Nrega Workers

Rahul Gandhi would today undertake a 'padayatra' in Andhra Pradesh's drought-hit Anantapur district, setting off from a village where Indira Gandhi addressed a meeting in 1979, to highlight the issues faced by farmers and women self-help groups.

When NDTV visited the primary school at Pulichedu village in Medak district of Telangana, Navya was writing her Maths exam. But there was apparently a lot more on her mind than just numbers. She had come to school on an empty stomach, because her mother, who earns a living rolling beedis, had not got any work for a week. And only today got work und...

Terming NREGA as a "story worth telling", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the issue of delayed payment to workers under the programme should be addressed at the earliest and sought concurrent audit of rural development schemes.

Salaries of MPs, MLAs and bureaucrats have seen huge hikes recently but for workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), wages have remained static ever since the scheme was launched five years ago.Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently announced a Diwali bonus for the government employees in the state. "For Diwali we ...

There is a lot the government is planning to offer in its NREGA schme. But activists argue this is too much, too soon.

Rahul Gandhi would today undertake a 'padayatra' in Andhra Pradesh's drought-hit Anantapur district, setting off from a village where Indira Gandhi addressed a meeting in 1979, to highlight the issues faced by farmers and women self-help groups.

When NDTV visited the primary school at Pulichedu village in Medak district of Telangana, Navya was writing her Maths exam. But there was apparently a lot more on her mind than just numbers. She had come to school on an empty stomach, because her mother, who earns a living rolling beedis, had not got any work for a week. And only today got work und...

Terming NREGA as a "story worth telling", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the issue of delayed payment to workers under the programme should be addressed at the earliest and sought concurrent audit of rural development schemes.

Salaries of MPs, MLAs and bureaucrats have seen huge hikes recently but for workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), wages have remained static ever since the scheme was launched five years ago.Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently announced a Diwali bonus for the government employees in the state. "For Diwali we ...

There is a lot the government is planning to offer in its NREGA schme. But activists argue this is too much, too soon.