No, economic recovery has not brought about a drop in MGNREGA job demand: Experts
Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in MGNREGA; This has driven down demand for work under the scheme …
Recharge plan: Tupewadi’s tryst with MGNREGA a boost to water table
Having depleted groundwater, Jalna farmers replenish the resource through bunds
Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit
The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building
Eye-opening study on Punjab's rural women labourers poses many questions in poll season
High debts, sexual exploitation, gender disparity, caste discrimination and exclusion from the political process continue to bedevil these mostly …
MGNREGA: Rs 1,281 crore in pending wages; minister says enough funds
Union Ministry of Rural Development has, however, sought additional resources for the scheme
Nuapada loved MGNREGA amid COVID-19 lockdown; what happened next?
Villagers who benefitted earlier shy away from jobs progamme as unpaid dues pile up since October 2020
Is the rural economy driving India’s recovery?
Government spending has led to demand growth in rural areas; but what if it comes down?
Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages
Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres
COVID-19: Centre’s relief package an eyewash for NREGA workers
The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package by the Centre has nothing for the 13 million NREGA workers
MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI
Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis
COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills
The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far
Is Union Budget 2021-22 MGNREGA allocation enough to alleviate rural distress
Number of person days to reduce to 2.7-2.8 billion person days for next year, says expert
In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS
Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme
Big hikes in rural spending
Funds for MGNREGA maintained at Rs.33,000 crore, same as in 2012-13
From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees
DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …
On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun
Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official
MGNREGS: How the employment guarantee scheme holds up after 14 years
The scheme helped villagers beat poverty, created assets; Despite criticisms, it's time to ready MGREGS 2.0
COVID-19: Reverse migration sparks concern for Punjab’s paddy season
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked the Union government to allow labourers and cardholders under MGNREGA scheme to work in farm operations