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Flagship Programme MNREGA To Get A New Name, Proposal Now With Cabinet
A proposal has been submitted to the Cabinet to change the name of the erstwhile UPA government's flagship MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme).
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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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'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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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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Ex-Bank of Baroda Branch Manager, 14 Others Get 5 Years Jail for Fraud
A special court in Visakhapatnam on Friday sentenced former branch manager of Bank of Baroda in East Godavari district and fourteen others to five years jail in connection with a Rs 80.34 lakh fraud.
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MNREGA World's Largest Public Works Programme: World Bank
India's rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country's population, the World Bank has said.
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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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Flagship Programme MNREGA To Get A New Name, Proposal Now With Cabinet
A proposal has been submitted to the Cabinet to change the name of the erstwhile UPA government's flagship MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme).
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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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'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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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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Ex-Bank of Baroda Branch Manager, 14 Others Get 5 Years Jail for Fraud
A special court in Visakhapatnam on Friday sentenced former branch manager of Bank of Baroda in East Godavari district and fourteen others to five years jail in connection with a Rs 80.34 lakh fraud.
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MNREGA World's Largest Public Works Programme: World Bank
India's rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country's population, the World Bank has said.
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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.
