam in the implementation of the national rural employment scheme in Uttar Pradesh.
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Jairam Ramesh's letter on NREGS politically motivated: UP Govt
The Uttar Pradesh government has hit back at the Central government saying that Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's letter citing a huge scam in National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the state is politically motivated.
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Orissa NREGA scam: Supreme Court pulls up Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has to probe into the alleged misappropriation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) funds in Orissa. The Centre had earlier told the Supreme Court that it is considering CBI probe into the issue but apparently had done little to address the Co...
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Activist beaten to death for exposing NREGA scam in Jharkhand
In yet another instance of how whistleblowers are targeted in the country, an activist, Niyamat Ansari, who worked for the implementation of the NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), was beaten to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district.It all started after Ansari and his friends, on February 20, exposed a case of brazen embezzlement of...
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Madhya Pradesh's Rs 9 crore NREGA scam
NREGA has always been touted as the UPAs flagship scheme but there have been a number of instances when the scheme has been misused by those who are dispensing funds. IAS officers Sukhveer Singh and Chandrashekar Borkar both posted in Seedhi district in Madhya Pradesh, between 2006 and 2007, were charged with misappropriating nine crore rupee...
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Activism, powered by Google, in this Gujarat village
A poor shopkeeper's search on Google helped him blow the lid off the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scam in his village in Gujarat, after he found several doctors and teachers listed for his area all fictitious. Thirty-seven-year old Aslam Khokhar is a paan shop owner in Kotada Village of Gujarat and a Class X dropout. Few yea...
