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Mr Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, said in a report that the upcoming budget is unlikely to mark a departure from past budgets. There may not be any major fiscal stimulus to ramp up growth as the finance ministry itself has capped government spending in Q4 FY20. And there may only be minor tweeking of tax slabs as a cut in income tax is u...

Born on March 1, 1951 at Kalyan Bigha village in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is known simplicity and honesty. During his tenure as the chief minister of Bihar, the JD-U stalwart has been credited with re-laying roads that had virtually ceased to exist, building of bridges, completing long-delayed infrastructure projects, appointing t...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi would undertake a 'padayatra' and interact with farmers, weavers and women from self-help groups in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh during a visit on July 24.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday announced that the maximum number of working days under the NREGS would be increased from 100 to 150.

Initiates the implementation and management of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Glodyne Technoserve, a leading Technology Infrastructure Management Services company, has initiated the implementation and management of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) project in Maharashtra, starting with the district of Gadchiroli...

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.

Maoist sympathisers have strongly condemned the brutal murder of Niyamat Ansari, a National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme (NREGS) activist, after he was beaten to death just over a week ago by an armed group of the red rebels.Prominent sympathisers like Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy and Swami Agnivesh among others, in a statement, criticised the kill...

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...

Magsaysay award winner and activist Sandeep Pandey has decided to return the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) achievement award along with the cash award of Rs 44,000 that was presented to him in February 2009.  In a letter to Rural Development Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, he said that he is returning the award as no action ha...

Drought is becoming an equaliser in the villages of Andhra Pradesh.

The National Rural Employment Scheme was one of the trump cards in UPA's stable.

In Jharkhand, three people were murdered, and six committed suicide in their battle against corruption in the UPA's ambitious employment guarantee scheme.

Mr Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, said in a report that the upcoming budget is unlikely to mark a departure from past budgets. There may not be any major fiscal stimulus to ramp up growth as the finance ministry itself has capped government spending in Q4 FY20. And there may only be minor tweeking of tax slabs as a cut in income tax is u...

Born on March 1, 1951 at Kalyan Bigha village in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is known simplicity and honesty. During his tenure as the chief minister of Bihar, the JD-U stalwart has been credited with re-laying roads that had virtually ceased to exist, building of bridges, completing long-delayed infrastructure projects, appointing t...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi would undertake a 'padayatra' and interact with farmers, weavers and women from self-help groups in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh during a visit on July 24.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday announced that the maximum number of working days under the NREGS would be increased from 100 to 150.

Initiates the implementation and management of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Glodyne Technoserve, a leading Technology Infrastructure Management Services company, has initiated the implementation and management of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) project in Maharashtra, starting with the district of Gadchiroli...

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.

Maoist sympathisers have strongly condemned the brutal murder of Niyamat Ansari, a National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme (NREGS) activist, after he was beaten to death just over a week ago by an armed group of the red rebels.Prominent sympathisers like Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy and Swami Agnivesh among others, in a statement, criticised the kill...

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...

Magsaysay award winner and activist Sandeep Pandey has decided to return the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) achievement award along with the cash award of Rs 44,000 that was presented to him in February 2009.  In a letter to Rural Development Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, he said that he is returning the award as no action ha...

Drought is becoming an equaliser in the villages of Andhra Pradesh.

The National Rural Employment Scheme was one of the trump cards in UPA's stable.

In Jharkhand, three people were murdered, and six committed suicide in their battle against corruption in the UPA's ambitious employment guarantee scheme.